CGT needs better rubber
#1
Drifting
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CGT needs better rubber
After receiving the CGT from a recent service including new tires - there is a difference but still old tech.
Michelin or another factory needs to step up and introduce a newer tire - amount of use most CGT tires age out before they wear out.
Michelin or another factory needs to step up and introduce a newer tire - amount of use most CGT tires age out before they wear out.
#2
I can agree, any car with similar specs built today would have PS Cup 2 tires at minimum.
FORTUNATELY if you move to a 345 rear the PS Cup 2 becomes an option. I don’t think the extra width throws anything off but would love to hear others opinions. Will most likely go this route next tire swap.
FORTUNATELY if you move to a 345 rear the PS Cup 2 becomes an option. I don’t think the extra width throws anything off but would love to hear others opinions. Will most likely go this route next tire swap.
#3
Drifting
Thread Starter
I can agree, any car with similar specs built today would have PS Cup 2 tires at minimum.
FORTUNATELY if you move to a 345 rear the PS Cup 2 becomes an option. I don’t think the extra width throws anything off but would love to hear others opinions. Will most likely go this route next tire swap.
FORTUNATELY if you move to a 345 rear the PS Cup 2 becomes an option. I don’t think the extra width throws anything off but would love to hear others opinions. Will most likely go this route next tire swap.
PS cup 2 would be massive improvement - Porsche needs to help out with this even the improved tire wasn't much of an improvement.
Last edited by nuvolari612; 03-04-2018 at 01:00 PM.
#4
Your dealer most likely won’t stray from anything stock for various reasons. Legal mostly......
a little fat out back never hurt no one right? To me the Cup tires are available for this car.
Maybe im wrong?
a little fat out back never hurt no one right? To me the Cup tires are available for this car.
Maybe im wrong?
#5
Drifting
Thread Starter
If someone else is or would be the guinea pig be great to hear.
It's been 4 -5 years since Porsche and Michelin have invested in the CGT - can't be that big of deal to upgrade us to a proper tire.
3000 lb.s 610hp is deserving.
#6
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Originally Posted by nuvolari612
After receiving the CGT from a recent service including new tires - there is a difference but still old tech.
Michelin or another factory needs to step up and introduce a newer tire - amount of use most CGT tires age out before they wear out.
Michelin or another factory needs to step up and introduce a newer tire - amount of use most CGT tires age out before they wear out.
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#9
Drifting
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I'm sure they work but Porsche needs to authorize - dealers won't install I think it's illegal in some places to run unauthorized tires then you have insurance list goes on.
Porsche simply needs to invest to properly update the CGT.
#11
Banned
Why does the dealer need to install them for you anyways. They are tires for god sakes. Any tire shop can do this. Put the car up on a lift (you do have a lift in your garage, right?), remove wheels, take wheels to tire shop, replace tires.
#12
There magnesium rims and I would not let just any shop work with them.Find a shop with some touchless machines.
#13
Banned
For this reason, I never bring the cars to the tire place. I lift the car, remove tires, put in SUV, then have them work on just rims and tires. This way there is no issue with test drives or improper lifting.
#14
Drifting
Thread Starter
Friend took his CGT to a Porsche dealer they nicked the door with another car door he felt it took a 50 -75k depreciation as he had a seller. The buyer agreed to 50k and the P dealer wrote him a check this was a year ago.
I'm pretty sure Bob's tire shop does not want to work on a 6 - 800k 200mph car knowing the risk.
Regardless absolute zero relevance to what I posted - point is Porsche simply has to push Michelin to step up.
Last edited by nuvolari612; 03-06-2018 at 06:37 PM.
#15
Banned
First and foremost I'm an enthusiast and collector. I had to get a sponsorship because I sell one thing (1). So I decided to support the board, but I have been retired for years. Second of all, you were complaining the dealer would not install modern tires on your car. Why you don't bypass the dealer altogether is beyond me. Why you are waiting for the factory to continue to support a car decades out of production is also lost on me.
My suggestion, like one other person posted, is to put modern rubber on the car, dealer and factory be damned. It has EVERY relevance to your post. It's not a Veyron, it doesn't use bespoke tires, move on.
My suggestion, like one other person posted, is to put modern rubber on the car, dealer and factory be damned. It has EVERY relevance to your post. It's not a Veyron, it doesn't use bespoke tires, move on.