RE-71R - the RE-11 replacement.
 

the RE-11 which I recently fell in love with is being replaced (still being produced though) by the new RE-71R. I guess its a remake of the old oem tire developed for the Porsche 959.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....Potenza+RE-71R

I've been trying to find info on them but most places say they wont have any in until march 1st at the earliest.

I found a 3 part youtube vid with the creator.

part 1


part 2


part3


I was thinking about trying these but the biggest they are available in are 275/35/19 our OEM sizes. I wanted to continue running my 265/305 setup I recently switched to.

anyone have ideas or opinions on this new tire?

just figured id post to get some general discussion going about them.

No 305?

I just re-did my fronts with RE-11 so hopefully in a year or so when I do all 4 at the same time either the RE-11 is still around or this new model can cover the full RE-11 line.

Looking at photos, these look like they are directional and can be swapped left/right to help last a little longer.

no 305 sadly. and I have RE-11s all 4 corners and I love them. I was happy to hear they are still producing them but I don't know for how long.

my hope is that the RE-71R does well and next year they expand the size range. i'd like to try them in 265/305 combo

I posted asking about them a couple of weeks ago and found a video where the pictures say a thousand words since I dont speak Japanese.
http://www.the370z.com/wheels-tires/...es-anyone.html

I will be putting them on my car as soon as they are available though. The specs look amazing.

the videos I linked above are translated into English. probably the same ones you saw originally.

I would buy them if they had the sizes I wanted.

I really like the prices well that's comparing 245/275 RE-71 vs 265/305 RE-11 but it's only a $90 difference.

I've got a spare set of sport rims. Maybe I should just run a square set up with rears and 275 tires :tup:

squared up all 275s of these could be a pretty damn sticky track setup

:stirthepot:

If the tires are as sticky as they say they are than that extra width and weight of a wider tire may not be necessary.

I just run stock sizes as I'm NA and no where near reaching the performance grip limits of the tires on corners. I have spun out on a corner a few times in the past but I don't do that anymore.

but stickier and wider = :yum: lol

i'm NA as well and there was a noticeable difference in the grip when going slightly wider with my tire selection.

They should be available now.

http://i.imgur.com/hQPtmWn.png

I might give them a try since I'll be ordering wheels soon.

if they came in 305s then i would be buying them too.

have fun waiting :tup:

if it sells well then next year the size range will most likely expand.

for now i'll just stick with RE-11s

The design looks alot like the Dunlop Direzza ZII.