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| Enigma |
 Nov 8 2007, 06:32 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 4-November 07 From: Ontario Canada Member No.: 8,298  |
Hey!
My 914 has old Pirelli P7's on it. Its time to replace them. Can anyone suggest what a similar replacement might be? I kinda like the look of the P7's, Im not sure why but it give the car the "factory" look for Porsche. A few options would help. Cheers |
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| boxstr |
Nov 9 2007, 11:40 AM
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MEMBER:PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION Group: Members Posts: 7,522 Joined: 25-December 02 From: OREGON Member No.: 12 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Pirelli P7s were the in tire in the day. Technology has brought better tires to the front.
Go to tirerack.com and see if you can find what you want there. They have a huge selection and there prices are very good. Good luck CCL |
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| 914-8 |
Nov 9 2007, 01:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 802 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Cal Member No.: 5,461 Region Association: None |
Wow, those tires must be pretty old. P7's have been out of production for a long time, I'd guess well over ten years now. Check the date codes on your tires, it would be interesting to see when they were made! Not super safe to be riding on tires so old, so it's good you are changing them.
I don't really use Pirellis much anymore, but as a kid of the 80's, I agree, Pirelli P7 and Porsche will always go together in my mind. Pirelli used to make a successor to the P7, that was called a P700 or something like that, but even that is gone now. I think the closest Pirelli "successor" to the P7 would now be the PZero. It's a good looking tire, the tread is a tiny bit remniscent of the P7. |
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| orthobiz |
Nov 9 2007, 09:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,754 Joined: 8-January 07 From: Cadillac, Michigan Member No.: 7,438 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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I had a 73 Mercury Capri with CN36's. But those P7's were
something else in the day! Paul |
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| 914-8 |
Nov 9 2007, 10:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 802 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Cal Member No.: 5,461 Region Association: None |
CN36, that takes me back. Remember when the hot tire (a few years after the CN36) was the Phoenix Stahlflex?
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| nein14 |
Nov 10 2007, 08:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 838 Joined: 6-February 03 From: USA Member No.: 262 |
I had a set of Pirelli CN36's on my first Porsche 67' 911 GREAT tire back in the day (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| sixnotfour |
Nov 10 2007, 11:45 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,432 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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QUOTE Phoenix Stahlflex 3011's |
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| Eddie914 |
Nov 10 2007, 11:51 PM
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Stahlflex 3011!
Great tires! Had tem on a '78 VW Scirocco. |
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| *kennyd*914 |
Nov 11 2007, 08:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: 10-July 05 From: Toronto, On Member No.: 4,398 Region Association: None |
I had a set of P77 back in the early 90's. When I brought them to my mechanic, I reminded him that the tire had a specific rotation and there was a specific inside and outside, he thought I had lost it until he read the tire. Great tires....fair mechanic....
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| HalM |
Nov 11 2007, 08:38 AM
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Green Skull 003 Group: Members Posts: 127 Joined: 19-January 05 From: The 'Burg Member No.: 3,472 Region Association: None |
"Back in the day" wasn't the 914 tire war Pirelli CN36's versus Michelin XAS?
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