jaycdub

I have a 2002 cab that had pirelli assymetricos that I didn't care for at all. I changed them out for the RE050 pole position and love them .. Quieter, smoother and outstanding grip wet or dry. Haven't had them long enough to comment on wear but shoudld at least match the pirellis. Happy shopping.

What tire would you recommend, knowing that I enjoy the occasional track outing (6x year), I have to drive in occasional FL downpours but it's never cold, and I hate, loathe, despise my current Pirellis...

The car is a 2003 on 18" (225 and 285) The P-zeros on the car are noisy, bouncy, take flat spots after sitting 1 day, I hate them with every fiber of my being like I've never hated tires before ;-) I know it's the tires because I had a boxster on 18s" before and it was nowhere near that bad !

With that in mind... I've had the Michelin PS2 on my previous car, they were OK in terms of wear but I found they went away quite fast on the track in terms of grip. I'm looking at :

-Bridgestone Re050A ($986 + shipping at tire rack), the S03 replacement I guess?

-Conti sport contact 2 ($870 + shipping) : my cousin works for continental, he says those are much better now, but I had a set of V1.0 and they sucked so I am not sure I trust V2.0

-Michelin PS rib $1120 + shipping...

****, where are the Kuhmos in my car's size ? nowhere, it seems, unfortunately !

Any other recommendation? I don't mind if they wear fast, I just want dry and wet grip, less noise, less harshness... Opinions ? I know it's subjective but it's not like you can try them for "feel" ;-)

I currently have the Bridgestone Re050A on my C4S and are the best I have ever put on my Porsche. A friend who is a tire service tech for GY did some calculating and promised these are the best for my car and driving. He was right and these are the best I've had. Second was Yokohama AVS Sports and the absolute worse tire is Kumho I only had on for about 2k miles. I hated the Perilliies because of wear and noise issues but handled alright. What ever you do, don't go the Kumho route because it will cost you again and you will hate them and feel unsafe riding with them.

What tire would you recommend, knowing that I enjoy the occasional track outing (6x year), I have to drive in occasional FL downpours but it's never cold, and I hate, loathe, despise my current Pirellis...

The car is a 2003 on 18" (225 and 285) The P-zeros on the car are noisy, bouncy, take flat spots after sitting 1 day, I hate them with every fiber of my being like I've never hated tires before ;-) I know it's the tires because I had a boxster on 18s" before and it was nowhere near that bad !

With that in mind... I've had the Michelin PS2 on my previous car, they were OK in terms of wear but I found they went away quite fast on the track in terms of grip. I'm looking at :

-Bridgestone Re050A ($986 + shipping at tire rack), the S03 replacement I guess?

-Conti sport contact 2 ($870 + shipping) : my cousin works for continental, he says those are much better now, but I had a set of V1.0 and they sucked so I am not sure I trust V2.0

-Michelin PS rib $1120 + shipping...

****, where are the Kuhmos in my car's size ? nowhere, it seems, unfortunately !

Any other recommendation? I don't mind if they wear fast, I just want dry and wet grip, less noise, less harshness... Opinions ? I know it's subjective but it's not like you can try them for "feel" ;-)

Loren,

For anyone's info that's in the same boat as me.....Took it to the dealer today and for $30 they pulled both codes. In retrospect, I should have had it done preemptively when it was in for other services previously.

Thanks for your speedy reply.

-john

Loren,

I've got an OEM radio/nav unit in a 2002 carrera (PCM 1?). Bought used and w/o radio code. Model is BE2582 and ser#15009414. KW: 26/01. Can you run this through your magic formula for me? Is a separate code needed for the nav unit? Thanks for your help. John

Bought a used 2002 Carrera with the OEM radio/nav unit but without the code. What info is needed for the code lookup and where is it found? Thanks in advance for any help.

Item 7 for a MY02 Carrera (not C4S) is:

996.504.503.03 Left Rubber Lip -- MSRP $13.87

996.504.504.03 Right Rubber Lip -- MSRP $13.87

Thank you Loren!

jaycdub

need part number for rubber lip in front of right front tire. looks like an air scoop to radiator or deflector for water off front of tire. Anyone know how to get back to the oem parts catalog that was has disappeared? thanks for any help

2002 996 cab w/26000 miles. Green indicator will light in dash when stalk button depressed but none of the functions on the stalk will work. Any ideas?

Make sure all the brake lights work and are of the OEM specified incandescent type including the high mounted one(s). When I put a led light in the high mount light the cruise would not work until I added a load resistor.

Thank you, I'll double check all that.

2002 996 cab w/26000 miles. Green indicator will light in dash when stalk button depressed but none of the functions on the stalk will work. Any ideas?

Got the green indicator to come on by adding a plastic spacer against the plunger. None of the stalk functions will work however. Any other ideas?

thanks guys! Green cc indicator comes on when ignition first turned on but when car is started it goes out and won't come on when button on stalk is pressed. no functions on the stalk work. all brake lights are working. I have swapped fuses. is the plunger that was mentioned, on the brake or clutch pedal, or elsewhere? thanks for the feedback

cruise control worked but now does not . fuse is good. any ideas or points to check?

thanks, john