Night and day difference. Just get the S-02A.

 

OK-thanks

 

S02a's, one of the best improvements I ever made to my car. I cannot say enough about the tires, they have transformed the car ( the coil overs and sways helped as well). I thought I had reached tire nirvana with my BFG KDW2's on the S4, but the S02A's are just better.

Wet weather traction is very good, and dry weather is superb. I have heard some negative things on the s03's, especially if you track your car. The negative comments focus on the tire weight, side walls cracking and ok performance on the dry, when compared to other high performance tires. They do apparently work well in the rain.

I put the S02A's on the car about three weeks ago and have already put 2,000 miles on them, doing NY to SC round trip Easter weekend. The drive included some high speed sections as wells as some torrential rain sections, of course, not at the same time. In all instances, they did very well.

 

Just got some as well. Too bad Goodyear F1 GS D3s aren't available yet. Another advantage over S03s is the unsprung weight savings from going S02A. For 18"s, I think it is 6 lbs per tire up front at 22 lbs vs. 28 for S03s and 1 lb in back. Thanks for the advisory thread.

 

Run them for about 200 miles to brake them in a bit...then retorque to 96# all wheel bolts. You'll love these babies...

 

You know the funny thing about it is that when I got then I was expecting the N3...I didn't know of the jump to N4!

 

I got the Bridgestone S-O2A's mounted and drove about 150 miles today. Huge improvement over the Conti's. They are quiet, smooth and feel a little firmer than the Continentals. I haven't pushed it around corners yet since they are too new. I did cruise at 80+ and I was very happy with the overall performance. So far so good!

 

I'm about to order another set for the rears.... good to the last drop!

 

Just got them on and the difference between out of round P Zero Rossos with 26K on them is marked even without the S02'A's broken in. Thanks for the great advice. Got to love the collective knowledge base that Rennlist gives to Porschephiles.