Conti's N1 or N2
10-04-2003, 01:37 AM
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Conti's N1 or N2
Ok need some help here. I need to replace the rears on my 2000 C2. I have the conti sport contact's N1 on my car now. I ordered some new tires from discount tire and they told me oh sure we can order those for you. I went in today to have them put on and the side wall read sport contact II N2. The guy at discount told me that if I was doing normal driving and not tracking it that there was no difference. Is this true? I guess the N1's are more exspensive which I don't care about but just want to be sure. Thanks
10-04-2003, 05:16 AM
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I'm not an expert on this matter but I can tell you that I replaced my Conti N1's with the exact same tire on the advice of my PCNA rep. I waited a little longer for the tire to come in but the rep was paying for them and he insisted that I had to have the exact same tire. I assume there would be some potential liability issue if they gave me N2's. I do not know the exact reason but I think you should get the N1's to match up with the front tires. Afterall, you have a $90k+ car so why bother taking the risk?
10-04-2003, 10:11 AM
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Contact II's are a better tire
Read the TireRack reviews and do a search on this website. They are not the same tire at all! The CII's are better by far than the CI's. Ideally you should change all 4 tires, or find some CI's
10-04-2003, 11:29 PM
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I've had the Conti I's on the front for a couple of years, (ever since I changed my stock 17's to 18's). I went through two set of rear Conti 1's every 7,000 miles. This year I decided to put on the Conti II's on the rear because they have a higher wear rating. The compound is a bit stiffer so they wear a bit longer but you give up a little "grippiness". Unless you track you won't be able to tell the diffenrence! I have the sport suspension and drive aggressively. I think Discount tire was shooting straight with you and would go ahead and have the Conti II's mounted. As far as noise is concerned they are much better than the Pirellis I had originally.All tires will get noiser as their tread wears, the Conti's aren't bad though.
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10-04-2003, 11:42 PM
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Originally posted by Fluke996
I've had the Conti I's on the front for a couple of years, (ever since I changed my stock 17's to 18's). I went through two set of rear Conti 1's every 7,000 miles. This year I decided to put on the Conti II's on the rear because they have a higher wear rating. The compound is a bit stiffer so they wear a bit longer but you give up a little "grippiness". Unless you track you won't be able to tell the diffenrence! I have the sport suspension and drive aggressively. I think Discount tire was shooting straight with you and would go ahead and have the Conti II's mounted. As far as noise is concerned they are much better than the Pirellis I had originally.All tires will get noiser as their tread wears, the Conti's aren't bad though.
I've had the Conti I's on the front for a couple of years, (ever since I changed my stock 17's to 18's). I went through two set of rear Conti 1's every 7,000 miles. This year I decided to put on the Conti II's on the rear because they have a higher wear rating. The compound is a bit stiffer so they wear a bit longer but you give up a little "grippiness". Unless you track you won't be able to tell the diffenrence! I have the sport suspension and drive aggressively. I think Discount tire was shooting straight with you and would go ahead and have the Conti II's mounted. As far as noise is concerned they are much better than the Pirellis I had originally.All tires will get noiser as their tread wears, the Conti's aren't bad though.
10-05-2003, 02:03 AM
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get rid of either contis and go for the sticky. contis have a really high tread wear rating and subsequently don't handle that well. I would check into the new pilot sport sp2's or whatever personally or the pirelli p zeros. Also stay away from so3's as like the contis they are very very heavy. unsprung weight is a killer.
10-05-2003, 01:23 PM
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i like conti sport contact 2's much better than pirelli p zero's
customer service for pirelli's also sucks!
they refused to replace a defective snow tire forcing me to get 4 new tires. it will be a cold day in hell when i ever buy another damn pirelli tire!
they refused to replace a defective snow tire forcing me to get 4 new tires. it will be a cold day in hell when i ever buy another damn pirelli tire!
10-06-2003, 01:03 PM
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Thanks for everyones response. So if I understand fluke996 correctly the n2's are different but if I'm not tracking the car which I'm not. I won't notice a difference. Will the car tend to break loose a little easier? I'm just trying to understand. Thanks
