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04-08-2013, 07:55 AM | #1 |
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Brakes and Tyres
It's time for a complete set of rubber and brakes, not gonna be cheap!
M3 E92, has had Continentals on which I really didn't like or think suited the car and am hoping a set of Michelins Sports will sort that. Also for a sensible price but to upgrade the brakes is it worth sticking to BMW disks and upgrading the pads? Love some advise as to best bang for my buck (£ actually). Usgage is fast road/occasional track. appreciate your inputs. |
04-08-2013, 08:17 AM | #2 |
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Michelin pilot super sports. Better and cheaper than the OEM PS2s!
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04-08-2013, 10:09 AM | #3 |
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Camskill have the Michelin Super sports at a good price. £210 the fronts £260 the rears.
Plus a fuel card worth £50 back from Mich. Best road tyre there is for the M3 by quite a margin IMO. |
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04-08-2013, 10:14 AM | #4 |
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I second the Michelin PSS choice.
When my Conti's were done I even bought PSS and went up to 275 rear and 255 fronts. These are great tires for the price.
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Depends on what you are looking for...the car is already exceptionally well balanced on the standard sized tyres - I guess its possible that its even better on larger aspect tyres but I suspect that an objective test would show that it isn't and more likely the opposite.
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04-08-2013, 11:35 AM | #10 |
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04-08-2013, 02:38 PM | #11 |
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There's plenty of grip on the stock size PSS. No need to go up on size.
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04-08-2013, 03:04 PM | #12 |
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i also will be getting new tires soon. I'm considering the Nexes N7000. i've heard great reviews and wont need a winter set.
all other high performance tires are to soft and burn out quickly. |
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04-09-2013, 12:33 AM | #15 |
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I am very happy with my set of Vredesteins. They grip brilliantly on dry pavement and very very well in the wet. According to reviews, they are practically PS2 equivalents for less $$$. I can't say, but they are a great set of tires.
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04-09-2013, 01:18 AM | #16 |
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I'm looking for a set to replace my E82 and could not believed the cost is about $300 difference between the two sets. My current set of PS2 is almost 29K miles and soon to be replace and Super Sport last even longer than PS2.
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04-09-2013, 02:54 AM | #17 |
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I don't normally get too excited by tyres or make unrealistic claims about tyre performance but subjectively the PSS are quite significantly better than the PS2 which was already the benchmark in tyre choice for the M3.
Best bang per buck for an improvement in grip, handling, balance and behavior when pushed beyond its limits. Saving a few $s on a far less able tyre would only make sense if you never push your car. |
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04-10-2013, 03:41 PM | #19 |
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Any thoughts on Brakes?
Seems people slate M3 brakes generally which always surprises me, is this just to bolster the aftersales market in non BMW brakes? So what advise do people have, stick to BMW Disks and Pads? or BMW disks and upgrade the pads? really appreciate your feedback on this. |
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