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brzest · 10-20-2016, 03:08 AM

Thanks for all the replies.
Sorry, should have posted USD prices, so roughly the prices here are:

215/45/17 - plan to run stock wheels at the track, so perfect for me, for now.

R888R $250
A048 $295
Cup 2 $175

So if the Cup2 is the best tire and WAAAY cheaper, I think my decision might be made.

Sadly alot of the tires you guys speak of are not really available in Europe.

Out of the tires you guys suggested:

-Can't find any reference of the RE071R (or RE-11 for that matter) on the European official Bridgestone sites.
-Didn't think BFG was even in the EU market, turns out they are but list only 5 "daily/winter" tires, nothing sporty at all in their selection here.
-Kumho XS KU36 is available and at a pretty good price (~$105/tire), how do they compare to the Cup 2's?

I am open to other options though, IF I can find them here (also depends on the price, as you can see from the above prices, some tires can be half the price and others twice the price when compared to the US).

The plan is to use them for trackdays only (MAYBE also to drive to the track, but definitely not as a daily tire). I only do trackdays (no autox scene here at all), allthough sometimes we might go to kart tracks, so that's a little more like autox, I guess (allthough we still do several laps at a time, just on a slower and tighter track), but mostly it's still 'big' tracks and I try to do max 10-15 min sessions to save the brakes (went through a set of brand new CL RC6's in a day doing 20-25 min sessions). It's usually an open pitlane here, so don't have to worry about session length and getting the most out of 1 session.

Thanks again for all the feedback!

10-20-2016, 03:08 AM	#4218
brzest Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: '15 BRZ Location: Estonia Posts: 63 Thanks: 61 Thanked 22 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for all the replies. Sorry, should have posted USD prices, so roughly the prices here are: 215/45/17 - plan to run stock wheels at the track, so perfect for me, for now. R888R $250 A048 $295 Cup 2 $175 So if the Cup2 is the best tire and WAAAY cheaper, I think my decision might be made. Sadly alot of the tires you guys speak of are not really available in Europe. Out of the tires you guys suggested: -Can't find any reference of the RE071R (or RE-11 for that matter) on the European official Bridgestone sites. -Didn't think BFG was even in the EU market, turns out they are but list only 5 "daily/winter" tires, nothing sporty at all in their selection here. -Kumho XS KU36 is available and at a pretty good price (~$105/tire), how do they compare to the Cup 2's? I am open to other options though, IF I can find them here (also depends on the price, as you can see from the above prices, some tires can be half the price and others twice the price when compared to the US). The plan is to use them for trackdays only (MAYBE also to drive to the track, but definitely not as a daily tire). I only do trackdays (no autox scene here at all), allthough sometimes we might go to kart tracks, so that's a little more like autox, I guess (allthough we still do several laps at a time, just on a slower and tighter track), but mostly it's still 'big' tracks and I try to do max 10-15 min sessions to save the brakes (went through a set of brand new CL RC6's in a day doing 20-25 min sessions). It's usually an open pitlane here, so don't have to worry about session length and getting the most out of 1 session. Thanks again for all the feedback!