Pirelli P7000
tirerack has them on sale for 97 bucks (for a 17 X 8 wheel)

 

SuperSports or summer? Both are pretty decent. Not great, but decent. IMHO not quite as good as Dunlop SP5000s but pretty close. SuperSports have good tread life (35K+ miles for me). The summers get about 2/3rds the life.

Very good price for either tire for a 17x8 wheel, though. Go for it.

You are certain it's P7000, not 700, right?

 

I had them for 50K miles! Good tires, great grip but very very noisy....amplified by 10 when the tread gets low.

If you want a quiter tire, superior grip and awesome treadlife, I suggest shelling out some more $$ and getting the bridgstone potenza S03 pole positions. Awesome tire.

 

I can either get

1 the pilot sport A/S for around $900 + tax


OR



A set of 17X8 wheels plus these pirelli supersports for almost the same price

 

I saw that deal too and jumped on it... after reading all the reviews complaining about excessive noise, I canceled out on the order. Another potential problem with the P7000 is the soft sidewalls reported by fellow max owner who had the 235/45/17s on his 17x8 MoMo arrows. He got bubbles as a result of soft sidewalls.

 

IMHO, Get the rims and tires. Rims you will have for a long time, tires (depending on how you drive) will last you anywhere from 10k-60K. 6 months down the road, those pilots might go on sale. The P7000 aren't that bad. Cornering, wet/dry handling are are very good. The noise is the only thing. Just turn up your stereo and it will go away.

 

Hello, Well I had Pirelli P7000 SS in 225/45/17 on my 3rd gen when I bought my rims a little over 3 years ago. I bought these tires because I thought they would work best in Miami weather. I must say that the tires perform very well in both dry and wet situations. The wet traction is what impressed me the most. I remember running through a pretty deep puddle at full speed and the car did break traction.

Like someone mentioned these tires have a soft sidewall. The rear tires went bald due to bad alignment (camber) a long while ago. I had new tires (Kuhmo 711's) put on 2 days ago and I noticed that the old Pirelli's had some pretty nasty scrap marks all the way around the sidewall. I have no idea what caused this, but I can assure that its not from parallel parking. The 2 remaining Pirelli's are now on the rear and one of them has some pretty sever splitting.

I decided to go with the Kuhmo Ecsta 711's because once there mounted it looks like theres A LOT more tire. Very nice beefy tires and the tread pattern is not as aggresive looking, but very nice none the less. I have them mounted in the front and I the dry traction is just as good if not better than the Pirelli's. I have yet to test the wet traction, but I expect them to perform just as well.

Take care,
Kevin

BTW I had the Kuhmos mounted and balanced for $90 each.

 

Personally, I'd say go with Dunlop. I've had my time with Pirelli and I have much more grip with the Dunlop tire.

 

and some of the best sidewalls

 

thanks for all of the info. I will look into my tire options on the 17 X 8 MM11 wheel

 

yes, what he said

 

is this what happens if you crossbreed your max with Chrissy's?

 

A guy around the corner from me has them in 17x8 (I was just talking to him last night). They look really nice on the Maxima, so go for it! I have the EVOs myself, really like the Mille brand. They are pretty fly, perhaps a touch heavy, but still a great looking and 'resistant' tire all around. Cleaning them is as easy as a hose and a wet sponge weekly (damn brake dust), and they shiiiiine like crazy.

Mike

 

could you please take a pic of the MM11's?

 

Yo T-bone

If you don't mind waiting a few days, I'll get ya one. I'm gone from ottawa for the next 5 days, so I'll post one early next week.

That okay?

Mike

 

what kind of dunlop do you have? a2?

 

sure. thanks

 

any pics yet?