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Run on the steel belts, or you have little
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If you have 30,000 miles on the rear tires, either the Conti2's are made of extremely hard compond or you are running on the steel belts, or you have little to no camber setting on the wheels.
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If you have 30,000 miles on the rear tires, either the Conti2's are made of extremely hard compond or you are running on the steel belts, or you have little to no camber setting on the wheels.
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If you have 30,000 miles on the rear tires, either the Conti2's are made of extremely hard compond or you are running on the steel belts, or you have little to no camber setting on the wheels.
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If you have 30,000 miles on the rear tires, either the Conti2's are made of extremely hard compond or you are running on the steel belts, or you have little to no camber setting on the wheels.
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2002 996 C2 Cab w/ H&R Springs & Spacers. I travel about 20,000 highway miles yearly. I have had Conti2's for the last 30,000 miles and they performed well. I am considering Bridgestone S03, more Conti2's or possibly Falken FK451. Please let me know your recommendations.
Thanks.
My 996 came equipped with Conti's, due do to much negative
camber rears were worn out at 15k. Now have BS SO3's with
alignment settings for highway driving. I really like the SO3's
they seem to perform well in dry or wet conditions and are
noticably quieter than the Conti's.
If you have 30,000 miles on the rear tires, either the Conti2's are made of extremely hard compond or you are running on the steel belts, or you have little to no camber setting on the wheels. (allignment way out of wack). I have never seen 30,000 miles out of the rear tires on a properly alligned 996.
What are you trying to achieve? If you want more mileage, see if RE750s are in your size. I would rate them probably 95% of my S-03s with longer treadwear and cheaper. Better than my PZero Asimms and waaaaay better than OE Conti Contact 1s. Nice ride for cruising highways. I was really impressed with them. If you want performance and streetability, PS2s. If you want performance only, well, I love my Dunlop SSRs (although you'll be replacing them every few months). Depends on what you want
Falken FK451 are trash - save your money - the S03 are great but tend to wear faster - I picked up a set of Khumos (because of the quicke wear nature of the 996 rears, 5K miles thus far and perfect.
That make more sense. I ride the Bridgestone RE750 and travel all over the country with them I get about 10,000 miles rear and 25,000 - 30,000 on the fronts. Great traction wet or dry and nice ride.
FK451's are trash? hmm....well i 've got about 1000 miles on them right now and doing just fine. wanted a "junker" tire because ill be doing several DE's over the summer. high grip not as important as having fun factor. anyways what makes them trash? they are cheap cheap cheap and for the money i wouldnt buy anything else. give me a bigger budget and yeah ill get SO3s or bridgestones
No intention to burst your buble Steve, but S-03s are not Z rated and of course not approved by Porsche. Naturaly, if you don't take that car at that speed, no need to worry about it.
I've used the S03s, Pirelli Assimetricos, Michelin Pilot Sports (N0) and Pirelli PZero Rossos. My favourites were the Michelin for grip and treadwear, Assimetricos for pure grip, and PZero for feel and grip as well as rim protection. The S03s were heavy, felt weird, didn't grip very well and wore away in 'chunks'. No more Bridgestone for me. Michelin or Pirelli.
You can't say that based solely on your experience with the S-03's. Bridgestone makes some great tires and the S-02A is the king of their maximum performance line at this time.
I agree with Viken.... the S03's I had absolutely sucked... the S02-A are phenomenal tires... some say better than the Pilot Sport Ribs.. and the S02-A also have the "N" designation... I had pirelli pzero-assymetrico and they were a much lesser tire than the S02-A... you should try the new bridgestones... I think bridgestone screwed up with the S03 and re-invented the S03 in the form of S02-A... so far only positive feedback from those who have used them.
Not sure it was a screw-up. The S-03 PP was never designed for sports cars. It was mostly intended as a sport sedan, long lasting and relatively quiet tire. For most people with BMW's, Audi's and MB's, it fit the bill quite nicely. AFAIK, the S-02A was not a replacement for the S-03 as they were introduced at about the same time. The S-02A was always intended as an OEM tire for both Porsche and Ferrari.
