Performance Pack Tires... done in under 6,700 miles...WTF?

stang-man · Jul 1, 2017

Mine were down to the wear bars at 9 k miles.
Replaced with MPSS.

thet33 · Jul 6, 2017

So after a month I'm loving the Firehawks. I wanted to wait a while because new tires always feel better than the old ones you switched out.
These grip better, ride better (to me) and handle rain/water FAR better.
These will be my go-to tire from now on as long as the whole stock situation gets figured out and the price stays low.

351MachOne · Jul 7, 2017

millhouse said:
Same, my rears had nearly no tread at 15k miles. I just replaced mine this morning to Firestone firehawk indy 500s. I must say, so far they seem to have far better grip than the Pirellis.

BFGs grip better than the pzeros, even in thesummer.

Also, they handle water much better. However, I dont feel great about the mismatch tires front and rear. It is making for some strange handling at highway speed.

Eric R · Aug 15, 2017

Good topic... im at 14,500 with my stock P-zeros and they are starting to get thin ;). What I gained from this thread is replace with Michelin Pilot Super Sports. I might hit 20k.. that's the goal at least ;).

Genxer · Aug 30, 2017

I still have my original Pirellis on the front at 20k miles. They are getting worn but still have tread left. That tells me all I need to know about why the rears don't last as long. :lol:I have all-season Michelins on the back now and couldn't be happier. The amount of grip between cold days and hot days is much more consistent.

EFI · Aug 30, 2017

My guess is alot of people here claim they drive "normally" but in actuality ridiculous things to them.

My PZeros are at 11k street miles (including 3 full track days of 4 sessions x 20 minutes each) and still got about half thread on them. You guys that only last 7k miles must either be running -4* camber or doing burnouts daily.

saf1 · Aug 30, 2017

thet33 said:
So after a month I'm loving the Firehawks. I wanted to wait a while because new tires always feel better than the old ones you switched out.
These grip better, ride better (to me) and handle rain/water FAR better.
These will be my go-to tire from now on as long as the whole stock situation gets figured out and the price stays low.

I pretty much feel the same way. Hoping they increase production and sizes so I can square up my 2015 GT/PP with a bit larger tire. Their 305's are for a 20" rim :(

But yeah - I've not heard anyone complain about these tires so far. I don't know how they are on a track, but daily driving they are great.

millhouse · Aug 30, 2017

EFI said:
My guess is alot of people here claim they drive "normally" but in actuality ridiculous things to them.

My PZeros are at 11k street miles (including 3 full track days of 4 sessions x 20 minutes each) and still got about half thread on them. You guys that only last 7k miles must either be running -4* camber or doing burnouts daily.

No burnouts. No excessive tire spin. No track duty. Just daily driving and I was at the wearbars at a little over 12k miles. This is a common theme.

BmacIL · Aug 30, 2017

millhouse said:
No burnouts. No excessive tire spin. No track duty. Just daily driving and I was at the wearbars at a little over 12k miles. This is a common theme.

My coworker, who admittedly drives fairly aggressively, but zero burnouts, no track events, got 9k before they were bald. Bald. That's unacceptable for anything but a Extreme Performance category (very soft) tire. He's got Indy 500's on now and is so far very happy. Better performing and better wear.

millhouse · Aug 30, 2017

BmacIL said:
My coworker, who admittedly drives fairly aggressively, but zero burnouts, no track events, got 9k before they were bald. Bald. That's unacceptable for anything but a Extreme Performance category (very soft) tire. He's got Indy 500's on now and is so far very happy. Better performing and better wear.

Agreed. I got better wear out of Nitto DR's with track time on my old mustangs.

I can't comment on the Indy 500 wear, but so far traction and ride quality is excellent.

VinnAY · Aug 31, 2017

Im still loving the 500's...solid 9 out of 10, maybe 9.5, I can slide them pretty easily but it's controlled and predictable wheel spin/slide, they're giving me everything I wanted.

millhouse · Sep 1, 2017

VinnAY said:
Im still loving the 500's...solid 9 out of 10, maybe 9.5, I can slide them pretty easily but it's controlled and predictable wheel spin/slide, they're giving me everything I wanted.

This is exactly what I noticed. When the back end breaks lose, they seem to be far more predictable/controllable than the Pirellis.

tom_sprecher · Sep 1, 2017

Almost 16k and still have over 7/32nds left on the rears. Depends on what kind of driving and how you do it. Daily stop and go vs. 250+ miles at a stretch on the highway makes for two totally different wear rates. I do the latter and expect to get maybe 40k or more out of these tires.

millhouse · Sep 1, 2017

tom_sprecher said:
Almost 16k and still have over 7/32nds left on the rears. Depends on what kind of driving and how you do it. Daily stop and go vs. 250+ miles at a stretch on the highway makes for two totally different wear rates. I do the latter and expect to get maybe 40k or more out of these tires.

I put 18k miles in a year on the Pirellis and replaced them at 14k mile bald. Again, 0 track time, 0 burnouts. Most of my miles were highway. Hell, Pirelli rates these for 12k miles (talking to Pirellis OEM warranty service).

40k miles on these is a pipe dream. Hell, 20k miles is a pipe dream.

brandonsmash · Sep 1, 2017

EFI said:
My guess is alot of people here claim they drive "normally" but in actuality ridiculous things to them.

My PZeros are at 11k street miles (including 3 full track days of 4 sessions x 20 minutes each) and still got about half thread on them. You guys that only last 7k miles must either be running -4* camber or doing burnouts daily.

I think there was an early batch of PZeros that had ridiculously accelerated treadwear. Mine were down to the bars at 7,700 with only one (maybe two, but I think just one) day on them and very mild street driving.

Performance Pack Tires... done in under 6,700 miles...WTF?

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