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Toyo may own Nitto, but they are two separate companies with their own operations. They don't share tech.
Re71 would be fine for a daily tire. Would prob last 10k miles and some track days and autocrosses as long as one's alignment wasn't -4.5* of camber on one of the fronts....
Toyo may own Nitto, but they are two separate companies with their own operations. They don't share tech.
Re71 would be fine for a daily tire. Would prob last 10k miles and some track days and autocrosses as long as one's alignment wasn't -4.5* of camber on one of the fronts....
you guys are lucky, here in a 4 season climate those tires doesn't do any good at least 4 month of the year lol
Specially for me sometimes my car sits for months, Those tire would be square after a month sitting lol
I ordered a set of RE71R on Black Friday and went for the popular size 255/40-17. Discount Tire who I use regularly placed the order on Nov 22nd 2016 and they haven't come in yet. I was told by the shop manager they would be in by Wed the week after the order was placed. I've been doing follow up but keep getting a run around. The last response was 2 days ago the rep said the tires were shipped but "got lost". Earlier this year I tried to order this same tire and size and had no luck as they were sold out and no delivery date was set in April when I ended up with the smaller size RE71R. At this point I'm tempted to switch to the Toyo R888R and since it's new here for the US market it lacks feedback. I did see a video and read some limited reviews. My primary intended use is for Autocross and these are in stock for a 255/40-17 at a good price. Any input would be great.
No they wouldn't be. My car sits for months sometimes as well.
When its cold out, the tire will go out of round. My re11's are bumpy for a few miles after the car sits for a week during winter. Doesn't do that in the summer.
When its cold out, the tire will go out of round. My re11's are bumpy for a few miles after the car sits for a week during winter. Doesn't do that in the summer.
I think some of you have taken my original post and went off assuming I was daily driving with the Toyo R888R. This is not the case for me, I use my EVO for autocross only and that is how I intend to use my next tire whatever it ends up being. I made the call today to Discount Tire and they again are coming up with excuses as to why they haven't got the tires. I was too busy with work and I will have to deal with it tomorrow. At this point I'm frustrated and it's taking too long to have filled my order. My current RE71Rs are good for 3-4 more autocross events. That puts me at the beginning of next season and I don't want to be trying to find RE71R come early spring. In fact, I advise most of you to consider this will be a nightmare if you run the 255/40-17. I've been down this road once and now looks like it's round two. I'm going to need a back up plan and that's why I started this thread. This new Toyo Proxes R888R is all new but been out in Australia/ UK for a season from what I've read. An eBay seller has used ones for sale and I sent him a message for feedback and haven't heard from him yet.
For those of you who think this is the old Toyo R888, it's the new replacement. It's supposed to heat up fast and have great treadwear/last longer than their previous track tires. From a buyers perspective and what limited info I hope I'm not making a bad decision here. I'll just have to be a Guinea Pig on this one. After all what new R compound tire has gone backwards from a previous effort? I will have made up my mind tomorrow when I talk with the manager from Discount Tire.
I won't be going for a plan B option as my tires came in today. If I had just kicked around and not been on Discount for doing there job I'm sure I would've missed out on another set of 255/40-17. I'm thrilled and know I will be a contender for next season as we all have the same tire and size.
Dec 8, 2016, 01:44 PM
