Michelin Pilot Super Sport
 

Does anyone have any experience with the Super Sport yet? It is tire replacement time for me within a few months and would appreciate any feedback on these if anyone has it.

Thanks in advance.

Go with re-11's you'll be happier

I was thinking of those, but want to keep the OEM tire sizes.

You'd be paying a premium for max performance rather than extreme performance tires (max is below extreme...I know, a stupid categorizing system). I wouldn't be too concerned about moving away from OEM tire widths.

Looking for super sticky tires or otherwise really good tires?

If you dont care for maximum grio combined with low tread life, go continental extreme contact dw.

:iagree: These are the best tires I've ever owned. Hands down. When cornering the just grip like velcro.

Going to try the conti ext dw's this summer. The main benefit might be how light weight they seem to be vs RE050A's. They seem to stick just as well as stock from the reviews and quieter. Will find out.

After much internal mental debate and research, I am going for the Pilot Super Sport next month (when they are avaialble). I will post a review.

Sounds good! :)

We'll see. I have always had good success with Michelins. All Super Sport reviews are postive.

I watched a preliminary review of the Super Sport tires on a manner of super cars and the results seemed to be very good. I would probably go with RE-11s personally but it depends on the pricing of the Super Sports (which I'm certain won't be cheap).

I am getting the PSS for $1,330 plus a few bucks for shipping. Mount and balance is free in one of my son's shops. The RE-11 or Pole Position were my second choices and I think the price difference was small (like around 100 bucks).

I don't know if this is the perfect choice -- there probably isn't one because everyone drives their cars differently and such. I just think that the probable better longevity and probable good to excellent performance, why not Super Sports?

I am kind of an over analyzer when it comes to tires, and I honestly think that all things considered, unless you want something that will only last 10K miles or so, the ContinentalExtremeContact DW is the best tire out there and the tests will back that up.

They will be on my Z in another 2K miles or so when the Yokohama's give up the ghost.

I will end up getting about 17,000 miles out of the RE05A's and could probably go more if I wanted to be out of my comfort zone. I fully expect to get at least that out of the PSS's -- probalby much more.

Tires are a funny thing. Regardless of the specs and test results, I have found people go with what they know, by and large. If BF Goodrich made something beside the G-Force for the 370Z, I would probably go with that brand. I have had nothing but good results from Goodrich on many vehicles, Z's included (old school Z's).

Interested to see your opinions on the tires.