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Should I stay with S04 Pole Position or get anything else?

Originally Posted by Davey I guess I didn't make it clear enough... They're "hardcore" in the sense that they sacrifice wet grip for dry grip and the treadwear is not

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Old 09-19-2015, 10:40 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I guess I didn't make it clear enough... They're "hardcore" in the sense that they sacrifice wet grip for dry grip and the treadwear is not that great, and they're expensive - not that they are uncomfortable. For a daily driver that sees 3-season temperatures and stop-and-go driving, they seem like a waste of money IMO.

The point is that the S-04's are quite a bit cheaper and other than the ultimate dry grip they'll do fine.
Yea the treadwear is terrible, i managed to get them price matched and got all 4 in the nismo wheels sizes for 884 i think a couple of months ago. I had to haggle a bit though, not something the avg comsumer does. And the Pole positions were 7xx. I heard from many track rats the poles are better then the stock re050s, and to me the re11 was an improvement over re050 but not by the praised margin given here. My next set will probably be pole positions or the new re71r mild to wild ha
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Yea the treadwear is terrible, i managed to get them price matched and got all 4 in the nismo wheels sizes for 884 i think a couple of months ago.
That's a hell of a deal.
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That's a hell of a deal.
Those discount tire guys WILL haggle a bit!





Op give them a try, as far as turn in and response they are amazing
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I have had SO-4 tires and I currently have RE11's. The RE11's are a much better tire. No issues with South Ga. rain storms. The SO-4's would skip in a hard turn that was bumpy. Yes, skip. They would skip over the bumps and slip a bit. The RE11's do no such thing. Thread wear is still unknown at the moment. I will see how many Interstate miles I can put on them.
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Still undecided between the S04 and RE11. My heart wants to try the RE11 since I've never owned an extreme performance tire before and now I have the right car to experience that, but my head says keep it sane and get more tread life . All decisions in life boil down to the tug of war between these two, don't they..

So today its been exactly one month since I got the car. I looked at the odo and I've put on exactly 620 miles this month. Its a second car (intended to be a weekend car), and I will continue to do my office commute in the other car. I guess I will end up driving the Z between 8K to 10K miles a year, so my guess reading other threads is that I can expect perhaps 10K miles on a set of RE11s (and perhaps 15 to 18K if I go S04).

So really boils down to.. do I want to have more fun and replace the tires same time next year, or stay with S04 and get two years out of them?
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Still undecided. Not that there's any information I am lacking at this point, sorry I don't mean to spam or troll. I have all the info - thanks to everyone - but can't decide

Per my calculation, s04 will cost 900 and take me 18 months (cost of $50 per month), while re11 will cost me 1100 and take me probably 11 months ($100 per month).

Can't make up my mind if the $50 extra per month will be worth the difference between the two. I'm not going to be doing any wet driving (it's a second car and I'm in drought-struck Cali) unless it rains suddenly on a sunny day but I will be driving quite a bit on bad roads.

I guess I don't really have a question at this point- just can't decide

$50 vs $100 per month difference is quite a lot for tires alone.

Guess I'll stick with (pun unintended) the s04 after all. I love how they grip now, they don't lack anything for my level of driving aggressiveness.


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I was in the same situation, S04 or RE11 , but ordered Nitto Invo
275/305 combo for $986.00 shipped
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S-04s are great tires, especially for the money. They run a close second the PSS at about 30% (or more) cheaper.

It's easy to overthink tires. Unless you're some kind of driving expert, it's highly unlikely you'll be able to outsmart Nissan's engineers and come up with a tire setup that will perform better in "spirited" street driving, but you can certainly spend a lot of money and brain-thrashing trying to.
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Thanks all. I have ordered the s04 tires.
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Just got some S04s put on my G. looking forward to seeing how they compare to the stock RE050As
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