Wanting to buy Semi Slicks

[Ashy Larry]

Guys,

I currrently have Bridgestone G-Grid III's on my R32 GTR.

However the front left has been going down of late, I have had the wheel off and found a small split in the side wall on the inside of the tyre.

Now the wheels have about 80% tread on them give or take, however I have now got the chance to change the tyres..... I am keen on getting a set of R compound or Semi Slicks which ever you prefer to call them.

The car only gets driven twice to three times a month, and is setup for the track,

I am currently running the standard 16" wheels.

Any Advice would be great.

Please state the reasons you went with a particular tyre etc????

A big factor is bang for your buck, I am not looking at spending huge amounts per tyre.

Thanks in Advance

Mike

:Pres-hit:

[Duncan]

Hey Mike there have been a few threads in this section about semi slicks so it is probably worth checking them out.

Personally I beleive the Dunlop DZ02J are the best semi slicks, closely followed by the Bridgestone Re55s. Be careful of some of the other so called R tyres out there, some are nothing like the good ones

Oh....and they are EXPENSIVE.

[Roy]

So what is the go with the DZ02Js. I have heard very little about them other then from Stuckeys:)

What i was told is that they are just as quick as the D01Js, better wet weather performance and are quieter. Does this sound about right?

[Duncan]

yeah Roy the DZ02J are teh bomb.....replacing the D01J and do have more grip.....Mark ran them on the Targa car last year and was very impressed.

Stuckeys are of course the Dunlop distributors in Vic

[Roy]

Hence the feedback was taken with a grain of salt:)

[Ronin 09]

Hi Mike, I run RE55S in the harder compound (SR?) 225/50/16s on my 32GTR - very happy with them.

Got them for $250ea

Done one track day, and all up around 5000kms and they're probably 40% worn.

I don't drive the car too much either now.

[Ashy Larry]

Hi Mike, I run RE55S in the harder compound (SR?) 225/50/16s on my 32GTR - very happy with them.

Got them for $250ea

Done one track day, and all up around 5000kms and they're probably 40% worn.

I don't drive the car too much either now.

Ronin,

If you don't mind me asking where did you get the tyres from????

And to everyone else thanks for the info...

Mike

[Ronin 09]

Hi Mike, I bought them from the Melbourne Distributor...

TRACKSIDE 161

Canterbury Rd

Kilsyth, VIC 3137

Ph: 0409 021 885

The NSW distributor for Bridgestone Motorsport is:

Gordon Leven Tyres

Emu Plains NSW 2750

(02) 47354500

I've just taken these directly from their site:

http://www.bridgestone.com.au/tyres/produc...sport/index.asp

Hope that helps, cheers

Marcus

[djr81]

Mike,

I have recently done a not dissimilar thing, ie shopped around for R compound rubber. I have found that the Toyo R compounds in the smaller sizes are well priced & in larger sizes the Bridgestone RE55's are a $100 a corner cheaper than such brands as Dunlops, Yokohamas etc. Both brands grip well.

My 255/40/17 RE55's cost me $380 each, whereas everything else was well into the high four hundred dollar mark.

[Ashy Larry]

Mike,

I have recently done a not dissimilar thing, ie shopped around for R compound rubber.  I have found that the Toyo R compounds in the smaller sizes are well priced & in larger sizes the Bridgestone RE55's are a $100 a corner cheaper than such brands as Dunlops, Yokohamas etc.  Both brands grip well.

My 255/40/17 RE55's cost me $380 each, whereas everything else was well into the high four hundred dollar mark.

Thanks for the Info....

I am heading back to Perth for good, in the near future... might hold off until I get home

Mike

[djr81]

Mike,

There is a post on this forum about the different RE55 compounds. Do a search under RE55. For Wanneroo I found the harder compound good, but they do need one to two laps to get them warm enough to grip well. Before that it is understeer city which kind of kills your speed coming onto pit straight.

If hill climbs are your thing take a look at the softer compound.

I have found most of those running in the local www.speedeventseries.com use RE55's. Guess that says something, not sure what.

Added bonus of running proper R compound tyres is that your GT-R no longer feels like it is cornering on its door handles. Stiffer sidewalls make a huge difference.

[Abo Bob]

I just bought some RE55's and although I only got about 6 laps in before my turbo blew the difference between the street tyres that I have been using in the past and these is amazing. I got the SR compound.

[Duncan]

We ran the soft compound RE55s at Dutton 2 years ago, best tyres I have ever driven on. Shame they are so soft they only lasted 2 of the 3 days of the event, day 3 was on canvas

[Ashy Larry]

Thanks for the info guys.....

Mike