New Hankook Ion Evo tires for the GTS

[sandjunkie]

These were somewhat difficult to find in the size I needed for the GTS. I am excited to try them out. Hankook Ion Evo. I found them in Tireseasy.com for less than $1500 shipped to my door.

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[gnr3312]

I was just looking at these at Discount Tire but they were $1700 there. How are you going to swap them out?

 

[sandjunkie]

I was just looking at these at Discount Tire but they were $1700 there. How are you going to swap them out?

mobile installer is $300

 

[gnr3312]

mobile installer is $300

Dang I didn’t know that was a thing. I’ll have to look it up. Thanks!

 

[refazi]

the 21 hankooks are not desined for J1.1, they are designed for the j1.2 that has 9.5 offset instead of 9, porsche put them on RWD cars, you are much better off with goodyear asymmetric 6 as a "value option" although all cars eats tires in 10-15k...
Let us know what is your experience after you get them installed, but i wouldn't recommend installing them on a 22 GTS

 

[sandjunkie]

the 21 hankooks are not desined for J1.1, they are designed for the j1.2 that has 9.5 offset instead of 9, porsche put them on RWD cars, you are much better off with goodyear asymmetric 6 as a "value option" although all cars eats tires in 10-15k...
Let us know what is your experience after you get them installed, but i wouldn't recommend installing them on a 22 GTS

They will be just fine. Quit drinking the Porsche Kool-Aid

 

[PDXCyclone]

Very interested to hear review once you have them installed. I’m considering them for summers on my ‘24 CT4. I suppose the j1.1 21” size isn’t NF rated but everything I’m reading seems like they are a great compromise between performance, efficiency, and tread life for the Taycan. I think I’d rather have a bit more efficiency than pure performance focus of the other 21” summer options.

 

[CAGCTG]

I hope your tires work out well. I am about ready to replace the Pirelli P zero OE tires on my '23 GTS. The car is at 25,000 miles (40K kilometers), and the tires have worn evenly and given good service. I think I will just buy the replacements. They are about the same price as Michelin Pilot Sport 4S.

Does anyone know about the P zero "R" tires. They are also NF0 Elec rated. Darned expensive, and probably unnecessary unless tracking the car.

Scanning Tire Rack, I see LAUFENN S FIT AS tires at ~$200/tire. I'm not tempted, but boy are they cheap.

 

[Leccy61]

They will be just fine. Quit drinking the Porsche Kool-Aid

Won’t Porsche give you a hard time with regards to warranty, like if you want to extend the original new car warranty? I know they would here, cars have to pass a 111 point check, non approved tyres would fail that. Quite frustrating, leaves a choice two tyres that are a few years old otherwise I would likely try the Ion Evo, interested to see how you get on with them.

 

[TaYcanAficionado]

I got them installed as summers on my second EV (a jaguar ipace) and I am extremely happy with them; superb range, very quiet and soft. Just not extremely sporty/not for tracking. Superb for daily driving though.
I am so happy that I'll probably get them as summers on my 4S (21 size rims). I can see they are available in the OE size of 305/30r21 and 265/35r21 for the taycan and with the OE load/speed ratings. So despite the lack of NF0 marking, they should work 100%.
Let's face it, NF markings (and this is the case with most major car brands) are for the most part a marketing trick to sell tyres from specific manufacturers. There's nothing wrong with buying non-NF0 tyres, as long as they are the correct size and load/speed rating.

 

[SoccerMan94043]

Does anyone know about the P zero "R" tires. They are also NF0 Elec rated. Darned expensive, and probably unnecessary unless tracking the car.

They came with my CPO which had the "Performance Summer Tires for 21" Wheels" option. When I went to test drive the car, it seemed like all of the 911s I looked at had them.

I don't have much to compare to as they are the only tires I've spend any real miles on in a Taycan. As far as price, they aren't that much more expensive than the regular P0s according to TireRack, at least for the 265/305 set up, but I have noticed a lot of price fluctuation the last two months:

PZero NF0: 2,172.74
PZero NF1: 2,255.66
PZero R NF0: 2,611.88

 

[Vercingetorix]

I got them installed as summers on my second EV (a jaguar ipace) and I am extremely happy with them; superb range, very quiet and soft. Just not extremely sporty/not for tracking. Superb for daily driving though.
I am so happy that I'll probably get them as summers on my 4S (21 size rims). I can see they are available in the OE size of 305/30r21 and 265/35r21 for the taycan and with the OE load/speed ratings. So despite the lack of NF0 marking, they should work 100%.
Let's face it, NF markings (and this is the case with most major car brands) are for the most part a marketing trick to sell tyres from specific manufacturers. There's nothing wrong with buying non-NF0 tyres, as long as they are the correct size and load/speed rating.

No, OE tires really are different, whether people notice it or not.
https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre-Tests/Should-I-Fit-OE-Tyres.htm

 

[Fun TC Driving]

I am still waiting and hoping for any good tire manufacturer to make an EV rated set of 21” all season 245/285’s to properly fit Porsche’s Aero Design wheels.

 

[TaYcanAficionado]

I am still waiting and hoping for any good tire manufacturer to make an EV rated set of 21” all season 245/285’s to properly fit Porsche’s Aero Design wheels.

I have a second set of 20' for the winter, but winters aren't that harsh where I am at. And I really hope we soon get a decent tire for the OE size in 20' for all weathers, which are close to inexistent now. Only the pirelli cinturato p7 all season comes close (available for the taycan with NF0 marking), but still, it's not a "full all season" (no 3PSMF marking, just M+S). My hope lies with Michelin crossclimate 3 sport - when it came out some months ago, they stated that more sizes are coming next year. Incredible tyre and has made 1st or 2nd place at most tests competing against both summers and winters!

 

[Fun TC Driving]

TU. Our experience is that our CrossClimate 2’s have been/are superlative tires. Hope as you suggested the CC 3’s come in more sizes, and/or Hancock IVO A/S or other quality tires expand their 20” & 21” size offerings too.

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