Todays game: "Name that tire issue".

[TemecFist]

Can anyone guess as to why this happened to the front 2 tires??? Lol

 

[Phishy]

Heat? And too much of it? They look blistered.

Jealous of you R compound types. DD folk like me in the hinterlands need the wheedy tires.

 

[TemecFist]

Heat? And too much of it? They look blistered.

Jealous of you R compound types. DD folk like me in the hinterlands need the wheedy tires.

I really dont know tbh. It's odd that they would both be blistered in the same spot.....right down the middle. Right?

 

[kivnul]

Rubbing on anything?

 

[TemecFist]

Rubbing on anything?

I think your right. I pulled the front bumper chasing a boost leak, and I noticed the inner fender lining had some rub spots. I think you nailed it. Thank you.

 

[M-Sport fan]

Te

Heat? And too much of it? They look blistered.

Jealous of you R compound types. DD folk like me in the hinterlands need the wheedy tires.

Technically, they are not 'R compound', albeit the current crop of 200 tread wear stickies is getting closer and closer to the performance of the actual, 00-50 tread wear R compound slick gumballs every evolution (and also closer to their lightning quick wear rates as well, unfortunately ).

I solve the above dilemma by having multiple (read; TOO MANY ) sets of wheels/tires, so my 200 tread wear ones are only on the car for a few months a year.

 

[TemecFist]

Te


Technically, they are not 'R compound', albeit the current crop of 200 tread wear stickies is getting closer and closer to the performance of the actual, 00-50 tread wear R compound slick gumballs every evolution (and also closer to their lightning quick wear rates as well, unfortunately ).

I solve the above dilemma by having multiple (read; TOO MANY ) sets of wheels/tires, so my 200 tread wear ones are only on the car for a few months a year.

888r's are 100tw tho. Not quite an "R compound"....but not quite a "200tw" either.

 

[M-Sport fan]

888r's are 100tw tho. Not quite an "R compound"....but not quite a "200tw" either.

There is also the Pirelli Trofeo R, which is given a 50 tread wear rating by that company, but I'd like to know just how they compare, performance wise, to the full slick, more race radial construction type, 50 tread wear BFG R1s, and any other of those actual slick, 'R compound' donuts above a 00 rating, but not over 50.

 

[Phishy]

This guys YouTube channel is great and has some good tire talk and other fun stuff. He owns the Apex ring taxi service at the Nordshleife.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...CMAp6BAgGECM&usg=AOvVaw1yBIc11fKRM3vqgUiiWMV3

 

[Phishy]

I said R compound in the context of so far from a street daily upper midwest tire. I can't run that -200 TW stuff on the daily, in the rain, road trips, cold mornings etc.

Would love to feel the car on those types of tires and enjoy the socal/Miami nights though.

 

[TemecFist]

I just ordered up a fresh set of NT01's. We'll see how those compare.