Anyone mount Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 235/35 or 245/35 fronts and 305/30 rears on the factory S lobster wheels?

Tires and southern nevada roads are a weird mix, you get very little tread wear, traction is very poor (greasy roads?) and your tires end up going really hard before they actually wear down. Nothing at all like northern california.

 

We have mounted many sets of 235/35ZR19 and 305/30ZR19 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup wheels on many different styles of wheels including the Carrera S wheels. The fit and clearances are very good. We do have several customers that use the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires on the street locally in Southern California. No feedback from anybody using them in Nevada.

 

I've had Pirelli tires on for about 3500 miles and haven't noticed any traction issue around town. Tires still have plenty of tread left, but don't think the firmness of the tires are any different then the tires on the cars that I drove when I lived in the Bay Area.

 

Thank you. Have you (or have you seen/heard) anyone mounting a 245/35 front on the S wheel?

I'm not sure I want to mess around with a great handling car, but when we moved to 245 f / 255 r on an E46 M3, the car (along with zero front toe and 1/8 in total rear toe) handled much better.

And southern nevada roads are horrid. Aside from "crap" everywhere (rocks, palettes, cones, and yes I've seen an engine block on the freeway before), the grip level is way lacking.

 

I don't know anyone that have gone to 245/35. I have 235/35 and 305/30 on my car.

Agree that there are a lot of crap on the road, especially, with all the construction around town. I live in Summerline near Red Rock Casino and where NV DOT are working on the 215. The trucks are over filled to the top with pebbels and when they drive around, all these pebbles fly around and hit cars. At least there aren't pot holes everywhere like SF.

 

really? both my wife and I noticed that vegas is completely different to northern california. On her E36 M3 she replaced tires every 15k (rears quicker) and I was only getting 20k on the B5 S4. The E46 M3 was the same deal, needed new tires at 19k. We got to vegas in the E46 M3 and ran those same tires, the tread was still deep at 60k miles, but they had turned to rocks and had zero grip. Same on the S4, moved to R-Compound and that helped things a ton. My point on the hardness is that the tires end up going "old" before they wear out, which was not the case in northern california. I attribute that behavior and general lack of grip to greasy roads (or maybe they have no choice given the heat?).

I'm on teh other side of town in SE Henderson. Maybe summerland did a better job, it is newer. SF potholes do suck huge, but I'd live in SF over any other city without thinking twice, potholes or not.

 

Well I've only had the Porsche for about 3 months so I'll keep an eye out for the hardness of the tire. Now that you mentioned it, my 350Z did slide around quite often when I turned like the road was wet even though it wasn't. Just thought it was the car.

I agree with you about SF. I still work in SF, but telecommute from Vegas and make it up there about once a month (need to show my face in the office since they think I'm telecommunting from San Jose). I miss the city and the diverse culture of the Bay Area, especially, all the good food.

 

I run MPSC on Sport Design wheels for the track. There is no problem fitting the tires on the OEM wheels. These tires will wear very quickly and are not good at all in the rain or wet.