MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Blade on January 07, 2010, 10:20:16 pm
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Looking for some R888,s. Anyone seen any at a good price, Thanks
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i got mine from camskill best i found
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i got mine from camskill best i found
+1 :happy2:
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I think you'll find Toyo have just bumped the price up quite a lot - so have a look at some alternatives that are the same, if not cheaper.
Kumho's are very well suited to heavy cars.
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...........just the tyre for this time of year. :grin:
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...........just the tyre for this time of year. :grin:
255/35/18 for £157 per tyre?? Thats what im getting mine for..
Mine arrive on the 13th along with the new wheels.. :pomppomp:
And yeah, not ideal weather really :confused:
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not sure if anyone has used this company
http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/car-tyres/HANKOOK/VENTUS,R-S2,Z212/
they ain't the cheapest for toyo but they sell these hankook track tyres for £100 per corner which has got me tempted
reviews for them seem pretty good
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Not very clued up on good rubber. If the R888,s are 1st choice, what else could i look at that will give me good dry grip and acceptable wet performance. I don,t want something that only has a 3 or 4000mile shelf life either.
What sort of mileage do peeps get from their R888,s?
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Not very clued up on good rubber. If the R888,s are 1st choice, what else could i look at that will give me good dry grip and acceptable wet performance. I don,t want something that only has a 3 or 4000mile shelf life either.
What sort of mileage do peeps get from their R888,s?
R888's are the cheapest way to get a decent amount of grip on the road, but they are by no means the best out there.. I find the sidewall support on the R888 pretty crappy to be honest, but that works on the 1/4 which is why im choosing them..
If you want a serious tyre go for the Dunlop, but bare in mine there almost double the price, but you get what you pay for..
I got about 6k from mine which I think is pretty good really.. That was with 3 drag days, and running almost 3 degrees negative camber on the road..
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What are they for?
If they're for a daily hack, then you're throwing money away running R888s TBH as you'll race through them.. you're hardly exploring the limits of grip on the drag to the office and back in rush hour!
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If you went for the medium hard compound they'll probably last a bit longer but kuhmo seem to get good reviews and quite a few different compunds to choose from and isnt there a new toyo tyre which is a compromise between track and road coming out soon. I wouldnt mind some for the road this summer (not really the weather for them now imo) but like you bit stuck on compound and maybe 6-8k miles would be nice.
Besides i thought you said no more mods this year, i think you could class r888s as a mod.
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Besides i thought you said no more mods this year, i think you could class r888s as a mod.
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Did i really say that Rob :embarrassed:
I need 4 new tyres this month so i thought i would see if there is a genuine option for me. It does only get used on the road at the minute, so i was just seeing if there is anything that would offer more dry grip over the RE050A,s i have on at present but still return acceptable mileage.
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mine have done 3 track days and prob have another 2 left in them . not done many road miles on them 200 max
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wouldnt bother on road at this time of year mate.
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wouldnt bother on road at this time of year mate.
I ran them last year in very cold conditions.. Still a ton more grip than any other 'summer' type tyre.. Wet grip is huge.. The only issue comes with standing water, but you just drive to the conditions..
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dont think spending money on tyres that will last no more than 6k and will not really be used as intended (road use) is very good advice, i also thought they were being banned because of low grip in cold conditions? cant really see how they can work this time of year, only ever driven with them in summer on track though.
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dont think spending money on tyres that will last no more than 6k and will not really be used as intended (road use) is very good advice, i also thought they were being banned because of low grip in cold conditions? cant really see how they can work this time of year, only ever driven with them in summer on track though.
Thats what I like about this forum, full of helpful info that we can all learn from.. :wink:
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we back to i say so and i know best fella?
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we back to i say so and i know best fella?
Its pretty obvious that I was taking the p*ss.. Lighten up 'fella' :happy2:
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If you went for the medium hard compound they'll probably last a bit longer but kuhmo seem to get good reviews and quite a few different compunds to choose from and isnt there a new toyo tyre which is a compromise between track and road coming out soon. I wouldnt mind some for the road this summer (not really the weather for them now imo) but like you bit stuck on compound and maybe 6-8k miles would be nice.
Besides i thought you said no more mods this year, i think you could class r888s as a mod.
the Toyo r1r will be out early this year. Early spring.
Already available in europe, can be ordered from germany.
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Besides i thought you said no more mods this year, i think you could class r888s as a mod.
Did i really say that Rob :embarrassed:
I need 4 new tyres this month so i thought i would see if there is a genuine option for me. It does only get used on the road at the minute, so i was just seeing if there is anything that would offer more dry grip over the RE050A,s i have on at present but still return acceptable mileage.
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Surprised your still on the re050a's, I didnt like them much and got rid of them after 4000 miles, replaced with eagle assys which are much more grippy imo.
Seeing as normal summer tires like the assys last me about 4 to 5 thousand miles, would I kill a set of R888's even much quicker?
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R888 mileage will depend on the rating
GG - medium compound and should last 3k+ road miles easily. I've still got reasonable tread on mine after the Nurburgring, Spa and 2k+ road miles. :happy2:
GGG - soft compound - Don't even go there :laugh:
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Just been looking on camskill and there now stocking the Toyo r1r http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m12b1522s669p0 dont know if this is old news just thought id give people the heads up :happy2:.
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I think i might have to get these once my tyres wear out.
im going to email them and find out if you can get them in differnt compounds etc.
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I'm using yokohama A048R pretty good street performance aswell bought from camskill can't remember the price but they are halfway now and went with them 5000 km