Toyo R888's in road use?

[corozin]

I'm about to acquire a car which is fitted all round with Toyo R888's all round.

I will be tracking the car 2-3 times per year, but was wondering if any of you would care to relay thier experiences of using this tyre on the road in a reasonably day to day manner.

I'm aware they will wear much more quickly than "normal" tyres, but I'm particularly interested in informed views of whether the trade off between poor cold/wet grip is offset worth the extra grip and "zip" on the warmer, drier days

Ta in advance - any thoughts welcome.

John

[corozin]

Thanks for the feedback gents.

The car concerned is a Corrado VR6 if that makes any difference. I've had a fair bit of feedback on the tyres from the current owner, but any more comments appreciated.

Cheers
John

[corozin]

Thanks for the posts everyone. I think a second set of wheels are definately in order, at least until the summer!

[corozin]

Collected the car this evening and drove it reasonably gently approx 65 miles across Wiltshire to my home in Bournemouth. I am planning to get a second set of wheels, but thought I'd feedback initial impressions on the Toyo R888s.

- Quite noisy. Not sure if I'd get used to the drone in everyday use.

- The stiff sidewalls make the car prone to tramlining on lumpy roads, particularly under braking.

- Grip (bearing in mind it was -3deg tonight on Salisbury plain) was decent enough. Obviously I didn't try and "exploit" the tyres, as there is no way they would be working anywhere near optimum due to the cold roads, but sujectively I would say that grip was certainly no worse than a regular Toyo TS-1 in the same conditions.

- You can definately feel the stiffness of the sidewalls at all times in regular driving. The suspension is clearly doing a lot more shock absorption than if (even low profile) road tyres were being used.


I've taken the advice above and will save the R888's for dry, warm summer days & track events. Right - now to find a set of sensible wheels! I think a trip to the one of the Bookatrack days at Combe in March April will be the first track outing.

Thanks for your feedback folks,
John

[corozin]

The pressure was run at 30psi all round, fitted to a Corrado VR6. This was set by the previous owner as he said that was the best pressure from his experience for road use. Obviously on track you'd drop maybe 3psi-4psi from that before going out.

Since a Corrado normally runs 28-32psi at the front even on regular road tyres this isn't a hard rule to remember.

Did some more mileage over the weekend, and am adapting quickly to the tyres. You get used to the tramlining fairly quickly - it just took me by surprise on Friday night.