Choosing some new tyres for my 111R?
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Good afternoon everyone, my tyres on the back of my 111R are needing replacing, and so I thought that I would come here and ask of u guys expert opinion (well some maybe expert some maybe guess work and some just havent got a clue), anyway i have the original RE040's on. Any advice will be nice?
What state are the fronts in? If they're half-worn I'd suggest getting a new set of rear Bridgestones for now - they'll last as long as the fronts take to wear away.
When all 4 have worn, consider Yokohama AD07s, however shop around, they can be stupidly expensive and whilst they are very good, I wouldn't pay £200 more than Bridgestone prices for a set.
When all 4 have worn, consider Yokohama AD07s, however shop around, they can be stupidly expensive and whilst they are very good, I wouldn't pay £200 more than Bridgestone prices for a set.
Gooby said:
kevin ritson said:
I wouldn't pay £200 more than Bridgestone prices for a set.
I would - the bridgestones are awfulThe AD07s are great on track but for road use you won't notice a huge difference.
kevin ritson said:
Gooby said:
kevin ritson said:
I wouldn't pay £200 more than Bridgestone prices for a set.
I would - the bridgestones are awfulThe AD07s are great on track but for road use you won't notice a huge difference.
The advans were also designed for the car and generally lotus dont re-design something unless they have too.
Another vote for AD07s. I've had all 4 upgraded from Bridgestones to Advans recently and I like 'em. Cost £530 from a main dealer including fitting. I reckon that good tyres may well end up saving my ass someday when I overstep the talent mark, so tyres seemed the wrong thing to economise on. Just need to update my pads from the spongy OEMs to something with a bit more bite
Edited by Cino on Wednesday 23 January 17:07
Gooby said:
The advans were also designed for the car and generally lotus dont re-design something unless they have too.
Like a business deal 
I don't recall roadtests saying what a pile of crap the Lotus Elise is before the AD07s came about...in fact I recall massive praise for the tyres at the time. Perhaps the lardy 'yota lump makes the difference?
Cino said:
Another vote for AD07s. I've had all 4 upgraded from Bridgestones to Advans recently and I like 'em. Cost £530 from a main dealer including fitting. I reckon that good tyres may well end up saving my ass someday when I overstep the talent mark, so tyres seemed the wrong thing to economise on. Just need to update my pads from the spongy OEMs to something with a bit more bite
£530! You can get them supply only for just over £400...Wouldn't necessarily agree with the saving ass bit - some of the best handling cars give a little away in outright grip - Mazda MX-5 is a classic example. Too much grip and when you're sent off the road it's at much higher speeds...
Cheers for that fellas not that it makes it much easier now like but say for example if i were to go for a different make on the back than the front would that make my car worse, my front tyres dont need replacing just yet so i was thinking about just getting the same again the RE040's.
Lotus_al said:
Cheers for that fellas not that it makes it much easier now like but say for example if i were to go for a different make on the back than the front would that make my car worse, my front tyres dont need replacing just yet so i was thinking about just getting the same again the RE040's.
I wouldn't recommend it unless you are a driving god - you can lose a lot of the car's balancekevin ritson said:
Gooby said:
The advans were also designed for the car and generally lotus dont re-design something unless they have too.
Like a business deal I don't recall roadtests saying what a pile of crap the Lotus Elise is before the AD07s came about...in fact I recall massive praise for the tyres at the time. Perhaps the lardy 'yota lump makes the difference?
There are those who rate them, including Shangani, I am not one of them.
To the OP. The important thing is not to mix tyres.
Much of the understeer will be down to the geo - I had my car setup by Plans and did a track day a week later - not only did it improve the feel massively but you it was easy to tuck the nose in on the throttle.
There's not much else you can get for an Elise with standard wheels, haven't tried the Dunlops but the Toyos are a joke in comparison.
There's not much else you can get for an Elise with standard wheels, haven't tried the Dunlops but the Toyos are a joke in comparison.
Gooby said:
LivinLaVidaLotus said:
You can get non LTS compound though can you not? Not a lot of difference between them from what I've read.
The lotus compound is softer because the car is light.Edited by andykirk on Thursday 24th January 09:03
andykirk said:
Gooby said:
LivinLaVidaLotus said:
You can get non LTS compound though can you not? Not a lot of difference between them from what I've read.
The lotus compound is softer because the car is light.Edited by andykirk on Thursday 24th January 09:02
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