Phased.You sure you're not mixing up prices on the Michelins?PS2 s at $250 a corner is a bargain.I think it's the PP2s that are that price?
Nah. The guys said that they were on special from around $320. Even on special I still couldn't justify it for the type of car a euro is and my conservative driving style, lol.
RATED MY TYRES -- REVIEW
Hankook Ventus V12 Evo's 225/45/R17
Replacing - Good Year Excellence @ F38/R36PSI (Quite a good tyre in dry conditions IMO)
I heard good things about this tyre mainly value for money and in many independant reviews only really came third to the PS2's and the Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star-Spec (what a name for a tyre, lol).
First Impressions... (less than 200kms's)
To be honest... Damn right horrible. The tyres felt relatively soft compared to the Excellence. Straight line stability was good and outright grip felt good (but they were brand new).
Now my largest issue with them was their cornering stability. The front end had average grip and the rear end would just float... like it was suffering from mild aquaplaning. I was VERY bitterly disappointed in these tyres. However, I have a tendancy to look into things.
First thing that came to mind... Over Inflation. That was when I remembered the tyre installer (great/helpful/reliable guy excluding this advice lol) ran them at F40/R40PSI. And told me to run them at this otherwise my fuel efficiency and grip would suffer... I thought it was odd, but... he owns the store and I heard it from several other tyre places... So didn't think much of it.
Went down to my local BP and Changed the tyre back to what I found was optimum pressures with the excellence's. F38/R36PSI.....
No word of a lie... they were completely differant tyres. They felt more responsive/rigid (dispite lower pressures) which I heard is a results of sidewall bulging (over inflation). Outright cornering grip was fantastic. Of course... I don't drive that hard and a standard euro still suffers from understeer. The car gripped fantastic and the tyres a VERY quiet and have great road manners. I couldn't really be happier when it comes down to value for money. The PS2's/Z1's may be marginally better... but no chance they are $50-100+ per corner better... I also prefer them over RE001's even though the RE001's are stiffer/more responsive.
I paid $205 Per corner... Fitted and balanced. (Other quotes were $225 and $235 a tyre).
Rated 8.5/10. Only improvement I would suggest at this price range would be some improvement in responsiveness and road feel. Looking at the tyre I can see a possible explanation. The V12's only have single ply sidewalls. Most performance tyres have 2-Ply Nylon sidewalls.
Originally Posted by tony1234
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