Best tires to swap for

[rmwrip]

I have my turbo with 21 inch wheels coming in any day now! If I am not happy with the tires what would be the best ones to swap for? Most interested in ride comfort for my wife but would also factor in noise and performance.

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[ukdriver]

Mine are Goodyear - on 22 Spyder wheels

I am v happy with them

 

[Bennie]

See my thread: tire lottery

My Macan 4 was delivered last week. It turned out to be standing on 21” Bridgestones. Clearly not my preference, because I always drove with Michelins on my BMW’s and also on my Taycan and previous Macan. In another thread I already wrote that the dealer wanted to change tires, but that would cost € 2,400. Moreover, I could nót return the (new) Bridgestones.

In my opinion this does not suit Porsche. You can tick everything, but you are at the mercy of Porsche when it comes to tire choice. While tires are crucial for driving pleasure. A lottery or roulette, which one you get. The choices are Bridgestone, Continental, Goodyear, Michelin or Pirelli. All with the indication N, but far from the same quality.

The tyre labels on the configurator is mandatory so Porsche has to show these differences. I looked them up and saw them confirmed by several tire tests for SUV summer tyres.

The table shows consecutively for 21” rims 255/45 - 295/40: front dry - rear dry | front wet - rear wet | dB front - dB rear

Bridgestone	C	B	C	B	71	73
Continental	B	A	C	B	73	75
Goodyear	B	A	B	A	70	72
Michelin	B	B	B	B	74	72
Pirelli	C	B	C	B	71	72

Conclusion: Goodyear is the best choice. Bridgestone and Pirelli are the worst.

I can confirm that my Bridgestones are stiffer than I was used to from the Michelins. Tests show that the Bridgestones have a higher rolling resistance. I think this is the cause of it. Perhaps I have no other choice than to change them for Goodyears. The lottery turned out wrong for me…

 

[RichardT808]

My Macan 4 cam with Pirellis. Truly terrible tires - harsh and loud. Going to swap them out next week for Michelins .

 

[Great_Cookie]

Could help share if you got the PZ4s or the Scorpions (and the size of the rims you have)?

I just was notified that my vehicle is in transit and found out that i'm getting the Pirellis as well...

My Macan 4 cam with Pirellis. Truly terrible tires - harsh and loud. Going to swap them out next week for Michelins .

 

[RichardT808]

We live in Honolulu with terrible roads, so I opted for the stock 20“ rims. It came with the Scorprions. I test drove the Turbo and a different Macan 4 with the 21” rim/tire package and they were both much smoother. Totally counter intuitive that the 20” would be rougher.

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