MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Tfsi_Mike on June 02, 2010, 06:21:05 pm
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Many people used Toyo R888s as an everyday tyre? Very noisy, very, very noisy!
Hope the performance compensates for the road noise!
Tried Hurdys R1Rs at the weekend, they are the way forward, not as much noise :smiley:
My cars not exactly refined with solid engine/gearbox mounts, non-res miltek, de-cat, etc etc etc,
but its never bothered me, makes it feel sporty. This noise however may have crossed the line lol
Opinions???
Cheers!
Mike
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im looking forward to hearing this tonight. how many motorway miles will you be doing in the next 3 weeks again :grin:
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There not 'that' bad.. I think the performance is well worth it..
On a serious note, have you had your alignment done recently? They will howl if its out..
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There not 'that' bad.. I think the performance is well worth it..
On a serious note, have you had your alignment done recently? They will howl if its out..
May well be the problem!!! Had some pot hole trauma to OSF on frequent occassion lately :fighting: :fighting:
Might get it checked tonight. Was going to go to Wheels in motion on Friday book they only have 11am and ill probably still be working :sad1:
@ Sy Did you use IAMotorsport down the road?? Were they any good? Rang him at lunch and hes working late tonight...
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not heard of em mate that said, i might well have used them and forgotted. where are they??. give em a go mate, better get that sorted than tear the sh!t out of those tyres. they are not exactlky the most hard wearing tyres.
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not heard of em mate that said, i might well have used them and forgotted. where are they??. give em a go mate, better get that sorted than tear the sh!t out of those tyres. they are not exactlky the most hard wearing tyres.
They were in sittingbourne I think. Think you had either rolling road, corner weighting or alignment there? They do alot of Jap track cars??
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The lads race Bora was on 888s at the Ring and I hardly noticed them, they are running near parallel geo though. I think pressures will be key too, they need to be much lower that normal road stuff.
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TD what are the benefits of running toe in/out or parallel etc. also what pressures dop people run their R888s on. mike maywell have them over pumped
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They want to be around 27psi cold MAX..
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hes off getting his alignment done now, ill text him that now :happy2:
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hes off getting his alignment done now, ill text him that now :happy2:
God! He doesn't mess about! haha..
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They want to be around 27psi cold MAX..
Is that for most track day tires as i have a set of kuhmos on and there around 32psi on the front?
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They want to be around 27psi cold MAX..
Is that for most track day tires as i have a set of kuhmos on and there around 32psi on the front?
Very much depends on construction.. I wouldn't like to say really mate
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Thanks Jonny, Mike & Sy !
Cant get in for alignment untill 5pm tommorow. :sad1: In the mean time you think I should drop pressure to 27psi then??
Cheers!
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if they are 27psi cold what would that equate to when warm. he'll have to drive to the station to do the pressures so no doubt they will be warm with the weather and that drive when he gets there
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if they are 27psi cold what would that equate to when warm. he'll have to drive to the station to do the pressures so no doubt they will be warm with the weather and that drive when he gets there
Or how long should I wait, after a slow drive to the garage? 2 miles (ish)
Cheers
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if they are 27psi cold what would that equate to when warm. he'll have to drive to the station to do the pressures so no doubt they will be warm with the weather and that drive when he gets there
Best to set pressures when the car has been sat out of the sun.. So say early morning.. Did they use dry air?
Its worth checking anyways, most likely they will be around 35psi which is waayyy too much for those..
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if they are 27psi cold what would that equate to when warm. he'll have to drive to the station to do the pressures so no doubt they will be warm with the weather and that drive when he gets there
Best to set pressures when the car has been sat out of the sun.. So say early morning.. Did they use dry air?
Its worth checking anyways, most likely they will be around 35psi which is waayyy too much for those..
Dry air? Their air gun was spraying water mist everywhere so they probably had w*nk pneumatic system.
Went to cowboy tyre fitters round the corner as I knew they would fit tyres I supplied.
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TD what are the benefits of running toe in/out or parallel etc. also what pressures dop people run their R888s on. mike maywell have them over pumped
Oh God, the subject goes on and on and on, it also is very much determined by what the driver's style is - they'll listen to what he wants and set it up accordingly I'm sure.
I think they run 28F 30R, my PSCups are around 2PSI higher all round by comparison, really depends on the tyre.
Nitrogen infaltion FTW - water vapour = massive changes in cold/hot pressure leading to greasy tyres and crowning.
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You was right jonny, they put 36psi in them! :fighting: :fighting:
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You was right jonny, they put 36psi in them! :fighting: :fighting:
Lol.. Yeah that's quite a lot.. Feel better now?
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You was right jonny, they put 36psi in them! :fighting: :fighting:
Lol.. Yeah that's quite a lot.. Feel better now?
They grip ace! Had geo checked today aswell. Did toe on front and toe and camber on back. Will scan the print out tommorow