R Lee
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quote:
Originally posted by Benkid
Turns out they weren't as cheap as expected lol. £85 each. Stick to my Eagles. Cheers anyway guys
You're lucky 
My next tyres are costing me £200 each
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
KU31's 
i quite liked my khumo's too, when i had them on my valver nova
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dangermouse2503
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Eagle F1's everytime pal. Had a set fitted to a set of Allesio 2's on my Cav and they are brilliant in the dry and wet.
There are a number of F1 patterns though and mine were the GSD3's.
Al ot of it depends, as previously mentioned by fellow members, about how and when and the future purpose of your car.
Do you take it out regularly in the wet/rain?
Living in England that is a big possibility so my recommendation, even if you come into money in the future for the 888's is stick to performance road rubber and leave the 50/50 split of track/road rubber for track days.
At the end of the day 888's were designed for the performance on a track day but still allow you to drive home with legal tyres.
The other factor to think about is track surfaces that the 888's were designed for and the constantly differing surfaces on public roads.
Hope it helps 
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Benkid
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
seen as nobosy else has asked, what size wheels are they?
Eagles 195/45/16
R888's would've been 195/50/16 as they don't do a 45 profile to my knowledge.
£200 what the hell are they lol.
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dangermouse2503
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Would they have going on an et49 wheel?
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Warren G
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also bare in mind you only get 5mm of tread on a new tyre....
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Sean-B
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t1-Rs are crap in the wet
i thought they wern't but i've been pushing my car a bit more lately, and turning into a wet corner they just slide gracefully
dry however...brilliant
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red_top_corsa
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if your after track tyres go for A048 YOKO'S as there as soft and good as r888s but last longer but shit in the wet or for everyday a539 yokos are good
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Paul_J
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
At the end of the day they look cool as fuck but you wont really use them to their full potential on our shitty roads and during wet conditions you'll be competeing with pant-shitting under-steer.
understeer was never an issue with my r888s - just crazy oversteer, even in a straight line.
Go round a bend at over 30 mph and the back end would just let go over a puddle 
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MJ
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Im just about to fit a set of Hankook RS2 tyres to my integra and they have amazing reviews, they are half way between eagle f1's and R888 and only £75 a tyre for 16"
Cheers MJ
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Benkid
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Registered: 16th Mar 09
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Originally posted by MJ
Im just about to fit a set of Hankook RS2 tyres to my integra and they have amazing reviews, they are half way between eagle f1's and R888 and only £75 a tyre for 16"
Cheers MJ
Interesting. I may look into these. Let me know how they are.
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MJ
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they are a road legal track day tyre in soft compound, google hankook rs2 and a lot of reviews come up.
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Benkid
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
seen as nobosy else has asked, what size wheels are they?
Eagles 195/45/16
R888's would've been 195/50/16 as they don't do a 45 profile to my knowledge.
£200 what the hell are they lol.
if you thought a car gripped well, its nothing compared to r888's
problem being as you say with 16's, well mine catch the arches slightly as the side wall is square unlike normal tyres. even in a 195 theyre wider than a normal 195. ideally they would be better on 15's as 16's cause me issues and cost more.
theyre absolutely cracking tyres, and anyone saying differenlty hasnt ever really needed them before.
and comments from idiots saying they look cool, well thats just the stupidest thing ive ever heard.
oh, and i paid 79 quid for my r888's each/
[Edited on 21-04-2009 by Nic Barnes]
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