What you got, where you got them and how much.

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:00 pm

Thread revival.

There are a few who've put on the new Yokie S_drives and Bridgestone RE01s recently. Could be useful to get their comments in one spot here.

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:24 am

Good call!

BUMP.

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:06 am

BUMP.

I'm looking at PP2s or S-Drives. Prices in Brisbane and performance after 5-10K please...

Boags

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:16 pm

also interested in peoples thoughts on the s-drives. especially how they go on the track.

Brad · Postby **Brad** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:44 pm

I picked up some S-Drives 2 weeks ago, 205/45/16 on these BSA Rims in black. $1320 fitted.

http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/Produ ... spx?id=275

Love them. In this size, they've got more grip then the 195/60/14 Azenis RT615's I had and are really good in the wet. Quieter, better ride, more turn in response, basically there is nothing that's inferior with these $185rrp 16\" S-drives compared to the $195rrp 14\" Azenis.

Slugoid · Postby **Slugoid** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:00 am

Brad wrote:I picked up some S-Drives 2 weeks ago, 205/45/16 on these BSA Rims in black. $1320 fitted.

http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/Produ ... spx?id=275

Nice rims, but try to remove the "RAVS Engineering" and "VORK Racing Wheel" stickers asap. It's an insult to the originals

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Brad · Postby **Brad** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:57 am

Slugoid wrote:
Brad wrote:I picked up some S-Drives 2 weeks ago, 205/45/16 on these BSA Rims in black. $1320 fitted.

http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/Produ ... spx?id=275

Nice rims, but try to remove the "RAVS Engineering" and "VORK Racing Wheel" stickers asap. It's an insult to the originals .

Lol...yeah already done.

blackster · Postby **blackster** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:46 am

Type - Michelin PP2's
Size - 205/40/17
Price - $240 each (fitted and balanced)
Dry grip - Great
Wet grip - good
Tyre life - Travelled 5 clicks so far with pleanty of meat still left in them.
Road noise - low

CONTI · Postby **CONTI** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:30 pm

Type - Yokohama C-Drive
Size - 195/50/15
have seen prices around the $130-140, could let me know the places they got them from for these proces?
Brisbane? and Sydney maybe. I only down that part of the world for a couple of days befor heading back north.
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Spranga · Postby **Spranga** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:08 am

Bridgestone Grid II
195/60 R14
$99 Bridgestone Dealer Campsie (Run out model I think but quoted $130 elsewhere)
Dry - Very squirmy for the first 300km then very grippy and predictable. (My mate in a nicely modded GTR could not catch me on the Macquarie Pass).
Wet - Don't know yet

Best value performance tyre????

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:39 pm

Type - Yoko C-Drives
Size - 195/50/15
Price - $142 each (fitted and balanced)
Dry grip - Not sure, I haven't dríven with them. :roll:

Wet grip - As above. :roll:

Tyre life - They have done 1000ks and still have the little knobs on them. :shock:

Road noise - None

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:14 pm

BUMP
going tyre shopping tomorrow so please post
copied the template to make it easy

Type -
Size -
Price - /tyre
Dry grip -
Wet grip -
Tyre life -
Road noise -

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:13 pm

Type - Toyo Proxes 4
Size - 205.45.16
Price per tyre - $140 per corner from Tyrepower Revesby, Sydney
Dry grip - 4.5/5
Wet grip - 4/5
Tyre life - haven't finished these yet. only run 10,000kms on 'em
Road noise - quiet

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:19 pm

Tyre - Bridgestone Adrenalin RE01
Size - 195/50R15
Price - $137.50/tyre from KMart

These are a step or two up from the Yokie C-Drives all round.

They're 3 secs a lap faster around Phillip Is (and 13 sec faster than really scary Goodyear F1s) with the same car under similar conditions. They feel much better controlled on the track. They don't suffer anywhere near as much from overheating either.

On the road they're very soft and compliant. I like the supple way they work over poor bitumen country roads. Dry grip's much better. Limited kms in the wet so far but they feel pretty secure there too. Turn-in's really good. Road noise is very low and there's much less harshness coming through into the car. No idea of wear, but they are soft.

Unlike C-Drives which took 700km to scrub in these are good almost out of the box.

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:45 pm

Told you I was getting tyres lol

Type - Bridgestone Adrenalin RE001
Size - 195/50R15
Price - $113/tyre including balancing and fitting from Hornsby Jobson Disc tyre & Mechanical
Dry grip - seems alright but I've only dríven on them for 15 minutes
Wet grip - no idea but it looks like rain is coming
Tyre life - nothing changed on the drive home, as expected
Road noise - suprisingly low,
General Comments - I was amazed they are alot quieter than my old ones which were firestone on the front and the original Michelin pilot SX's on the rear. The seem to take in alot more smaller bumps that my old tyres but it's the same over the really rough stuff. They also seem wider than my old tyres that were the same size, noticeably extending from the edge of the rim instead of being flush

EDIT: Rears lasted 22,000km, should have rotated them but forgot :oops:

(also had 1 trackday and 1 skidpan day)

Bit of an update
Dry grip - Better than average when cold, great when warmed up. Over the last few months they seem to be harder to get heat into though (could be my driving).
Wet grip - Acceptable, I didn't have any issues grip seemed fine for the street. BUT if they let go then it's like driving on ice.