toyo vs. nitto

[Swz3]

Hi! anyone here who has Toyo and Nitto tyres on their car? Is it true that certain Toyo tyres are similar to Nitto? If i'm not mistaken it's the R888 and NT01. Some say both the tires have the same compound even though there's a price difference. Can anyone confirm if both tires have the same compound on a different carcass? I've read that Nitto is a subsidiary of the brand Toyo.

[GeeDog]

I believe that the NT01 is pretty much the same as an R888, with a different tread pattern. The current Toyo is an R888R, which I think is slightly different again from the R888. We've got NT01's on the rear of our track car, and R888R's on the front. Changing the fronts from NT01's to R888R's seemed to give an improvement in front end grip, but it's hrd to say for sure geiven the time between outings. Will be putting R888R's on the back when the NT01's are dead, and I'm thinking that will make a bigger difference than the fronts  as rear end grip is always an issue.

[mlracing]

Toyo owns Nitto so would make sense some of their tyres are similar I guess

[niZmO_Man]

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Okay maybe not, what's up with the URL?