tchavei
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Sooo
I went to my usual long known tyre shop to swap the rear tyres of my MB.
While I was waiting, I asked the owner if he had ordered the Hankook Ventus S iON EV tyres for me (as I'm planning to swap my 19'' to 21'' on my Taycan when it arrives). He said they were on backorder but asked me for which car they were. For some reason, we never spoke about the Taycan.
Anyway, the moment I told him it was for a T, he replied: oh shit, you can forget the Hankooks.
I asked why and he proceeded to explain to me that 'N' rated tires usually come 'trimmed' from factory. 1 or 2 degree of camber. "If you put the Hankooks, which are straight, the car is going to chew them up on the inside".
I was a little skeptical so the owner pulled out a continental N0 tyre (not NF0 though) and indeed, the tyre would sit skewed on the ground, like the Tower of Pisa. He says it's on purpose to accommodate the porsche camber. The tyres are also usually softer. He said that he was pretty sure the NF0 would also be 'trimmed'.
So now I'm kinda lost. My plan was to test the new Hankooks but after the scare he gave me, I'm not so sure anymore.
Does anyone know if NF0 rated tyres are also "weird"? Or is it just N0?
I went to my usual long known tyre shop to swap the rear tyres of my MB.
While I was waiting, I asked the owner if he had ordered the Hankook Ventus S iON EV tyres for me (as I'm planning to swap my 19'' to 21'' on my Taycan when it arrives). He said they were on backorder but asked me for which car they were. For some reason, we never spoke about the Taycan.
Anyway, the moment I told him it was for a T, he replied: oh shit, you can forget the Hankooks.
I asked why and he proceeded to explain to me that 'N' rated tires usually come 'trimmed' from factory. 1 or 2 degree of camber. "If you put the Hankooks, which are straight, the car is going to chew them up on the inside".
I was a little skeptical so the owner pulled out a continental N0 tyre (not NF0 though) and indeed, the tyre would sit skewed on the ground, like the Tower of Pisa. He says it's on purpose to accommodate the porsche camber. The tyres are also usually softer. He said that he was pretty sure the NF0 would also be 'trimmed'.
So now I'm kinda lost. My plan was to test the new Hankooks but after the scare he gave me, I'm not so sure anymore.
Does anyone know if NF0 rated tyres are also "weird"? Or is it just N0?
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