Toyo Proxes R888 - Discontinued?

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Toyo Proxes R888 - Discontinued?

Postby Li7hium » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:02 am

Hey guys,

Just got off the phone to my usual tyre supplier who tells me that Toyo are no longer making the R888! :cry: What the....?

Anyone else heard this bad news? And if so, what are people planning to go to next?

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Postby Li7hium » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:11 am

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.

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Postby Hellmun » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:55 pm

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.
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Postby CapitalF » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:36 pm

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=3264

It doesnt make sense that its being discontinued in Aus??

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Re: Toyo Proxes R888 - Discontinued?

Postby Craig » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:52 pm

Li7hium wrote:Just got off the phone to my usual tyre supplier who tells me that Toyo are no longer making the R888! :cry: What the....?


Don't you need to drive fast on a race track to warrant these items??? :P

*runs and hides*

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