Mole

Recently purchased set of so3's for the rears but preferred the handling of it on worn so2's bot my fronts are unevenly worn. so not sure if its the tyres or not. has anyone got so3's all round and what are they like as I am considering going back to so2's. The 2's look better as the 3's have got a naff looking lip but they do appear to have more tread. Any comments would be appreciated.

awinskill

S03's got slated in the ScoobyNet community. They're a harder, better wearing compound than S02's but provide less grip.

Rumours are that there's a PP version and an S04 coming...

If you've just had the S03's just fitted then make use of the Bridgestone 30 day refund pledge and get some S02pp's

steve_the_greek

I had S02PPs all round on my Prelude and now have S03s on the front. I've found the grip to be better on the new tyres but I've heard that the compound on the S02PP gets harder the more worn it is, and hence is less grippy, so that might explain my perception. They certainly last longer. How the S03s compare to the S2000 OEM S02s I can't comment - I replaced like with like.

Steve

awinskill

The S02PP's are dual compound so yes, they do get harder as they wear. However, by the time they've worn down you'd have done an airfield day and scrubbed them off anyway

One of the benefits of the PP's is that they keep their tread pattern as they wear, were as the OEM S02's scrub off some of the rain channels quite quickly. My OEM's were almost slicks when I changed them