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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 07:41 AM
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Toyo RA-1

Somebody know where I can find Toyo RA-1.


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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:40 AM
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 09:28 AM
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or frisby tire in Ohio.

Do a search...i think their user name here is "tswift"
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 09:34 AM
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What size? If your answer is 255-40-17, you are waiting till the national backorder gets filled. The company I work for buys 70% of Toyo's product worldwide and even we are running low on RA1's in the normal sizes. Have plenty of 275/35-18's though.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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edgeracing.com (in FL, so shipping should be reasonable)

frisbyracetire.com (better if you are a racer, they will shave them for you if you want)
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBradley
What size? If your answer is 255-40-17, you are waiting till the national backorder gets filled. The company I work for buys 70% of Toyo's product worldwide and even we are running low on RA1's in the normal sizes. Have plenty of 275/35-18's though.
Well, I am looking 245-40-18. I f you have it let me know.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by jbrown
edgeracing.com (in FL, so shipping should be reasonable)
They don't ship to PR that sucks.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 11:58 AM
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Hey, evoixpr, if you're going to go to the expense of running larger-than-stock rims, then you should get the most out of it you can. 245s are not even as big as what people run on stock rims when they get RA-1s, so you should look for something bigger, imo.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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Hey, evoixpr, if you're going to go to the expense of running larger-than-stock rims, then you should get the most out of it you can. 245s are not even as big as what people run on stock rims when they get RA-1s, so you should look for something bigger, imo.
So, what is the biggest size I can get on a rim 18x9 30offset?

275-35?
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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275/35 might work, but you may want 285/30. I'm not sure how tall the 275/35s are, but those _might_ fit.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
275/35 might work, but you may want 285/30. I'm not sure how tall the 275/35s are, but those _might_ fit.

I think 285-30 will not fit, and maybe 275-35 won't fit eathir beacuse the 35% of 275(275-35) is more than 30%of 285(285-30)

Maybe 265-35 will fit perfect but the only tire in that size is the Pilot Sport Cup.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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Well, 285/30s do fit, but they require fender rolling. Most of us who are serious about auto-x use 285/30s on 18" rims. 265s may fit for you without much modification, but I'm not certain.
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 01:42 PM
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Warr, how did your fender rolling go? Any problems w/ paint cracking?
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