Who has used re070s on their car?

[Guest]

If so, thoughts, price, size etc

[Simon C]

I do. 225/45/17 on stock Spec C BBS 17x7.5 rims. They replaced a set of Bridgestone Playz PZ-1s.

Impressions:

Wet grip is good, but not great. I suspect a directional tire like a T1-R or an Eagle F1 will do better.

Dry grip is bloody fantastic, about as grippy as you can get without a semislick. Under track conditions using standard STi pads on Brembos, I couldn't get the ABS to trigger.

Ride quality is reasonably awful. They're definately loud. The ultra-stiff sidewalls mean you feel the road buzz a bit more, and bumps are sharper.

Steering feel is awesome. The sidewalls don't deflect much, so you get really good turn-in, and you get much better steering feel as well. Be prepared for your car to tramline a little bit.

Lifespan is short-ish. I've got 4mm left on mine and have done 9,000km on the set from new, no track work. The last set I had were used ones, with 4mm but bad camber wear on the two which I put on the back. A track day at Taupo balded the insides of the back tires.

Price is painful. Tony's in Wellington charged me $370 a rim fitted and balanced.

Overall, they're what you expect - a maximum attack track biased tire that's road legal. I heard rumour that they were being phased out for the RE11, but from what I can tell the RE070 is still fitted OEM for the current JDM Civic Type R, and runflat versions are OEM for the R35 GT-R.

[Guest]

I'd love to swap your rims onto mine and see how they feel compared to my adrenalins. I woulda thought that wear is pretty good, mine are a 1/3 worn after 7000 ks so those seem "resonable".

If i could get a them for $350 each I probably would.

[Guest Fastfour]

I really dont know how you guys wear them out so quick.

[Simon C]

Running from the police ;D

[Guest]

 Simon C said:

Running from the police ;D

+1 haha, just kidding.

I didn't buy an STI to putt it around