Time to change my Pirelli's, should i go with Michelin?
 

I know there are several similar posts over here covering the same subject and sorry for the repeated subject, but i wanted to take the advise and direct input from you guys.

am not an expert with tyres, my tyres are new and only 8 months old with 9000 KM of DD only. unfortunately i had a very bad luck with my tyres, three months ago 2 of my tyres got fixed temporarily from a flat, and today i had a flat on a third tire, i got a quick fix in a gas station (yes we have this service in gas stations 24/7) and i decided to change the four tires as three of them are fixed and its never recommended to fix a tyre, plus i have noticed the slight vibration after fixing them.

i use my car as a DD only, no tracking or what so ever, i did not really like the Pirelli's that much, so was thinking of changing to Michelins. which Michelin is the one recommended to replace my current tyre? is it the PSS? any one who tried both can advise and provide me with the difference between the two ?

as am definitely going to change them this week, i would love to hear from you guys before deciding and changing them, so i can make my mind on whether to stick with Pirelli or go with Michelin

Yes


I'm no expert, but I've heard enough from other more knowledgable and experienced people, that I will go Michelin when these tires are up for replacement.

I had the Michelin Pilot Super Sports on my Cayman S and will ABSOLUTELY get them when I wear out the Pirellis. Great tires.

Pilot SuperSports are what you want. Better in every way than the Pirellis and Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tires.

Yep. Have run 3 sets of PSS's on 991's and like them better than the Pirelli's. Better road feel, better grip and quieter... Not to mention a little bit cheaper. A guy I know in the tire industry (working for one of Michelin's competitor) once told me that Michelin was always way ahead of the competition. I tend to believe it.

I've always had Michelins on my past GT3's and they were great. Only issue may be that I don't believe that Michelin is making a specific tire for Porsche presently with the "N" designation. Now you may not care but it is something to consider.

I had MPSS on my 997.2 and plan on going back to them once the perillis are done.
305's out back!

Thanks all, definitely going for the PSS then! Anyone recommends going for the 305s? I have the Carrera s rim with the 5mm spacer

yup 305s fo sho

Why would you change the brand of tires. Porsche spent a lot of time engineering for those tires in mind. Stick with the originals..

Not sure Porsche spends a whole lot of time engineering the tires. My first set of PSS's where "Ferrari approved" for the rear and "Audi R8 approved" for the front... and they worked great until the last tenth of an inch. Not sure there is any change in compound or reinforcement for specific car manufacturer. Maybe just some branding and warranty/terms differences...

Good point, but companies make agreements with vendors for all kinds of reasons. Are you sure the reason they picked Perilli was for technical reasons? If you have any insights into this I would be very interested in hearing the details.

ChuckJ

The profit margin is way higher on the Pirelli's, my dealer wants almost $700 per tire on the P's, $300 a tire for the M's.

To the OP, yes make the switch, definitely. For what to do with your old Pirelli's.....

Not sure there is truth to it, but I heard that Porsche was working with Pirelli as they want Michelin to understand that there is still competition in the high end segment and it seems that Pirelli is being aggressive in the market.

Higher price for the Pirelli's simply comes from the little 'N' on the sidewalls.
Plenty of threads already about 'N' vs. 'Non-N' tires. Never saw -or experienced- any decisive factor to go for the 'N's, but only my personal opinion...

This is a street car not a formula one car.