tabetha

Does anyone use these tyres on thier everyday road car ?
I am needing two new rear tyres, and Uniroyal being who they are, are out of stock again, just excuses all the time, I wanted the new rainsport 2's.
Anyway I beleive you can get these R888 in different compounds, so was wondering how the hardest/longest lasting one would last on the road, I got about 2500miles from the Uniroyals on the rear.
If anyone does use the R888, I would appreciate some input, especially as cossies are so undertyred anyway.
Thanks
tabetha
ps 2wd sapphy is what they are going on in 205/50X15 size

pete mcrash

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mr hadland sells em....u could try him for advise

JonnyBravo

2500 miles !

As bad as 888's can be I think they will last much longer than that, my mate has done 8k with his on his GTR and there not worn out, he doesn't hang about in it either, the issue is how long will they last if your going sideways everywhere ?

Martin-Hadland

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We have them on our yellow Audi powered MG, so far they have done about 2000 road miles, 13 laps of the ring & 10 laps of Brunters, plus about 10 wheel spinning standing starts.. The fronts are about half worn (or slightly less) and the rears look new.

Spiky

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i have had a set over a year now, dont 8+ track days and several miles on the road, as i drove to some track days on them?

SWITCHBLADE

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a diff question, what are the pros and cons if someone wanted to use the r888`s on their road car ????.

dave

tabetha

What grade/hardness are you refferring to on your car Mr REYLAND, I assume for this mileage it is the hardest ?
I don't do wheelspins or anything like that as a bit girlie, and can't afford the diff to go bang, plus my g/box makes a horrible scoring sound in fifth(only) until warmed up!!
How much would a set of these cost, and just how bad are they in the wet, the uni's cost me around £75 fitted/balanced etc.
Do they do a wider 15" like 215 etc.
Thanks,
tabetha

Spiky

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medium compond

dont hit standing water, anything else is fine

in 15's you can get

195 50 15
195 55 15
165 50 15
205 50 15
215 50 15
225 50 15
235 50 15

M K

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so wish they done 195/45/15

simon170

I'd love a set of these, but they cost a fortune in 215/45/17s

Martin-Hadland

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Same size as our MG uses.. £445.60 all in set of four, hardly a fortune. There's a price increase of 5% due in the next month or so..

simon170

Blimey! Most places I've seen are 150 a piece... thats a great price Mr H!
Once my engine work is done I think I'll come see you for a set of those

madmack99

grippy tyres but in the wet not so good

JonnyBravo

I have to say the set we run on the green nova drag car we had are STILL going there about 2 1/2 years old, done well over 100 runs up the pod and a few trackdays and lots of road miles.

I have to be honest that my mates on is 3 door didn't look too clever after a whole day at Rockingham, evenly half worn but they did take a lot of stick all day.

Its been mentioned before but tire pressures seem to be crucial with the 888's, I saw a set destroyed after 10 laps of Bedford

H15 FSC

so if driving normal in the wet would these be fine(r888) ,need a new set soon on my FRS as i was going to get eagle f1 asymmetrical or the rs1's,

Mike1

I use them on my 2wd Sapphire. Prior to that I had always used the Goodyear F1s and latterly the Yokohama AVS Sports.
The GYs seemed to go to to mush and the car would "float" after a few miles of hard road driving in the dry in Wales. Being as I use my car mainly in the dry and for fun I found the old AVS Sports were in a different league to the old F1s in the dry. Much better when they got really hot and inspired a lot more confidence although on the odd occasion I have driven on them in thunderstorm type rain they've not been as good as the F1s unsurprisingly.
I've still got a set and a half of the AVS Sports and use them for long road mileages when it's just commuting but I can't get any more of them in 205/50x15 size so ...when they're gone, they're gone as they say.
So, as you can only really get stuff like Toyos in 205/50x15 size nowadays ( most performance car tyres are much larger sizes nowadays so the big tyre manufacturers have stopped doing the above size in favour of 17s & 18s ) I tried the R888s in medium.
As you'd expect, they're much noisier and "moan" at slow road speeds, they tend to "grab" more at longitudinal ridges and cambers and you get more feedback through the car in terms of NVH.

On the upside, once they're really warm they really do grip well. Much better than "normal" road tyres and they're very confidence inspiring. However, they're not as progressive as something like the GY F1s and the car is more "snappy" once the window of grip has passed. If you like to try and be neat and tidy they're really good as you can carry a lot more corner speed.
On the other hand I wouldn't bother with them if you like to be lairy with your car.




I have got a set of 17" wheels and tyres but I stick with the 205/50x15s as the car feels so much nicer to drive with them on in terms of handling and ride

MARCOSWORTH

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I'm awaiting a set in 205-50-15 for the Saph from Martin,should be here the coming week so i can test them,i'm only going to use them for track days at the Ring,maybe a little on the road depends on how the handle for daily use,i might get a set for the 17'' in the summer as daily use

steve7786

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What you having done now mate? PM if you prefer.

simon170

PMing now...

Charlie Chalk

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Simon - @ Sig

Good to know this, Been humming and arring about getting a set for mine for everyday.....

TimC

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Simon could you please pm me what your doing too. Iv always enjoyed reading your progress reports and its a part ill miss from future PF issues.

simon170

Agh thanks mate! It was always really nice to hear people liked the car

foreigneRS

amen to that

Bullett

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im running yoko ao48's on the esc cos.havent had them in the wet yet and tbh i dont want to.didnt buy for wet weather driving

rstdave

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Jonnybravo: You mentioned tyre pressures being crucial to how long they last, what pressure do you recommend runnin them for track use etc?? I.e are you sayin they don't last well if they're too hard or too soft for example??

Charlie Chalk

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Jonnybravo's at the ring, So you wont get an answer for a few days

rstdave

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lol oh right not to worry!!

Spiky

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i normal setup my pressures to 24 front and 26 rear when they warm and when you come off track, that equates to around 30 all the way around

JjCoDeX75

I used them on mine - didnt get great mileage out of them, but used to drive the car pretty hard most of the time!

2500 would seem about right.

JJ