Replacing uberturbine with 18" flow forged

[Marius A]

Hi!
I'm replacing my (unused) Uberturbine wheels on my TM3P with some 18" flow forged rims and tires
I've opted for 235/8.5+45 Michelin PS4 tires, but after reading a bunch of threads on this forum I'm still not sure if that's a good setup. The full name of the tire is listed as: Michelin Pilot Sport 4 T Acoustic 235/45R18 98Y
I'm not sure if it's my brain that's exhausted or something, but I can't really find any good information on the difference of PS4, PS4S and PS4T (is that even a thing?). Also, if the PS4T aren't great, is it better to go with Conti PremiumContact6 or SportContact5?

Also, if anyone thinks 235/8.5+45/18 is a bad setup on a TM3P please let me know, I'm buying them in a few hours but I can change it up until I actually mount them on the car. From what I can see on the forum there is both "no downside" as well as "better performance on 19" and "better performance on 18". So in summary, the recommendations vary from thread to thread.

 

[Pbaker609]

235/45/18 isn't a bad setup on a M3P with 18x8.5 wheels. I'm running Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 in that size with no complaints.

 

[Marius A]

Yeah, I replaced the 20" winter tires (old 20" sport rims) with flow forged and conti vikingcontact7, 235/8.5+45/18", feels like a new car.

 

[Zoomit]

I don’t know where you got that full name but those are very likely the Tesla specification tires. There are no “PS4T” tires, just a T0 spec for the PS4 tire.

Here is the T0 tire on Tirerack.com: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tire...all=Blackwall&partnum=345YR8PS4XLAC&tab=Sizes

 

[Mash]

Hi!
I'm replacing my (unused) Uberturbine wheels on my TM3P with some 18" flow forged rims and tires
I've opted for 235/8.5+45 Michelin PS4 tires, but after reading a bunch of threads on this forum I'm still not sure if that's a good setup. The full name of the tire is listed as: Michelin Pilot Sport 4 T Acoustic 235/45R18 98Y
I'm not sure if it's my brain that's exhausted or something, but I can't really find any good information on the difference of PS4, PS4S and PS4T (is that even a thing?). Also, if the PS4T aren't great, is it better to go with Conti PremiumContact6 or SportContact5?

Also, if anyone thinks 235/8.5+45/18 is a bad setup on a TM3P please let me know, I'm buying them in a few hours but I can change it up until I actually mount them on the car. From what I can see on the forum there is both "no downside" as well as "better performance on 19" and "better performance on 18". So in summary, the recommendations vary from thread to thread.

You want 4S.
And if you plan to go to any track I'd rather suggest 9.5 with 275 width, because this rubber is very soft and overheats fast (no problem in road use). 235 is not optimal for load as well, but it saves some energy. Not significant for real life.

Performance wise same 18 is faster than 19.

 

[6H057]

Hi!
I'm replacing my (unused) Uberturbine wheels on my TM3P with some 18" flow forged rims and tires
I've opted for 235/8.5+45 Michelin PS4 tires, but after reading a bunch of threads on this forum I'm still not sure if that's a good setup. The full name of the tire is listed as: Michelin Pilot Sport 4 T Acoustic 235/45R18 98Y
I'm not sure if it's my brain that's exhausted or something, but I can't really find any good information on the difference of PS4, PS4S and PS4T (is that even a thing?). Also, if the PS4T aren't great, is it better to go with Conti PremiumContact6 or SportContact5?

Also, if anyone thinks 235/8.5+45/18 is a bad setup on a TM3P please let me know, I'm buying them in a few hours but I can change it up until I actually mount them on the car. From what I can see on the forum there is both "no downside" as well as "better performance on 19" and "better performance on 18". So in summary, the recommendations vary from thread to thread.

Any plans for the Uberturbines?

 

[Marius A]

Any plans for the Uberturbines?

Sell to the highest bidder