sandwedge

No track time on these tires. This is 7,900 miles of mostly law abiding street driving. Got 10K each on my first two sets of PS2's FWIW. I see Bridgestone has something called RE-11 now. Anyone riding on it?

alexb76

I got 8,000 miles on my PS2 and I can still go another 2K, so confirming your 10K. The wear rating is 140 for RE050, and 220 for PS2, which translates for a better wear, although those numbers are usually suspect.

RE11 supposedly are more aggressive than RE050. So, you might get even less wear out of those if tire wear is your concern (although they are rated 180).

Here's a quote from Tirerack (Boxster Driver):

lowside67

The RE11 is a top-tier street touring class autocross tire - truly among the top performing street tires available today. However, it is a great competition tire and a crap tire to drive on the street - it is in every way like a street legal race tire - stiff sidewall, ultra soft rubber, and relatively poor water evacuation.

I dont consider it to be a suitable replacement to a RE050 which is definitely more of a touring/street tire than the half baked race tire RE11.

19_hole

Took the RE050s off last week. They just passed state inspection but it was time to replace them. 14,000 miles.

GSIRM3

Can't compare tread wear ratings between different brands.

kdurg

The RE050As aren't the problem. You're alignment is. Before you spend $$ on another set of rubber get the alignment corrected or you'll burn up whatever else you put on. They shouldn't be cording on the inner loop with more tread on the outs.


I've 11.5k miles on my REs and wear pattern is even across the board.

Betternotbigger

I agree. Definitely alignment. My Re050s lasted 18,000 on the rear and would have gone to 25,000 miles on the front if I hadn't sold the car. Very hard-wearing - and very NOISY.

I recommend PS2s or PZero Rossos for a quieter life. PS2 best allround for grip, wet handling etc.

alexb76

So, that much negative Camber is not normal for 997? I got pretty visible negative camber in the rear which is wearing my insides more than outside. Is that not normal on these cars [new to 997]?

Edgy01

Significant negative camber IS THE NORM for these cars to get the handling they are designed for.

You should drive it more aggressively to even out your wear across the entire surface. No matter what, you will continue to get inner wear--it's normal. If you dial out the negative camber you will be giving up handling performance. Some owners do have that done because they are more interested in tire life than performance.

mdrums

I have 9000 street miles on my 2009 and my rear tires look like new. The reason is I have a lot less TOE in the rear that the car came with...BUT...I am running even more rear camber than any of you at -1.8. I have -2 camber up front and this with .02 TOE FRONT and .12 TOE REAR and my tires are wearing very well.

It is the TOE that eats up the tire more than the camber does. Check your alingment I bet it is way off.

sandwedge

What??

997, esq

I got about 13k miles on my rear RE050 18s. I don't go to the track, however. I had my alignment done after I had the new tires put on at Lucent in WLA. The car was still in factory alignment at 23K miles.

sandwedge

Car was aligned 7,900 miles ago when these tires were mounted. Camber was dialed out to the limit at that time too. Service manager insists this is how these cars wear tires with lowered cars being even worse. I believe him having seen a number of other 997's with high mile rear tires.


Something's wrong with your car

mdrums

Here is my rear tire with with 9000+ miles. Street driven as I take these off for track events. With the proper alignment you should be able to get way more than 10,000 miles out of the rears.

CarGuy21

It appears as if you need an alignment. Wear is more prominent on the inside of the tire. You might also need shocks. Don't know from personal experience how long the OEMs are good for but on my Audi A6 the OEM shocks were toast in less thank 50K. Put on Bilsteins and all good for over 50K and a few track events to boot.