Just bought michelin pilot 4s

[eshults5]

Mounting on the original wheels. Can't wait! Anyone else here have any experience? Is the tread life really what they say?

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[TheCanadian]

Let me know how they are compared to stock! I am also thinking about these

 

[Gansan]

I have had them a few thousand miles.

• Good grip, slightly less than SC6
• Feels less vulnerable to flat tires, but that is likely psychological
• Less sharp turn in response. Feels more rubbery.
• More comfortable ride
• Quieter. Less road noise.
• I haven’t run them enough to know about treadwear, but the 300 treadwear rating tends to make me think they should last a while.

 

[polishedmetalctr]

I have had them a few thousand miles.

• Good grip, slightly less than SC6
• Feels less vulnerable to flat tires, but that is likely psychological
• Less sharp turn in response. Feels more rubbery.
• More comfortable ride
• Quieter. Less road noise.
• I haven’t run them enough to know about treadwear, but the 300 treadwear rating tends to make me think they should last a while.

I have had them for about 1,000 miles and agree with all these points. They are SO much better than the stock Contis! Slightly less turn in but it got better after the first 500 miles. Much better straight line traction however. The ride is way way better

 

[turboR]

Im on my second set, first was OEM size, new set is for my new rims at 265/40/18. Realistically expect to get about 16-20k miles max out of them for street/canyon driving and if you keep up with normal rotation. My OEM size set I think I got close to 18k miles, all DD and a few hard long canyon days, rotated about every 5-6k. FWD is very hard on the fronts so definitely have to pay attention to frequent rotation.

 

[remc86007]

Much better straight line traction however.

This is good to hear. The Contis feel like they have less straight line traction than other more narrow tires I've driven with on other fwd cars.

 

[FK8Guy]

I have 9k on my stock tires and i feel unsafe driving with them

 

[seed3540]

I've got 5k on mine. I am running the stock size but I am also running them at a higher psi. I'm at 38/34 because they looked quite deflated at the stock psi even when warm.

Anyone else notice this?

 

[remc86007]

I've got 5k on mine. I am running the stock size but I am also running them at a higher psi. I'm at 38/34 because they looked quite deflated at the stock psi even when warm.

Anyone else notice this?

Interesting. I'm betting they have better turn in feel at that pressure. Do you notice any uneven wear from being overinflated?

I remember over a decade ago, I had high performance summer tires on my pretty heavily modified 6th gen Accord. I ran those tires 8 to 10 psi over what the door card said and never had uneven wear and got way better turn in response and more predictable loss of traction at the limit.

 

[seed3540]

It's hard to tell for now. I have only had it like that for the last 1000 miles. I will be rotating them soon so that will probably tell if it's uneven. The turn in is great at 38 psi.

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