Summer tire traction review

[Fl stingergt]

Tried out some of the general g max summer tires. Was going through the Michelin’s in about 6000 miles where they would lose grip. If your car has any mods or a chip don’t try the general summer tires stick with Michelin . The general just spin and car get super Squirrley .thats what I get for trying to save a dollar. Lesson learned.

 

[NS_Stinger]

Yeah it's well documented that the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S is the best road tire for dry traction. The Stinger gets the Pilot Sport 4 which is a close second. You could get Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires which have even more dry traction than the 4s but they will wear super fast, be noiser and sacrifice wet traction.

 

[Fl stingergt]

I just took of 4s they are great tires.but burned through two sets already only 10000 miles on car. Lots of going to Mexico and killing the tires.

 

[NS_Stinger]

You must drive your car really hard, do you track it?

 

[itguy61]

Does anyone here get more than 10-12k out of the OEM rear tires?

 

[Derick Johnson]

Does anyone here get more than 10-12k out of the OEM rear tires?

I'm approaching 14k miles on my original set of the Pilot Sport 4. Tread seems to have some life left. I haven't done any research for life expectancy, but it totally depends on your driving. I'm driving the GT1.

I commute about 10mi one way each day, sometimes stop n go and sometimes cruising at 70mph the whole way. I'll take the car on the occasional evening fun run on the highway, but less-so these days to save costs on fuel..the only thing I wish could be improved with the car I've only used launch control a handful of times, I'm sure that has kept tread wear reduced compared to others out there.

 

[Fl stingergt]

Lots of mods done can’t control my right foot always in it . Lots of clear streets and track days in south Florida

 

[NS_Stinger]

Does anyone here get more than 10-12k out of the OEM rear tires?

In Canada Michelin has a 30,000km warranty on the Pilot Sport 4 tires, which is about 18,750miles. But I've found that tires rarely make it to their advertised warranties.

 

[itguy61]

Be aware that the warrant is halve on staggered setup cars due to inability to rotate front to rear.

 

[Fl stingergt]

My goal of this thread was to say stick with Michelin’s. They grip the best.

 

[itguy61]

They are the best imho, but you have to pay for that quality.

 

[Fl stingergt]

Yep I tried to save a buck on different summer tires .wrong choice. Live and learn.

 

[ZyroXZ2]

How are y'all burning through tires so fast? I've got 10K on my PS tires, and there's easily another 2-3k more miles of tread left...

And y'all have to remember I'm modded and I've run the car hard for testing, lol

 

[Callum]

How are y'all burning through tires so fast? I've got 10K on my PS tires, and there's easily another 2-3k more miles of tread left...

And y'all have to remember I'm modded and I've run the car hard for testing, lol

I just hit 10K, second set of tires. I track the vehicle at circuits.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Does anyone here get more than 10-12k out of the OEM rear tires?

I had 10K on my Michelins when I swapped them for the winter with Nitto Motivo A/S. I did about 5K during the winter. I've been on the Michelins since March and now I have over 20K, so probably c. 15K on the Michelins. I still have tread:

(edit: according to the treadlife warranty of 30K miles, halved for staggered setups, I have already passed the full warranty, i.e. according to Michelin, I have "gotten my money's worth" out of their tires. I agree, even though I think that summer tires are a bit of luxury and a conceit: why would any conserving person buy a set of tires rated to only go 30K miles, when they could have 65K UHP miles? That is the treadlife of the Motivos, which reduces down to 32.5K on a staggered setup.)

 

[MerlintheMad]

Yep I tried to save a buck on different summer tires .wrong choice. Live and learn.

That wouldn't by any chance have been UHP Firestone Indy summers would it?

 

[Fl stingergt]

My car is easy putting out 500 hp and 500 plus pounds of torque. The Michelin’s are awesome but they only grip for about 4 to 5 thousand miles. I was just giving a warning on buying other summer tires. The general tires have a wear rating of 360 compared to 300 on 4 s. I didn’t think 60 points harder compound would have made a difference but it did.i mean at 40 mph I hit the gas and car breaks loose hard and fast. Michelin’s never acted that way.

 

[Fl stingergt]

General g max

 

[Fl stingergt]

Tire Compound to hard with general g max if car is tuned anywhere near 18 psi of boost or more. They just can’t handle torque like the Michelin’s do.

 

[bpang1]

I am actually planning on going with a square setup when I get to the point of upgrading wheels/tires. This way I can rotate and get the full 30K warranty on a set of PS4S tires...well that and the more lively handling.

I plan to stay at stock power levels with this car (I just came from a 600hp car) so a set of 255 or 265 width tires at all four corners should be just fine.