gingerprince
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| posted on 29/6/10 at 08:33 AM |
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Anyone used Toyo R1-R's in anger yet?
Wondered how they compared to R888's. When they first came out they were more expensive than R888's but they've now swung the other
way - 195/50/15 from Camskill are about 96 quid for the 888's and 65 for the R1R's.
Ordinarily I'd be going straight for the 888's, but since I'm planning (when I can get the 13's to fit!) on running slicks on
dry track days, these seem like in theory they'll be a better option for fast road + wet track day option. They will have to do at least one
dry track day at Cadwell next week though assuming I can't get my 13's to fit in time (nail in Marangoni's sidewall forces immediate
purchase!).
Thoughts?
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A1
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| posted on 29/6/10 at 08:51 AM |
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not sure how good the r1 rs are, but the r888s are awesome, even in the wet. I was out in the winter when it was snow/icy and didnt have any bother at
all.
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gingerprince
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| posted on 29/6/10 at 09:15 AM |
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I have heard the R888's are surprisingly good in the wet just not standing water.
I'm likely going to go for the tried and trusted R888 anyway , just throwing it out to see if there was any particularly positive experience
from the R1-R's
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turbodisplay
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| posted on 29/6/10 at 09:35 AM |
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Uniroyal rainsport 2 are cheap tyres.
I find the grip very good, on track and road.
Darrren
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dazzx10r
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| posted on 29/6/10 at 09:43 AM |
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Well I've been scratching my head over what tyres to use for a little while now, finaly plumped for Yokohama Parada spec-2, read a couple of
write ups on them and I think they will be a good compromise between track/road, hopefully
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 29/6/10 at 10:51 AM |
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I've got R1-Rs on my elise. Put them on fresh for a trip to the nurburgring. I'm impressed with them, good in standing water and nice and
sticky in the dry. A million miles better than T1-Rs. I haven't tried R888s though so can't compare.
All in all I like them a lot.
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skippad
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| posted on 29/6/10 at 11:28 AM |
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Ive had both on MK's
R1's good all rounder, but when pushed, bubble up and go right "off"
888's superb, like to get hot, hotter the better, loads a grip, damps ok, don't like standing water though, aquaplaning yeha!
got 4500mls on current set and still plenty tread left!
[Edited on 29/6/10 by skippad]
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gingerprince
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| posted on 29/6/10 at 01:20 PM |
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Thanks all. Went for the 888's in the end, don't want anything that I'll destroy at Cadwell! I'm guessing the R1-R's
struggle then because they're a softer compound but move around too much because of more tread pattern?
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