Tyres

[havoc]

Agreed. I've done 11k on the current set of RE050A rears, which are still on 3-4mm. Just wondering whether I can get away with doing another 1,500 on the NSXCE trip or whether to change before I go.

[Pride]

I've no idea how you have your chassis set up but to chew a set of rears so quick youre either hard on tyres by way of driving style or they were (IMHO) way too soft for road use.

I had F1's do 18k on the rears, Kumho's that did similar ad offered stiffer sidewalls, and current AD08's have covered 10k with plenty left to go ...

I've also had a couple of sets of F1's over the years (shame their not available now) and the tread pattern on the TR-1's are very similar so that's a positive. In fact I had to replace the fronts due to age as they never seemed to wear down, where as the 888's on the front are wearing out rapido, probably another 6k max which isn't a lot for fronts.

To be honest the 888's were the soft compound version but all the same I didn't expect such a poor mileage from them.
They did inspire extreme confidence though on dry twisty roads but the first hint of moisture I did tend to back off equally as much.

I did like the AD08's when I had 17"'s fitted, it's just a shame they're not made in smaller sizes.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they feel on the Spa trip and round the track, I just hope it will be dry.

[Sudesh]

It's just a Honda......Any old thing will do. Most are copies now anway. Coming in from China or other places. It's not a Million pound car or even £500k car. Wish I could get cheap P-Zeros for mine. lol

[Kaz-kzukNA1]

Not sure of your driving environment/style or how you are setting up the car and any changes made while using the R888 but if you managed to get 3,500miles out of R888 on NSX, you haven’t driven it hard enough.
Probably not many track days and mainly street driving.

Depending on the driving environment and session used, non-OEM size A048 on spare wheel set on another NSX only lasted less than 1,000miles so more than 3,000miles on competition compound, it's either a bargain or not suited for the main purpose.

Not sure what wheels you are using but AD08 used to be available in all OEM tyre sizes.


Kaz

[Pride]

Not sure of your driving environment/style or how you are setting up the car and any changes made while using the R888 but if you managed to get 3,500miles out of R888 on NSX, you haven’t driven it hard enough.
Probably not many track days and mainly street driving.

Not sure what wheels you are using but AD08 used to be available in all OEM tyre sizes.


Kaz

You're right on both counts above Kaz and I didn't check AD08 in 15/16 sizes just assumed they didn't, next time.

[Pride]

I've no idea how you have your chassis set up but to chew a set of rears so quick youre either hard on tyres by way of driving style or they were (IMHO) way too soft for road use.

I had F1's do 18k on the rears, Kumho's that did similar ad offered stiffer sidewalls, and current AD08's have covered 10k with plenty left to go ...

You now need to read post 274 Senninha.
So take note

[goldnsx]

I've ran Hankooks for many years and been very happy with them. But the Yokohama AD08R is itching me. One thing I worry about is tyre wear. I get 6-7k miles out of the fronts and about 4k miles out of the rears (CTSC and spirited street driving). As some of you have switched to AD08R how do you compare them to a V12 or S1 or F1-GSD3 regarding tyre wear? Yokos are expensive and I'm not willing to change them twice a season.

[Kaz-kzukNA1]

Hi, goldnsx.

I have driven V12 on a few NSX but not on my NSX so can't comment on the tyre wear for it but I went through several sets of GSD3s.
I'm not hard on acceleration but fairly hard on braking.
It's my everyday car and thus, drive in dry/wet condition, mainly moderate to high average speed with very little city traffic, mainly A/B road and some motorway journey.
With my driving style and environment, I used to cover 9K – 11K miles out of GSD3s.

I went through a few sets of AD08 (not R) and about to switch to AD08R.
With AD08, I am covering about 10K miles before replacing under similar driving style/environment so although it all depends on many factors, if you have the data from your GSD3 usage, AD08 seemed to be similar or little bit faster to wear out.

Obviously, even with the same driving style, the tyre pressure, tyre/road/track surface temperature and wet/dry condition, etc will have huge impact on one's tyre wear and with dramatically changing weather conditions over the recent years, it won't be easy to predict the wear but hope you can get some idea from this.

Kaz

[goldnsx]

Hi Kaz

Thanks for your input. My experience with GSD3 dates back a little bit but they covered around 1k miles more out of a set than the Hankooks and this even with in slightly smaller tyre sizes (205/245). So I guess that Hankooks and AD08R should be comparable in wear. So I definitly give them a try. One AD08R is nearly double the price of a Hankook in 215/40/17 and it's not available in 225/35/17 but a stickier 215 will more than compensate I hope.

[Pride]

Hi Kaz

Thanks for your input. My experience with GSD3 dates back a little bit but they covered around 1k miles more out of a set than the Hankooks and this even with in slightly smaller tyre sizes (205/245). So I guess that Hankooks and AD08R should be comparable in wear. So I definitly give them a try. One AD08R is nearly double the price of a Hankook in 215/40/17 and it's not available in 225/35/17 but a stickier 215 will more than compensate I hope.

Can you not go for a 255/40/17, extra rubber therefore more grip and they look way cooler to boot.👍