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Toyo R888
ukdub:
How long would a set of R888's last under normal conditions. At the moment with mostly motorway miles I make a set of Toyo Proxy T1R's last 20k on the front and 40k on the rear.
The wheel man:
--- Quote from: ukdub on March 04, 2009, 12:19:29 pm ---How long would a set of R888's last under normal conditions. At the moment with mostly motorway miles I make a set of Toyo Proxy T1R's last 20k on the front and 40k on the rear.
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The compound of the T1R is 280. Ive just checked some 888's in stock and they are 100. Based on your figures you will use up the 888's 7200 1440 miles respectivley.
The lower the number the solfer the compound. to make it easier to understand if they were 200 and 100, the 100 would wear approx twice as fast.
HTH
Ben
tony_danza:
That's really handy info about the compound rates, is that found on the tyres??
The wheel man:
--- Quote from: tony_danza on March 04, 2009, 02:58:21 pm ---That's really handy info about the compound rates, is that found on the tyres??
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Yea should be on all tyres. Look for where it says Treadwear 280 Temperature AA Traction AA (have a look on the net, it explaines the meaning of them, straight line stopping in the wet and all sorts)
It is very usefull but a 280 on a Toyo woulddnt necessarily be the same as a 280 on a Conti, its not a 100% fixed measurement. the tread pattern will also have an impact on how the tyre wears, for example, do you remember the original Toyo T1s? Big long groves made the tyre wear quickly as they moved about alot, the new T1R was the replacement and to overcome the wear problmes they put 2 groves around the radius of the wheel, this cut the long groves in half making them much more rigid decreasing the movement and inceasing the wear rate, all without changing the compound1 (nerd alert :rolleye:)
tony_danza:
I LOVE nerd facts! :happy2:
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