What you got, where you got them and how much.

Mokesta · Postby **Mokesta** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:44 am

15x7 36 mm offset Watanabe R8R with 205 50 15 Toyo 888:

Tyres from Tyretech in Brisbane. About $270 each. I think you can get them cheaper but I was in a hurry and live close to Tyretech.

This is what the wheels looked like from Japan. I bought them from MX5 Plus.

That cardboard box says \"Jackson Racing\" on the side

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mr_rotary · Postby **mr_rotary** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:48 pm

Type - Bridgestone Potenza GIII
Size - 185/60/14
Price - $139/tyre fitted & balanced
Dry grip - n/a
Wet grip - Very impressed. Old tyres managed to keep spinning till half way through third. I am lucky to chirp these in the wet when changing a gear!
Tyre life - n/a
Road noise - low

Noticed an immediate improvement in cornering over the older tyres. Will update comments after 600km's.

Jimmy · Postby **Jimmy** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:54 pm

Now that i've worn them out i guess i can now comment.

Type - Yokohama S-Drive
Size - 205/50/15
Price - $200/tyre fitted & balanced
Dry grip - Excellent
Wet grip - Okay. I reckon the C-Drive grips better.
Tyre life - Ive done roughly 11,000km and they are down to the tread indicators. (includes a very spirited Tasmania trip and 1 track day)
Road noise - never really payed attention honestly.

Matty · Postby **Matty** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:15 pm

Tyres: Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212
Size: 195/50R15
Price: $200 ea (Donnellans Box Hill)
Dry grip: how does Standard NB class Phillip Island lap record at my first track day in 2 years sound?
Wet grip: no idea yet.
Life: no idea
Road noise: nothing to write home about.

As far as a road tyre for the track goes, these are awesome. They start to feel a bit greasy when hot, but the grip doesn't actually go away, your slip angles just get a bit bigger. Braking power is amazing. Highly recommended if you have to compete on road tyres.

Damo · Postby **Damo** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:48 pm

^ Very, very fast! I suspect the driver had something to do with it but slow they are obviously not!

fattima · Postby **fattima** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:43 am

Matty wrote:Tyres: Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212
Size: 195/50R15
Price: $200 ea (Donnellans Box Hill)
Dry grip: how does Standard NB class Phillip Island lap record at my first track day in 2 years sound?
Wet grip: no idea yet.
Life: no idea
Road noise: nothing to write home about.

As far as a road tyre for the track goes, these are awesome. They start to feel a bit greasy when hot, but the grip doesn't actually go away, your slip angles just get a bit bigger. Braking power is amazing. Highly recommended if you have to compete on road tyres.

And Hankook aren't importing 14 inch ones even though they make them....grumble....grumble

fattima · Postby **fattima** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:50 am

Type - Bridgestone Potenza GIII
Size - 195/60/14
Price - $130/tyre fitted & balanced
Dry grip - Very impressed, on the track very predictable. Better when hot than the Falken RT-615 I was running, and did quicker times on the GIII. Really good bang for your buck tyre.
Wet grip - n/a
Road noise - low

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:19 pm

Time to bump this back up the top again

Checked my log book yesterday and realised my Toyo T1Rs have now done 42,000km and are still legal - probably 5-10,000km left in them yet :shock:

They are definitely less grippy on the rear now, strangely like the Pirelli P-Zeros were at the end of their life. But it is fun at traffic lights (when no one's around!). cornering seems unaffected though, just straight line grip - I know that doesn't make sense, but I haven't had any sudden oversteer problems.

Jimmy · Postby **Jimmy** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:45 pm

Got these fitted about 3-4months ago.

Type - Yoko C-Drive
There's plenty of good info on this tyre so im not going to bother.
Price: $120/corner fitted and balanced.

Great wet/dry tyre. Initial thoughts were that they were a tad heavy (through the steering) but i quickly adjusted. Overall i'm very pleased. The change from 14 year old Dunlops to these was incredible!

After the tyres were put on, i went to get a decent wheel alignment and get the car corner balanced. Funny thing was that the car hadn't had an alignment for at least 7 years (from records and reciepts). The bloke needed a breaker bar for the breaker bar to undo the relevant bolts!
This is what the camber was before i got it set right:
FR: -0.5
FL: -1.6
RR: +0.5 :shock:

RL: -2.8

This could have something to do with the car ripping around wakefield given that its mainly right handers.

Alignment
Where: ACDC, Mitchell ACT
Price: $140 (alignment to my specs, plus corner balanced with me in the car)

The difference it has made is unbelievable. For a few hundred bucks my car is now handling how it should be which is sweeeeeeet :mrgreen:

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:46 pm

Type - Yokohama A-Drive R1
Size - 205/45/16
Price - $215/tyre fitted & balanced (same as RE001 and less than PP2 from what I could find in Brissy)
Dry grip - They took a long time to bed in and impress me. I was underwhelmed to start with. Not unpredictable, just mediocre. Now with 5000 on them they are very good. I am very confident in them as they provide great feel and response.
Wet grip - Great, again; great feel and response
Road noise - low
Life - not long. I only ever drive the car in anger these days. It is the weekend car after all. They'll be dead before 20K I think.

philz · Postby **philz** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:58 pm

RE001 are great, very good in dry.
Not sure in wet - haven't tried.

Goodyear Eagle F1's aren't bad, excellent in wet, and also not bad in dry.

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:23 pm

CJ5 wrote:very much not inkeeping with what i have read from you lot in this thread. point me in the right direction!

Keep in mind that they are salesman (the most of them) and have stock they just want to unload... call around and you probably get a different opinion from each shop as each of them have a brand that they themselves back/deal more frequently with

MINX · Postby **MINX** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:54 am

Type - BFGoodrich G-Force Sport
Size - 215 / 40 / 17
Price - $170/tyre fitted & balanced
Dry grip - tba
Wet grip - tba
Tyre life - tba
Road noise - tba

Total cost incl Wheel Align and Nitrogen fill $743.00

Dan @ Jax Slacks Creek.
He is very keen to support Club members/enthusiasts.
He is keen to promote this tyre to spirited drivers.
I will update once they are scrubbed in.

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:37 am

Type - Toyo R1R
Size - 205 / 50 / 15
Price - $169 per tyre fitted and ballanced
Dry grip - tba
Wet grip - tba
Tyre life - tba but with tread ware of 140 not long
Road noise - pretty good - i can not tell the difference from my adrenalines.

tank · Postby **tank** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:03 am

Just make sure the week of manufacture of the Yoko A539 is less than 5 years old. This information is on the tyre's sidewall. But for $219, there are better tyres out there.