Tyres Again

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Klippie

Original Poster:

3,278 posts

148 months

My Cayman 987 S is needing new boots, it currently has N rated PS2 on but no longer has a warranty and I'am sticking with Michelin.

The two choises are PS5 or PS4S, the car does not get tracked so this is pushing me towards the PS5, on Tyre Reviews site they seem to be quite evenly matched so it might just be down to price and availability.

What do you all think.

LiamH66

726 posts

94 months

Not tried PS5 yet, but my C GTS 4.0 came with PS4S and I think they are pretty much wonderful in almost all conditions. (I do have winter tyres, but PS4S are much better in the wet than I had expected.) Wouldn't hesitate to use again, although latest Continentals are getting rave reviews.

Klippie

Original Poster:

3,278 posts

148 months

I just found out Michelin don't do a PS5 in 265/35x19 so it will be PS4S then...ah well.

Thank's anyway.

Just for a bit of info my next door neighbour has recently had a set of PS5's fitted to his Mercedes E Class and he is very impressed with them...one to keep an eye on perhaps.

Edited by Klippie on Friday 5th July 18:13

PaulD86

1,689 posts

129 months

Yesterday (12:31)
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Continental Contact Sport 7s. Phenomenal tyre and has moved the game on since the PS4 which is now about 8 years old. I have the CS7 on my Cayman R and it is brilliant dry or wet. Steering feel is particularly good.

DJMC

3,464 posts

106 months

Yesterday (16:16)
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The last Contis I had were Sport Contact 5 and they wore out very quickly compared to the previous SC2 and 3 I'd fitted.

They were excellent but the increased wear made me think Conti had improved them at the cost of longevity?

Anyone care to comment on SC7 durability?

I have PS4S on my 981. They're fine and wearing well but feel they have stiffer sidewalls than the previous GY F1 A2 which I moved away from due to splits near the rim on both fronts, spotted at MOT.

Edited by DJMC on Monday 8th July 16:20

Slippydiff

14,994 posts

226 months

Yesterday (16:46)
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Klippie said:
I just found out Michelin don't do a PS5 in 265/35x19 so it will be PS4S then...ah well.

Thank's anyway.

Just for a bit of info my next door neighbour has recently had a set of PS5's fitted to his Mercedes E Class and he is very impressed with them...one to keep an eye on perhaps.
I've been running the PS5's on my DD BMW for the last couple of months (and I run PS4S on my 996) the PS5's are excellent, if anything I'd say the sidewalls are slightly firmer than those on the PS4S's. Highly recommended.

jeebsy

83 posts

75 months

Yesterday (17:20)
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PaulD86 said:
Continental Contact Sport 7s. Phenomenal tyre and has moved the game on since the PS4 which is now about 8 years old. I have the CS7 on my Cayman R and it is brilliant dry or wet. Steering feel is particularly good.
Got my tyres checked today and they need replaced ASAP - tyre fitter recommended the Contis too.

On P Zeros just now which had already seen a good bit of action when I bought the car but haven't been particularly impressed with them, especially in the wet, so its either PS4S or the Contis. Seems from the chat on here that Porsche aren't as strict about N rated tyres so going to give the Contis a shot.

SV_WDC

735 posts

92 months

Yesterday (18:17)
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I ran the Eagle F1's on my old 987.2 and was very happy with them. They offer rim protection too.

Very reasonably priced too

isaldiri

19,057 posts

171 months

Yesterday (20:05)
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Slippydiff said:
I've been running the PS5's on my DD BMW for the last couple of months (and I run PS4S on my 996) the PS5's are excellent, if anything I'd say the sidewalls are slightly firmer than those on the PS4S's. Highly recommended.
Isn't the confusing thing there is a PS5 and a PS 5S or something weird like that? The pilot sport 5 being the ps4 replacement (ie very much a road tyre) but the 5S is the PS4S replacement (which was the supersport replacement previously)....

ChrisW.

6,493 posts

258 months

Yesterday (20:24)
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That's as I understand it ... but I've not been able to find PSS5's ? in GT4 or GT3 sizes ... or N rated ?

The Contisport 7's were only available with rears N rated not fronts. Hence PS4S by default.

Discombobulate

4,927 posts

189 months

Yesterday (20:40)
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Does anyone know what the Constisport 7 sidewalls (as in stiffness) are like compared to PS4S? I am actually looking for a softer side wall for an upcoming long European tour in a 997.
Any recommendations?
Thanks

SapperD

16 posts

78 months

Just had some rears delivered for my 987.1 S.

Goodyear Eagle F1 Ays. N0. Replacing the same. Fronts are also F1s.

£405 delivered, 265/35/19. Camskill. My lad will be fitting them tomorrow.