15" road legal semi-slicks - recommendations

[300bhp/ton]

For a rwd sports car. Have run Michelin Pilot Sport Cups in the past, fab tyre but hugely expensive when I bought them.

What else would you recommend?

[Rawwr]

Yoko A048R?

[Chicane-UK]

The R888's are very good. But completely lethal in the wet, and will only last you about 6,000 miles..

[Liquid Knight]

Rawwr said:

Yoko A048R

EFA

+ 1

[kambites]

Rawwr said:

Yoko A048R?

Or AD07 if you want slightly more water dispersion and/or cold grip (and slightly less wear).

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 29th June 12:56

[Rawwr]

Chicane-UK said:

The R888's are very good. But completely lethal in the wet, and will only last you about 6,000 miles..

Only? I did a set of A048Rs in 900 miles :|

[kambites]

Rawwr said:

Chicane-UK said:

The R888's are very good. But completely lethal in the wet, and will only last you about 6,000 miles..

Only? I did a set of A048Rs in 900 miles :

On the road?

[andye30m3]

Chicane-UK said:

The R888's are very good. But completely lethal in the wet, and will only last you about 6,000 miles..

I never found the R888 all that bad in the wet unless there was standing water but I think this is true of all semi-slicks

I think you may struggle to get hold of the R888s as there was supply issues after the Japanese earthquakes.

[Smike]

andye30m3 said:

I never found the R888 all that bad in the wet unless there was standing water but I think this is true of all semi-slicks

I think you may struggle to get hold of the R888s as there was supply issues after the Japanese earthquakes.

yes I found R888s really good when it was just damp ....a bit unpredictable if you hit patches of standing water ( like after a thunderstorm )

R1Rs are a lot quieter but less grippy

Can get both in 15"

[EDLT]

Are tarmac rally tyres road legal? The car is supposed to be driven on "road" sections.

If so you could have this sort of thing:
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motorsport/Wheels_Ty...

[PhillipM]

Chicane-UK said:

The R888's are very good. But completely lethal in the wet, and will only last you about 6,000 miles..

I'd love that milage if they'd do it, I killed a set of Eagle F1's in that!

[GravelBen]

I'm using Achilles 123 on the MX5 and have actually been quite impressed - they're probably a bit below R888s in absolute grip but have lasted quite well and are dirt cheap, significantly cheaper than T1Rs in the same size.

[huwp]

Avon CR 500

[Frances The Mute]

R888's come in two compounds - GG and SG.

I used SG's (softer compound) on my road legal track car and they were better in the wet than the Bridgestone road tyres I had.

[Porkie]

Chicane-UK said:

The R888's are very good. But completely lethal in the wet, and will only last you about 6,000 miles..

Total RUBBISH.

They dont particuarly like huge amounts of standing water...

but lethal in the wet? totally disagree!!!

Have you ever actually used the tyres? or are you just repeating what you have read or heard out of interest?

They work very well in the rain and moderatelyu damp and greasy conditions in my opinion and experience

They work alot better than an A048 in the wet. In the dry the A048 is slightly grippier.

I've done over 100,000 miles I would say on road and track on R888's on cars as small and light as a westfield and a fat and heavy as a R34GTR and 911 Turbo.

[Arun_D]

Porkie said:

Chicane-UK said:

The R888's are very good. But completely lethal in the wet, and will only last you about 6,000 miles..

Total RUBBISH.

They dont particuarly like huge amounts of standing water...

but lethal in the wet? totally disagree!!!

Have you ever actually used the tyres? or are you just repeating what you have read or heard out of interest?

They work very well in the rain and moderatelyu damp and greasy conditions in my opinion and experience

They work alot better than an A048 in the wet. In the dry the A048 is slightly grippier.

I've done over 100,000 miles I would say on road and track on R888's on cars as small and light as a westfield and a fat and heavy as a R34GTR and 911 Turbo.

Agreed, had R888s on my R26.R, and my current car (Exige) has A048s. Both can take daily use in their stride, though not ideal for such usage, perform absolutely fine in wet conditions. As said above, it's standing water that needs real care, but in general wet conditions have suprising levels of grip.

Just exercise common sense and all is fine.

[Porkie]

Frances The Mute said:

R888's come in two compounds - GG and SG.

I used SG's (softer compound) on my road legal track car and they were better in the wet than the Bridgestone road tyres I had.

nah mate... They are Lethal


They come in more than 2 types of compound now I believe. Its at least 3

[900T-R]

300bhp/ton said:

For a rwd sports car. Have run Michelin Pilot Sport Cups in the past,

What - where do you get 15" PS Cups? Everywhere I asked on the Continent over the years, the smallest were 17"...

[Rawwr]

kambites said:

On the road?

Mmhmm

They were non-LTS type and the softest available at the time. Gripped like a bd.

[300bhp/ton]

900T-R said:

What - where do you get 15" PS Cups? Everywhere I asked on the Continent over the years, the smallest were 17"...

I've got the receipt somewhere I'll have to dig it out. I admit it was a few years back, ok a lot of years back. 205/50R15's @ £180/each.

Had them on my TR7, fantastic tyre, used them all year round. Once illegal I flogged them on eBay a year or so ago to a chap with a VW who was heading to the Ring.

I used them on my TR7 mostly, but here's a pic of them on my bro's MGF

You can just see it says Pilot on the rear tyre about 11 o'clock. Although I admit you can't really ID them from it.

But they looked like:



Handed and directional!!



EDIT:

Looking here it appears its only 18 & 19" sizes now

http://www.michelin.co.uk/tyres/michelin-pilot-spo...

Edited by 300bhp/ton on Wednesday 29th June 15:43