Are you interested in a smooth, quiet riding all season? Performance all season? One that gets you the most range? I have a recommendation for all three.
Jerry, I will assume you are going to want the OEM size tires (225/55/19) or you can go one size larger which I usually recommend. Mainly because the OEM size is a little too narrow for my taste.
Like to jump on this because you seem to know a thing or two. I dont have much to compare it to but I feel like I’m disappointed in the performance of the P Zeros on my GTPE, its quite easy to slide and with the weight I don’t feel much confidence at the edge. I also don’t like how it sacrifices so much in terms of ride quality and still fails to meet the performance mark. Are my expectations too high/unreasonable or would a better set of UHP summers improve the experience?Is it an issue at the limit? Is it unbalanced? ??
The first thing I usually do to a car is a set of anti-sway bars, then I look at how the body roll affects the contact patch and adjust static camber accordingly. I'd go for the stiffest front bar I could find, then tune the balance with a properly-selected rear bar. Since you have a Premium, I'd maybe go for the rear Koni shocks that @markboris posted about putting on before the bars. After the bars I would put on wider wheels and wider and stickier tires. Then I'd go for a lower ride height and then mess with the alignment again. After that? Lots of stuff can still be done, but those are the biggest bang for your buck items. The rest will get you small incremental increases at the expense of ride quality. The above named items won't sacrifice that much ride quality. ??
We're kind of in a hard spot for EV-specific performance tires. Our wheels are too narrow for some of the tires I'd want to try. A few members have gone one size up on width to 265s using the Continental DWS 06+. I haven't done anywhere near as much with tires on the MME as @markboris has since I'm still on my original P-Zeroes and trying to decide on which wheels and tires I'm going to go with. Maybe Mark can chime in on your needs too. ??
I saw that Steve mentioned me about tire recommendations and I posted a list of EV tires (that were available at the time I made that list) here #34 . At the bottom of that post I listed a few of my recommended non-EV tires. That might help.
Again, another member Brian ^^^^ just mentioned in this post what I said earlier: #17 .I also have a premium AWD my wife has an Audi TT that's a blast to drive. I wanted my car to handle a little better than stock so here goes.
First I upgraded the wheels and tires and went to UHP Summers WOW this is a huge improvement. For reference, the wheels are 20x8.5 +45 offset. For tires I did Vredestein Ultrac Vorti+ in a 255/45/20 XL 105Y. The other advantage to doing this is you can run lower pressure @36psi they support the same weight as the stock 19". Lower tire pressure = a smoother ride. Next, I put in the Steeda front and rear sway bar then the shock tower brace.
With these changes, it's a completely different car. It's on Rails
One other note on the tires UHP Summers are going to have much more precise steering and elevated handling over an all-season. Where I live this means I need to have a set of winter and set of summer tires, but its worth it
if you do not want to go through all that probably the best compromise in the stock premium size is the Michelin Pilot Sport AS 4, you will lose a little range
The Picture is from the Street Machine Nationals last weekend
Again, no matter what model Mach-E, replacing both front and rear sway bars with the Steeda bars will make a huge difference.
Yes absolutely. No issues what so ever.
It’s been a while since I looked at the thread on front sway bars.
Someday, maybe. Too many other projects going on for what the wife would say as unnecessary. I feel like the car is more limited by traction from skinny tires than suspension, though.
