bosshoss bill

Just got a good deal from a buddy on a set of the Michelins.

Goodyear runcraps are gone! Good riddance.

The tire installer dudes put 35 psi in there. Should I stick with 30 cold?

I was running 38 psi after they heated up, seems a little high to me?

Any Michelin guys help me out here.
Thanks
Bill

B-rent

I run about 30-35 in all of mine and yes the pressure does increase as the tire heats up but its never more than a few psi

R Devil

30 psi "cold".

mrm1149

0Doug@MorosoPerformance

30 -32 Psi Cold

get0mod

Pilot Sports are Runflats??

Bill Curlee

28 in the rear and 30 in the fronts (COLD)

That give the best handling and tread wear!

BC

bighank

Pilot Sports can either be had in NONrunflat or ZP(Zero Pressure) RUNFLATS. Michelin told me to run 3 to 5 # over the suggested 30PSI and to check the tread wear across the tread to make sure that it isnt wearing in the middle or on the edges. Have only had em about 5 months but feel like I'm driving a new vette. Spend the extra few bucks and buy the RUNFLATS (ZP) They have a built in road hazard warranty good for FREE REPLACEMENT including MOUNTING AND BALANCING for 2 years or 50% of tread remaining. After that they are prorated. No need to purchase any other coverage when buying the ZP tires. BIGHANK

get0mod

Thanks for the Info Big Hank

Moval49er

I have run 30 in front and rear - a C5 is too light for 30 in the rear, never mind 35 on the ZPs. My centers wore on the rears with plenty of front left. Bill Curlee is right - 28 in the rear seems fine for the street

They are great tires, BTW.

DeeGee

I've been running 28 cold but its a bit sluggish

Seems to handle better with 30 cold

I have Pilot Sport A/S ZPs

zreddog

Where did you purchase your tires? I am thinking about going to discount tire and I have not heard about the warranty.

JoesC5

I checked with Discount tire and Michelin no longer uses the ZP for the run flats. They now use RF. The fronts are 245/45ZR17 95YRF DIR (Discount tire stock # 34182) and the rears are 275/40ZR-18 99YRF DIR (Discount tire stock # 34204. Mail order price is $226 each for the fronts and $318 each for the rears with free shipping.

bighank

I purchased the Michelin Pilot Sport ZPs from Discounttiredirect. Go to the Michelin website and there you can download the warranty information. It's about 16 pages and I think its and Adobe pdf file.
Somewhere after the first few pages the warranty descibes the Pilot Sport ZP warranty. It is as i have posted above. Get the toll free number and CALL Michelin if you have any questions about the warranty or anything else. I did all of this BEFORE I purchased the tires.
About 6 months ago the total was $1108 for front and rear. No extra charge for shipping.
THEN shop around for an installer. I actually got a BETTER PRICE for ROAD FORCE BALANCING from my GM DEALER. I was AMAZED.!
They wanted $70 plus $5 per tire for DISPOSAL FEE. I didn't want the hassle of dumping the old ones in a dumpster so I paid $90. The recommended installers form both Tirerack and Discounttiredirect(which you can access on their websites) were MUCH HIGHER. Extra for Runflat, Extra for TPS, Etc. Chech around and see what you can find locally. Took about one week to get the tires via standard UPS ground shipping and they arrived in excellent condition. Were very fresh too.
You can check this by looking at the DOT code molded into each tire.

Good luck! You will be pleasantly surprised by the difference in the performance. BIGHANK

RedY2K

If Curlee says it, that's good enough for me.

vettenlady

That tire is what I have and On Star said they were low in pressure, so I put in air up to 30. Now the tire sensor says that they are over pressured. I let air out until it reached 28 and the sensor still says they are too high in pressure. Whats going on?

Bill Curlee

Actually measure the tire pressure with an accurate pressure gage and compare that to that the sensors report.

Bill

vettenlady

will do. Thanks

K-Spaz

They should not be throwing any errors at those pressures. Yes you want to check them with the gauge as others have said here, but I would check all four tires because it sounds to me like your sensors are not learned in the correct sequence and I bet you've got a different tire giving you the messages than the one that says.
if I tried to go anywhere near 38 PSI on my C5 I would get error messages Deluxe. The dice would be going completely crazy all the time with over pressure messages. Was a real pain in the *** too because I wasn't running run-flats. I could have used more pressure. Though I did get great we're out of the tires even at 32 psi.

aj98