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Originally Posted by D_Thissen
I was just about to ask, what tires would people suggest as a next step from the OEM ones?
I would like a bit better overall grip, with out loosing the character of the car. I guess I'm asking if the OEM tires are a 2 out of 10 on the 'grip-o-meter' what tire(s) would fall in the 5 out of 10 category??
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Pilot Super Sports get tons of love especially from Porsche guys as they're rather durable for the grip they offer. However they may clock into the 7/10 or 8/10 on your scale if the grippiest street tires are 10/10 (Bridgestone RE11, Dunlop Direzza ZII, Yokohama AD08, BFGoodrich Rivals, Toyo Proxes). And in OEM size they're about $135/ea shipped to your preferred location from TireRack.
There's tons of options in the 'summer tire' category, I'd shop through TireRack and do tons of googling, you'll see back to back reviews of the same tire on the same car with one guy saying "They're great! I topped the timesheets all weekend and they lasted 6 weekends!" and another saying "Useless, less grip than XXX, and garbage after two days!".
Have a buddy that loved Sumitomo's on his WRX, really affordable in OEM size around $80/ea. on a Toyobaru, Continental and Kumho I think are also competitive, read read read.