My Falkens are coming to the end of their useful life. They've been OK - pretty hard so haven't worn at a frightening rate but rubbish in
the wet.
Due to wheel size I'm limited to 205/60/13's.
The main choice seems to be Falken ZE502 (ex- Midland Wheel Supplies £50.77), Falken ZE912 (ex- Tyre Traders £60.30) or Toyo R6104(ex-Camskill
£52.60).
Obviously these are internet prices so I need to compare like-for-like regarding delivery, fitting etc.
Anyone have any experience of the three choices i.e. tyres and suppliers?
Thanks, Pewe 
Not the ZE502, I had them on the front of my MR2 and could barely get it around a corner if there was a hint of damp. Understeer city.
My wife had the ZE912s on her Octavia and they seemed to be pretty competent for a budget, non-performance tyre.
I have no experiences of the Toyos.
None of these are particularly suitable for a Locost IMO, they are simply not designed to work with very light vehicles.
Ive never driven on R888's but i was astonished at how sticky they were on a stand!! Might wear a bit quick though??
If you get 3000 miles out of a set of R888's then thats probably 2 years for many of us. I really wouldnt want older rubber on my car to be fair
- especially if i ever pushed it on the corners.
I see the R888's as double the price but the cheapest real performance upgrade when you look at performance per £££.
Had Falken 912s on my lexus, wore better than falken 452 and the dunlops it had before.
Dry grip is good, wet grip is ok.
Thats for 17" sizes, so may be different tread/compound for 13"s
888s all the way
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Originally posted by Dopdog
888s all the way
As above (x3)
888's are better than you would believe in the wet, you've just got to get them used to being wet and warm at the same time...
Are R 888's definately road legal ? Looking for new tyres for my indy but don't want to upset the boys in blue !
888's are legal.
I have them on my R1 Westy after getting rid of some "normal" road going tyres.
Get a warm dry day and your car WILL stick to any corner you can find.
888's for me then, cheers Keith
Medium compound........... soft wont last you long!!!
Cheers again !
i have a set of wheels with ze912 as my run arounds. There are good long karting tyres that make quite abit of noise and predictably slide when
pushed. I like this because on a road or unknown place it means you know where the limit is. If you step over it, the car will slide alittle.
I have another set of wheels for track use. There have r888 on. They are completly different and cant be compared to the ze912. The grip level is
massive compared and when the tracking brakes your going alot faster so you need to be quick to recover or it will hurt. I dont think there are as
much fun on the road due to this. It also means you have some nice tyres for track use only. There wet grip is better than expected.
So get another set of wheels and swap when needed!
Hope that helps!
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Originally posted by keith777
Are R 888's definately road legal ? Looking for new tyres for my indy but don't want to upset the boys in blue !
The Falkens are good tyres on a tintop, but they are very hard (300 tread wear) They have lasted a good 15,000 miles on my diesel Leon and still have
loads left and I dont exactly take it easy.
R888's are very soft (100 tread wear) and the difference is astounding.
I used the Falken ZE512s on track when they were available. I learnt far more about car control on those than R888 or AO48 I used after.
The ZE912s are the replacement for them and I used them for road use on 14" wheels. They wear well and have good all round performance but they
have a soft side wall so do move around when pushed on the road. They were progressive and predictable though. The outright grip doesn't compare
to R888s so I had a set of them for track days.
If you want to have fun on a track day then something like the ZE912s will teach you alot. if you want to scare yourself silly or you don't want
to be overtaken then you'll need R888 or AO48 or similar.
How good are the R888's in the wet, compared to a standard tin top tyre? Are they good enough, or just about OK if you get caught in a rain shower?