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Toyo Proxes R888 - Discontinued?
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:02 am
by Li7hium
Hey guys,
Just got off the phone to my usual tyre supplier who tells me that Toyo are no longer making the R888!
What the....?
Anyone else heard this bad news? And if so, what are people planning to go to next?
Matt
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:11 am
by Li7hium
Hold the panic buttons - O'Neills at Wallsend have called me back and said I can have the 2 I was after (205/50/15 ) at $245 per tyre in their store today.
Not sure about the ongoing supply still though.
Matt
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:55 pm
by Hellmun
I got quoted $272 for 205/50/15 R888's everyone I asked.... for that price I figured I'd rather just got the Bridgestone RE55S for $304 each. Gordon Levin in the only place to get them though AFAIK.
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:36 pm
by CapitalF
Cant really relate this to Australia but Toyo R888's have recently been announced as the official tyre of the SCCA series in the US for 2008.
See
http://www.scca.com/newsarticle.aspx?hub=4&news=3264It doesnt make sense that its being discontinued in Aus??
BTW - I think mine are tops!!
Peter
Re: Toyo Proxes R888 - Discontinued?
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:52 pm
by Craig
Li7hium wrote:Just got off the phone to my usual tyre supplier who tells me that Toyo are no longer making the R888!
What the....?
Don't you need to drive fast on a race track to warrant these items???
*runs and hides*
