Hello prime,
I couldn't find any info other than word of mouth here about these tires so I hope this helps any of you looking to run these. I have not tracked my nsx YET... Plus I am no super guru tire guy so tread lightly and look at this as informative or not informative rather than a matter of what's right and what's wrong.
Some background,
I run Advan rg3 in 18x8 and 19x10 specs. Previous tires were Nitto nt555 due to sizes being available in 215/275 sizes. The nitto's were extremely harsh riding with a hard compound. Makes for a wonderful drifting tire. I'm supercharged and after bolting the apx exhaust on my ctsc I could get wheel spin at the end of the rpm band in 1st gear and into 2nd after bolting on his extremely awesome exhaust, I'd only wheel spin in the 4K rpm band in 1st prior to the exhaust being bolted on.
I was extremely concerned about switching over to the pss due to the 225 front. I have already smashed up the front fenders a hair by bottoming out. I am lowered on BC coils and I'm a heavy guy so that doesn't help things. It took a long time to dial in the height and dampening of the coil overs to where I wouldn't bottom out during hard acceleration dips before mounting the pss.
So I took a shot at the pss and installed them today. Here are the many many pro's and very little cons...
Tires are 225/35/18 and 265/30/19 Michelin and Nitto was 215/35/18 and 275/30/19
Pro's:
1)Far less balancing weights needed on these versus the Nitto. I spent a long time rubbing off the double sided tape everywhere from my wheels.
2) These are non directional tires! A huge plus as they can be rotated left and right.
3) Lighter than the Nitto.
4) The sidewall is much larger then the Nitto. This makes for much better ride in my opinion.
5) These tires mean business... They are super sticky. Stupid sticky for a street tire. Be prepared for pebbles flying and making noise on gravel prone roads.
6) THESE DO NOT RUB ON FULL LOCK! LET ME REPEAT, THEY DO NOT RUB ON FULL LOCK WITH OEM FENDERS AND FENDER LINERS!WOO HOO!!!!!
7) The ride quality, the handling, the braking, and the traction is everything you have read about.
8) These things should be in an R-comp class. I cannot even get wheel spin now unless I dump the clutch in a dig.
9) I actually can drive the car on the stiffest damper setting with almost zero change in ride comfort. BEFORE THESE TIRES, I RAN AT FULL SOFT BECAUSE I KEPT LOOSING FILLINGS FROM MY TEETH.
Con's:
1) Price
2) Stickyness probably means much faster wear. Too hard to tell this early.
3) I am bottoming out on the fender liner during high speed dips far more frequently. This was an issue before and I still have room to raise the car some. So this may not be a con as I need to dial in the suspension and alignment.
I will get some pics once I get the ride height dialed in and aligned properly. But the biggest issue I almost didn't buy these was tire rub at full lock. There is none. These tires come extremely close to the liner, but did not rub.
I couldn't find any info other than word of mouth here about these tires so I hope this helps any of you looking to run these. I have not tracked my nsx YET... Plus I am no super guru tire guy so tread lightly and look at this as informative or not informative rather than a matter of what's right and what's wrong.
Some background,
I run Advan rg3 in 18x8 and 19x10 specs. Previous tires were Nitto nt555 due to sizes being available in 215/275 sizes. The nitto's were extremely harsh riding with a hard compound. Makes for a wonderful drifting tire. I'm supercharged and after bolting the apx exhaust on my ctsc I could get wheel spin at the end of the rpm band in 1st gear and into 2nd after bolting on his extremely awesome exhaust, I'd only wheel spin in the 4K rpm band in 1st prior to the exhaust being bolted on.
I was extremely concerned about switching over to the pss due to the 225 front. I have already smashed up the front fenders a hair by bottoming out. I am lowered on BC coils and I'm a heavy guy so that doesn't help things. It took a long time to dial in the height and dampening of the coil overs to where I wouldn't bottom out during hard acceleration dips before mounting the pss.
So I took a shot at the pss and installed them today. Here are the many many pro's and very little cons...
Tires are 225/35/18 and 265/30/19 Michelin and Nitto was 215/35/18 and 275/30/19
Pro's:
1)Far less balancing weights needed on these versus the Nitto. I spent a long time rubbing off the double sided tape everywhere from my wheels.
2) These are non directional tires! A huge plus as they can be rotated left and right.
3) Lighter than the Nitto.
4) The sidewall is much larger then the Nitto. This makes for much better ride in my opinion.
5) These tires mean business... They are super sticky. Stupid sticky for a street tire. Be prepared for pebbles flying and making noise on gravel prone roads.
6) THESE DO NOT RUB ON FULL LOCK! LET ME REPEAT, THEY DO NOT RUB ON FULL LOCK WITH OEM FENDERS AND FENDER LINERS!WOO HOO!!!!!
7) The ride quality, the handling, the braking, and the traction is everything you have read about.
8) These things should be in an R-comp class. I cannot even get wheel spin now unless I dump the clutch in a dig.
9) I actually can drive the car on the stiffest damper setting with almost zero change in ride comfort. BEFORE THESE TIRES, I RAN AT FULL SOFT BECAUSE I KEPT LOOSING FILLINGS FROM MY TEETH.
Con's:
1) Price
2) Stickyness probably means much faster wear. Too hard to tell this early.
3) I am bottoming out on the fender liner during high speed dips far more frequently. This was an issue before and I still have room to raise the car some. So this may not be a con as I need to dial in the suspension and alignment.
I will get some pics once I get the ride height dialed in and aligned properly. But the biggest issue I almost didn't buy these was tire rub at full lock. There is none. These tires come extremely close to the liner, but did not rub.