jimmy1234 Donating Members 364 Member For: 17y 2d Gender: Male Posted 01/03/09 10:05 PM Share Posted 01/03/09 10:05 PM Got quoted $520 for a Bridgestone RE-001R 245/45/R19 yesterday, compare to anyone? RussRuss, the RE-01R's are 89Y. Their weight rating is to low for our cars. Can some one tell me what is the widest tyre that we can fit to the standard 19" rim?Can I squeeze 265/30/19 on the rear? If so the toyo R888 will do the trick. Rapid what did you fit before you pumped the guards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSV_LS1 Member 303 Member For: 20y 11m 8d Gender: Male Posted 02/03/09 02:00 AM Share Posted 02/03/09 02:00 AM Some may have missed a thread I started (heaps of interest - not) but there is a new Toyo street legal drag radial in the US called the Proxes TQ. Check it out here: http://www.toyo.com/docs/tires/tires.asp?l...p;category=compI get my tyres from Ray at Tyrepower in Reservoir here in Vic who is the man when is comes to the 888's. If the TQ is to be released here, Ray should be the Vic distributor. He is looking in to it. Ray runs the 888 on his race car and loves them.Problem is they are only available upto 18". I may be getting the 265/30/R888's for my next tyre I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straughsberry Donating Members 1,846 Member For: 17y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Broady, Melbourne Posted 02/03/09 02:04 AM Share Posted 02/03/09 02:04 AM Yyyyyes. Excellent point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yw84u Member 148 Member For: 19y 29d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 02/03/09 06:14 AM Share Posted 02/03/09 06:14 AM Russ, the RE-01R's are 89Y. Their weight rating is to low for our cars. Can some one tell me what is the widest tyre that we can fit to the standard 19" rim?Can I squeeze 265/30/19 on the rear? If so the toyo R888 will do the trick. Rapid what did you fit before you pumped the guards?I may have missed something but the r888 only come in 235,295,305 for 19", well that's what the website says anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 02/03/09 06:32 AM Share Posted 02/03/09 06:32 AM Russ, the RE-01R's are 89Y. Their weight rating is to low for our cars. Can some one tell me what is the widest tyre that we can fit to the standard 19" rim?Can I squeeze 265/30/19 on the rear? If so the toyo R888 will do the trick. Rapid what did you fit before you pumped the guards?265's will squeeze onto a 8" rim but they wont handle or grip the way they are designed to...I may have missed something but the r888 only come in 235,295,305 for 19", well that's what the website says anyway235 up front & 295 on rear. Just buy 10" rears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1234 Donating Members 364 Member For: 17y 2d Gender: Male Posted 02/03/09 06:39 AM Share Posted 02/03/09 06:39 AM (edited) I thought the same thing however some looking through the toyo site for sizes etc..I found thisIt was form their .com site not .com.au so maybe hard to find in Aus but I am sure their is a way to get them. Edited 02/03/09 06:40 AM by jimmy1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAP1D Member Donating Members 3,739 Member For: 18y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: Sydney NSW Posted 02/03/09 07:37 AM Share Posted 02/03/09 07:37 AM 235 is too narrow for such a heavy car... be "ok" for street use, but you dont put semi slicks on the front unless your pushing dam hard... it'll under steer into corners hard.Ive got 265/30 on my fronts, they are 8.5inch wide though, and are pulled in a touch so I wouldnt put that size on a narrower 8inch rim... 245 is pretty much spot on for keeping a stiff sidewall.Having said that, the 265s on my front do give the front very good grip, but push too hard mid corner and they loose grip... and with the huge grip from the rea semi's, she turns into a snow plough lol... you do have to push hard though, like scarey hard through corners, which is fine on a circuit, but on road with trees and crap ready to pop out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP300 Donating Members 842 Member For: 19y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 04/03/09 06:38 AM Share Posted 04/03/09 06:38 AM So I guess nobody else has tried the Maxxis ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qik1 Silver Donating Members 2,720 Member For: 16y 8m 30d Gender: Male Location: Loitering in SEQ Posted 04/03/09 07:30 AM Share Posted 04/03/09 07:30 AM Didnt even really consider them john but if your getting the results out of them down the track then I might consider them as a daily street tyre. Why do you think they work so well down the track because by the pic & description of the m they look like a average tyre? Very impressed how they have performed on your car.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP300 Donating Members 842 Member For: 19y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 04/03/09 09:42 AM Share Posted 04/03/09 09:42 AM (edited) I have seen Brians car put 510 odd rwkw on the rollers with these tyres hence I guessed they were not too bad. When you read the specs then you get a better idea of why they work. When I bought the 19" FPV copies I thought I would try them as a cheap alternative... They have performed quite well and as I have stated many times... They have produced some decent numbers down the quarter. Has anyone else run a low 11 sec pass on a 19" $200 tyre? Think about it ... They can be that bad... eh? Edited 04/03/09 09:43 AM by JP300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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