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Old 03-25-2016, 06:10 PM
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I've been a Michelin pilot sport guy for a long time. So to my disappointment, the pilot sport ps2 and super sport aren't available in a 295/30/18. Anyone have any personal suggestions for this car? No track time really. Just enjoyable street driving.
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Round ones

Save your money and get Sumitomo HTR ZIII. Great street tires and about half the cost of Michelin
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Originally Posted by JayG
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Save your money and get Sumitomo HTR ZIII. Great street tires and about half the cost of Michelin
Jay how are those for noise? I was shocked when I bought my Mich last year!...and they are pretty noisy, anyway. C4S as well.
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Another vote for Sumi's. On my second set. Some say they're noisy, but I hate excessive road noise and these are fine by me. $300 for a set of rears is a deal in my book. Expect about 15k for street work.
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Sumi's. Just got a set about 250 miles ago. Worth every penny. Not much noise, but my daily is a V8 Discovery 2 with resonator delete.
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I have sumi tires on the car now. They're good but they're old tires. They're ok tires. Just looking for something more aggressive. Can a 305/30/18 for on to the stock wide body turbo twists?
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Another reference point to consider: I thought Sumis were awful on my C4S. I will never buy them again. I like Michelin Pilot Sport PS2s the best. It's unfortunate that you can't find them. I'm not a fan of Pirelli P-Zeros. What about Dunlops or Hankooks?
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I just bought PS2 s in 295/30/18 for my 02 C4S
You sure they're unavailable?
I much prefer them to anything else
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I called Michelin directly and asked about the "back order" status. They said they have stopped production of this size with no time frame of restarting them any time soon. It's a small amount of choices for this size. Sucks.
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Originally Posted by peteb3
I just bought PS2 s in 295/30/18 for my 02 C4S
You sure they're unavailable?
I much prefer them to anything else
Dude share where you got them please! Tire rack doesn't have them.
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My local speed shop got them in
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I've been thru a few sets of yoko ad08r, you can get them from discount tire direct. Best dual purpose tire out there. If you're looking for aggressive these are it. 180 tread wear rating... Close to r comp grip and can handle rain with no issues
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Originally Posted by Hardback
I've been thru a few sets of yoko ad08r, you can get them from discount tire direct. Best dual purpose tire out there. If you're looking for aggressive these are it. 180 tread wear rating... Close to r comp grip and can handle rain with no issues

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Great tire. Very pleased with mine.
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+1 on the Yokohama AD08R. Great tire for performance driving.
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I have a new set of Sumitomos HTR ZIII. On my previous 993, I used
the Korean tire Kuhmos. Virtually same cost as Sumitomos.

I would get between 15k and 20k a set on the rears, almost 30k on the fronts.


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