Toyo 888

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Viper

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10,005 posts

279 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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any experience with them good or bad?

Stu R

21,410 posts

221 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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Very good. Depends what car they're going on though as they don't deal with water very well on bigger cars.
Heavier cars like mine will be aquaplaning all over the place when it's wet, where something like a flyweight exige et al will be fine unless it's deeper standing water.
Amazing in the dry, rediculously grippy.

glenn mcmenamin

2,305 posts

244 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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Great value/performance.


G.

iguana

7,048 posts

266 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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Depends what you are used to, much better than road tyres, not a patch on slicks, wear really really quickly on fwd hatches with a bit of poke, 1- 2 track days on fronts, but seem to last ok on rwd even with quite a lot of power.

seloc e30 racers found they needed massive neg camber to get good & even wear on fronts.

hobzy

1,271 posts

217 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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I concur with the FWD assessment - 230bhp and no slip diff meant that mine have worn quite badly over 3 airfield days on the fronts. However still loads of grip. They were on the new (at the time) surface at Goodwood, even when it rained, until I pushed to hard and had a little trip into the kitty litter .

They are a massive improvement over full road tyres and there are plenty of Wheel/tyre deals out there for them.

Guillotine

5,516 posts

270 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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very good.

RWD 400bhp/tonne

loads of grip/longevity

andy
tvrmonster

HarryW

15,256 posts

275 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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Where's the best(cheapest) place to get these them there R888's.

peterpeter

6,437 posts

263 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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HarryW said:
Where's the best(cheapest) place to get these them there R888's.



simplytyres,

or elitedirect.com

R TOY

1,726 posts

234 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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peterpeter said:
HarryW said:
Where's the best(cheapest) place to get these them there R888's.



simplytyres,

or elitedirect.com



Or try Camskill tyres. Cheapest when i bought mine. Good tyres imo.

Stu R

21,410 posts

221 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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micheldever tyres, be surprised if anyone can beat them

jimminy cricket

125 posts

214 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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eBay was good for my sizes.

195/50R15's £283 a set of 4 inc free P&P

just bought a set of 14" O.Z's for the job!! they should be even cheaper!!

seasider

12,728 posts

255 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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HarryW said:
Where's the best(cheapest) place to get these them there R888's.



www.leightyres.co.uk Will match or better prices thumbup Just dont be silly with your quotes

iguana

7,048 posts

266 months

Saturday 31st March 2007
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jimminy cricket said:
eBay was good for my sizes.

195/50R15's £283 a set of 4 inc free P&P



Simplys deal before end feb for same size was £200 inc p&p for 4 & they turned up next day, excellent service & nice fella to do business with.

Last set I got via a race series supplier, thought I got a mega deal, way cheaper than camskill were at the time for example, but for current set simply was very significantly cheaper.



Edited by iguana on Saturday 31st March 22:36

simply tyres

50 posts

217 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Good Morning All

As BT tell us...it's good to talk...

Steve

peterpeter

6,437 posts

263 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Gazboy said:
R TOY said:
peterpeter said:
HarryW said:
Where's the best(cheapest) place to get these them there R888's.



simplytyres,

or elitedirect.com



Or try Camskill tyres. Cheapest when i bought mine. Good tyres imo.


Just looking now- £578! yikes



what sizes??

ButtMonkey Racer

453 posts

229 months

Monday 2nd April 2007
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Try Mike Stokes Motorsport on 01202 547555. They provide the 195/50 15's for us SELOC boys and won't be beaten on the pricing

924racer

224 posts

214 months

Wednesday 4th April 2007
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iguana said:


seloc e30 racers found they needed massive neg camber to get good & even wear on fronts.


speaking of negative camber... anyone any idea how much they needed? ive just spent the weekend destroying the outside edge of my front tyres

iguana

7,048 posts

266 months

Wednesday 4th April 2007
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Buttmonkey man be the man to tell you, or maybe ask on seloc but I think in the region of 4 degrees neg, I'll be aiming for 3 deg min on my e30, needs camber plates or redrilled top mounts to achive.

RS-Dog

147 posts

237 months

Thursday 5th April 2007
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Been thinking about getting a set of these for the Focus RS, only thing that worries me whilst the car is pretty much a weekend toy and as such get driven in all weathers what are they like to live with on a day to day basis with the odd trackday? Are they still alright in the wet - obviously not pushing on too much.

Rich

GVK

835 posts

248 months

Thursday 5th April 2007
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If only for the occasional track day you'll be beter off with a more road biased tyre, the R888 doesn't last long in my experience, -3000miles inc 3 track days and my fronts were bald (mk2 Golf with 200ish bhp)