Tire Blew Out on PLAID - 1.5 month wait on tires ?!

[DigitalNav]

As long as the load ratings are the same it should be fine just ever so slightly noisier. Nothing a little dynamat cant fix..

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These ones

 

[DigitalNav]

Not sure if the above link posted correctly.
Ps4S AMERICAS TIRE

https://www.americastire.com/buy-tires/michelin-pilot-sport-4s/p/43122

MICHELIN PILOT SPORT 4S 295 /30 R21 102Y XL BSW

 

[DOOLMTR]

Those look ok or the Michelin PS4S for $480. Arrives in 1-5 days. Just be careful cornering with mismatched tires.

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[NoLtrBeater]

I’ve had to get slightly wider tires instead of OEM size for both my M3P and my Audi. That’s just life right now. Hope this advice helps you get back on the road sooner than later.

 

[Tabio42]

Find yourself a used tire on ebay. Search by the size and “michelin.” Then narrow down to the PS4S in Tesla spec. T0 or T1 will work. The T2 has a bluetooth chip in each tire. If the price is right, get it. But the car has no functionality with the chip yet. Alway check that they have no damage and the DOT date is not too old.

 

[Sam1]

Find yourself a used tire on ebay. Search by the size and “michelin.” Then narrow down to the PS4S in Tesla spec. T0 or T1 will work. The T2 has a bluetooth chip in each tire. If the price is right, get it. But the car has no functionality with the chip yet. Alway check that they have no damage and the DOT date is not too old.

Almost all of the tires at a bargain on ebay are years deep on manufacturing dates and they have hard caps on the tread from sitting in non-climate controlled storage for most of their life ... that's why they're cheap. There's ways to fix it with chemicals, but they will never be 100% of a fresh tire.

 

[ThomasD]

Any salvage yards with a wrecked Plaid? If there are grab the tires

 

[ElectricIAC]

Any salvage yards with a wrecked Plaid? If there are grab the tires

A severely doubt that a car like that makes it as far as the pick and pull. That’s the kind of cars that get bought up for parts by folks like @wk057 and @Recell.

 

[DigitalNav]

Update

I hate being a Karen but after showing the service advisor the multiple threads on this issue, they somehow magically got a tire for me in one day.

Looks like thats the only way to get anything done at the moment.

 

[daddymalu]

Tire rack won’t even take order for our tires anymore.

 

[Evee]

Hmm why is this

 

[DOOLMTR]

I bet their legal team did that thinking all Plaids can do 200mph.

 

[ElectricIAC]

I bet their legal team did that thinking all Plaids can do 200mph.

Sustained, On public roads.

Right.

 

[DOOLMTR]

Looks like TireRack’s site is fixed. 3 PS4S left without foam if you’re in need.

 

[wornout]

Tires are not proprietary magic and I have never ever bought a tire from a dealer. I would buy a tire that is more or less that size and there should be plenty of tires available if you expand size. 275/285/295 should all work well and you can also change aspect ratio slightly and go from 30 to 35 if you go down to 255 or 265. You can use Tire Size Calculator to ensure the overall diameter of the tire remains the same as stock size. On tire rack, you can pick any brand tire then go to sizes and they will show you all the various sizes that tire comes in. Tirerack does home installs (as does discount tire) so they will bring you the tire you purchase and install on your driveway.

Pick two in a close enough size and you should be good to go (two tires because you may want to replace both rears to have an evenly matched pair).

Incorrect. Load rating. It's usually not a problem with ICE but Model S is heavy.

 

[Sam1]

I bet their legal team did that thinking all Plaids can do 200mph.

Nah, it's just not a popular size and it's on a 5000 pound car with 1000 hp that has non-adjustable camber settings. That is why no tires exist.

 

[daddymalu]

The very least Tesla should do is help with warranty issues on the tires if you buy tires from them, but they don’t, and if you want to take the tires home you can’t send them back to Michelin to do a warranty and no other dealer will help you unless you buy tires from them.

 

[Tummy]

Someone on our Facebook group had trouble finding a tire recently, but I found a falken that worked on Amazon with prime delivery while he waited for the correct one to come in stock. https://www.amazon.com/Falken-Azenis-Performance-Tire-295-30R21XL/dp/B07K8YTQNB

 

[Rambino]

TS Sportline carries the tires and has access to stock.. I had a great experience with them, tires arrived in 2 days..

 

[Evee]

they are back on tire rack