295/35/18 on 9.5" wheel

chrischhorn · 07-20-2013, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by IMWEZL

Chris you probably already ordered them but Costco in Waipio has pretty good deals on RE11s if you like them and they work for your size.

My only concern with Hoosiers is that you probably need more seat time with street tires before you can take full advantage of a set of race slicks. Most of those guys auto-x with us in Hawaii region have been doing it for decades. Heck, I want to say there are at least 5-8 National Championship drivers in the field. My point is they make it look easy on slicks. Learning on street tires for 1-2 season will work out any bad habits and make you much faster (1-2 seconds) on slicks.

Jay, I work at the Kapolei Costco Tire Center

My only problem with the RE-11's is the max rear width they offered was a 275 and I just wanted a little more. The BFG Rivals are actually a street tire but they are VERY close to a R-Compound. I won't be going with slicks for quite some time. Avery tested between the Rivals and Re-11's on Sunday in his 2 Miatas and he actually consistently ran a full second faster on the Rivals then the RE-11's. Obviously he is one of those super skilled vets that you are talking about so I don't expect as large of an increase. I actually feel pretty good as my 1st 5 events was on All season tires lol. Just gonna step it up to something stickier and see where it takes me

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