New tyres.

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:23 pm

I am looking at putting some good tyres on my car. It is a weekender and wish to do the odd track day.

Tyres I am looking at are

TOYO PRX-T1R

FALKIN NITTOS

BRIDGESTONE RE002

If anyone has any of these tyres or can recommend another one that would be great.

Keith Jones · Post by **Keith Jones** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:36 pm

I don't know what they are like on an MX5, but we have RE002s on our Levin 2K Cup race car and they are great in both dry and wet conditions. I will be putting them on our NB when it needs new tyres soon.

JaredH · Post by **JaredH** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:57 pm

I have RE002 and find them amazing as well

SkilletKid · Post by **SkilletKid** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 6:15 pm

Another RE002 user. Couldn't be happier.

Ben.Nakagawa · Post by **Ben.Nakagawa** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 6:29 pm

I've got RE002 too. Got on buy 3, 1 free deal and they filled with nitro. All good and I'm happy.

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:15 pm

Ill be looking for some new tyres when my new wheels arrive.
Will be following this thread as i was considering t1r's as well

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:35 am

Running T1R's on the turbo, held up well on the track and are good on the road, I have no other tires to compare to though.

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:33 am

I've got some re002's that I bought on the 4 for 3 deal too - they're not bad.

Next tires I'm going to be looking at www.tirerack.com + www.kiwishipping.co.nz though as there's a whole lot more options and I suspect the pricing will actually be pretty comparable to buying here.

Simonmx5 · Post by **Simonmx5** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:59 am

I've got Michelin PS3, haven't done any track days yet but they are plenty grippy on the road.

jtsoldier · Post by **jtsoldier** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:58 pm

Junkwhale wrote:I've got some re002's that I bought on the 4 for 3 deal too - they're not bad.

Next tires I'm going to be looking at www.tirerack.com + www.kiwishipping.co.nz though as there's a whole lot more options and I suspect the pricing will actually be pretty comparable to buying here.

I'm not too sure whether there are any issues here in NZ, but I recall a similar conversation on... maybe mx5cartalk... or some other overseas forum, about importing tyres.

You might know better, but the possibility of insects etc. within the tyres meant more money spent on having them treated, by which point the money paid to biosecurity and customs outweighed any savings made.

Again, that might not apply here or under the circumstances you are talking about, but its probably a good idea to have a look around the biosecurity site...

SkilletKid · Post by **SkilletKid** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:54 pm

Would be awesome if Hankook brought their RS3s to NZ.
Or BF Goodrich Rivals.

Read good things about those tyres.

Timmo · Post by **Timmo** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:00 am

+1 for the 002s as well. Haven't done much track time with them but as a sports road tyre they are good- Loads of grip in the dry with gradual let-go and confident grip in the wet.

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:14 pm

Looks like the 002s it is then. Just have to find the best price now

Ben.Nakagawa · Post by **Ben.Nakagawa** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 8:17 am

Bridgestone/Firestone is now doing one free promo right now.

http://www.bridgestonetyrecentre.co.nz/ ... -4th-free/

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