[Mk2] [Turbo] Road legal semi slick tyre options

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doeboy
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[Mk2] [Turbo] Road legal semi slick tyre options

Post by doeboy »

Hi all
Need some boots for my bbs lms and with the new power I should be making I was looking at possibly fitting some semi slicks like r888's etc...
What are the other recommended options?
Thanks
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] Road legal semi slick tyre options

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What size wheels are you running?

Federal RSR595 are excellent, very sticky, but sizes are difficult. You can get a 215/40 R17 for the front, bang on size-wise, but the rear becomes a 255/40 R17, a little higher in profile.

Very good value for money, excellent grip, no rubbing issues on 17x8 and 17x9 ET35.

Full list of sizes here www.federaltire.com/spec/spec.php?type= ... el=595RS-R

Hope that's helpful :thumleft:
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] Road legal semi slick tyre options

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I'm running AD08R which work as a great dual track/road tyre. The only thing they don't like is large standing patches of water.

R888's have been replaced with a newer compound which is the R888R
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Post by SonicSW20 »

AD08R is a good middle ground. The R888R is more track oriented than the AD08R. The R1R is more in line the the AD08R really. The A048R is similar to the R888R - a much more 'hardcore' tyre that is also road legal, although you wouldn't want to use them in the damp / wet / cold.
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pistol pete
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Kuhmo, V700 v70a
Used them on my mk2.. awesome tyre.. and still stood their own in the wet..
i could lap faster at cadwell in the wet that the 450hp turbo on r888s (mine was NA) (this from timed laps in the toyota sprint series)
doeboy
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Re: [Mk2] [Turbo] Road legal semi slick tyre options

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Wheel specs are
+35 all round
8j fronts
9j rears
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Nankang NS2R's on mine and love them :thumleft:
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