Which ones are a good set of budget road legal semi slicks????

And wheres best to get them from???

I'll need 205/40/17

Thanks

 

Dont think they are budget but yokohama AO32R s are incrdeible

 

no slick is going to be road legal.

 

Thats why he specified SEMI-slicks!!

Toyo R888's ar available in 205/40/17, infact they are one of the only ones that are. See my thread in the Traders Section for full prices.

 

Colway intermediate's. Road legal cut slicks. Always put some on the rear for track days. VERY sticky,lasting well too. Don't know about sizes tho as mine are 205/50/15's.

 

Thats for the suggestions people, any other idea's?????

 

A048's are better, or try and get some cheap used Dunlop DO1's. A few race series use these as control tyres so some may be available.

best if you have money are Dunlop D02's in my opinion

 

Ideally i was looking at spending about Ł100 per tyre, the R888's are Ł105 each, so there just in budget

How much would i be looking at for the other ones suggested above????

Even tried Ebay, and its just full of nankangs or what ever there called

 

To porkie yeah i agree just when i was using them it was on a mini, and AO48 dont come in 10"

 

just bought some RL7s off allsteel on here, they have cut slicks on them, two of them look a bit thin, maybe they can be recut? back two look fine to me,

theyre Pirrelli Pzeros in 17s

cant remember the size

what are they worth?

 

doh wrong button

 

I used Toyo Proxes R888 on my 306

Excellent track tyres

I don't get why people refer to these tyres as 'slicks'

Surely they're just soft compound (comparatively) performance tyres.

Whats 'slick' about them?

 

I've got and used R888s in 205/40/17 size - and they cost me Ł85 EACH fitted. I can deffo recommend them - as GurnE says, they're not really slicks, but they DO work so much better than 'normal' performance road tyres. Surprisingly they also lasted pretty well, and I'm deffo going to get another set soon.

Just my 2p!
Simon

 

Dunlops as Porkie said, but they aint cheap

 

what can u get for a 16in rim? cant fit brakes under 15's - and 17's are toss

 

what you want to be looking at is moulded slicks - there is no road going 'slick' tyres - the only thing close is a moulded slick and these do meet the minimum 17% tread marker for road useage- but be warned - they do not remove water from the tread, if it rains they are lethal. other than these variants of moulded slicks - all the rest are a compromise of a road tyre

 

you will alway struggle to find competition tyre for rims that are not of current use in major motorsport - and 16" arent - it always happens to me, i buy 15" - couldnt get tyres- so by the time i buy 16" - everyones on 17" so no tyres, so then i buy 17" and then everyone goes to 18"

its all cost pal

 

Im with Mark.

There is NO such thing as a 'semi slick', they (most mentioned above) are all just road tyres.

I run competition moulded slicks on the road with no problems.

 

Thought as much - but for a car of about a tonne, 16's a perfect. 17's have too much inertia, and u stuggle with brakes in a 15

 

Tony - u need my 16 mate?

 

Rick - Yes please

Im currently on 288's on the front under the 15 inch rims.

Std is 260mm and cossie is 283mm

Im constantly trying different idea's - to find the optimum

 

We get 2nd hand 16" moulded slicks for about Ł40 each

That really annoys me as a similar second hand 15" slick would be Ł85 each or more

 

ive got 300mm under my 15" rims

 

Been there and done that Mark.... but size isn't everything

Infact I have been upto 305mm

 

under 15's ? iirc im at 302mm ther or there abouts, been on 355 and six pots but had to use 17's just made it a ball ache for gravel stuff, so i found the compromise at 300's

 

Yep under my std 15" wheels

 

you must have been using some really small calipers -

 

Yep they were modified to fit and off a different car.

Like I said biggest isn't always best, and Im constantly trying different ideas/stuff