has anyone used these?

 

toyo proxes R888's

 

thinking of getting them for each corner.

i know they are fairly soft compound so wont last long but i wont be doing that many miles this yr.

the blurb says they are more than capable in the wet too.

 

what you think??

i've heard really good things about them for trackdays etc,i dont know how fast they wear though.

 

Paul.

ordered a pair of these for the front. get them on wednesday :)

 

will tell how i find them!

 

got them for £75 each! bargain!! 225/45/17's

Good man,i'd be very intrested to read your opinions on them,i fancy a full set of them.

 

Paul.

what you think??

 

Personally I think you are making a huge mistake.

the Toyo 888 is a road legal track day tyre which is legal to use on the road but is not reccomended even by Toyo.

Quote from Toyo..... " Caution. Carefull attention is required on wet conditions due to limited aquaplaning capabilities. As this tyre is produced with special design and compounds for competitions, NO WARRANTY IS IMPLIED." my capitals.

This tyre only has 5mm of tread when new.

My Kuhmo V70s track tyres are similar.

They are lethal in any sort of wet conditions. Im limited to 60mph in the wet on these, and thats with them on the REAR.

DO NOT fit these to the front of any road car.

my opinionis that they will be downright dangerous when its wet.

Ask Madhamster, he has seen me loose it sideways on my similar Mickey Thompson ET Street Radials at 40mph. And that too is on the rear.

Only fit to the front for serious track use.

All of course IMHO.

Pete

hopefully wont be using it in the wet!

getting rear tyres in a week or so.

 

i heard they were not too bad in the wet :confused:

anyway, we will see what happens...hopefully not another

 

'iv crashed my zed in the wet' post :p

'iv crashed my zed in the wet' post

 

thats almost inevitable..

Maybe you should call me and I will try and convince you not to go down this route.I have spent huge amounts of time researching and using this type of tyre on my way to becoming ZClub Drag Challenge Champion

01773 761238. Pete

cheers pete for the offer

 

paid for them now :(

 

iv never even slightly ragged it the wet so fairly confident there will be no troubles (touch wood)

 

the toyo website says they are perform well in wet...lets hope that n the rare occasion they get wet they grip!

 

 

praying this isnt a told you so thread later on! :( :x:

I'm with Slick Pete 100% on this.....

 

........these are for the track only IMO and I wouldn't even THINK about using them on the road.

 

Richard :cool:

My son works at STS. He says they are great tyres but you have to sign a disclaimer to say you won't use them in the wet.

 

Says it all I think.

 

All well and good having them but don't relie on the british weather.

 

Darrell

Falken FK 452's, just fitted a set on mine, bloody brilliant tyres.