Griff Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Further to the earlier thread on the special offer from Toyo to club members on their R888 tyres here, they now confirm somthing should be up on the Toyo UK web site by the end of the week. As a recap - best price found so far was Top Stop in Andover (Glenn on 01264 772777) who initially offered £64 for 185/60x13 fronts and £74 for 205/60x13 rears, but after pressing improved this to £60 & £73 respectively. With Toyo's offer of £25 discount this would make a full set cost £241 including VAT, fitting & balancing. Compared to £290 for A048s delivered, unfitted from George Polley that works out around 25% saving for an equivalent tyre. Cheers.....I'm off to Andover... It's not pink, it's medium red violet... 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Great - well done. Project Scope-Creep is live... Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted September 21, 2005 Author Share Posted September 21, 2005 I should have added... Toyo want the inital offer to expire end October but I've asked to extend to end of the year or at least end November to give time for people to make up their minds, find a supplier etc. If this offer is a success, Toyo will launch a new offer in the springtime. It's not pink, it's medium red violet... 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin b Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Thanks Griff I have bought 2 x 205 & 2 x 185/13 Toyo Proxes yesterday, paid £265 to Lethal Auto Design in Crawley,tel 01293 427407. They were very efficient (next day) and also sell a wide range of LEDs and accessories for the aspiring chavs amongst us I reckon thats a good deal even without the discount. Got to put some mileage on them before Brands on Monday now 😬 Martin Sorry forgot that price included fitting to loose wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted September 22, 2005 Author Share Posted September 22, 2005 Martin - look forward to your opinions after Brands. I hope to have some fitted for Bedford later this month. Watch the Toyo site for their rebate application form. It's not pink, it's medium red violet... 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowley Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Do they come in 195/45 R15? (or are they 195/50s ... I forget 😳 ) Edited by - knowley on 22 Sep 2005 11:49:36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Boy Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Yes they come in 195/50 R15. See here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberts Wallet Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 The new 15" anthracite wheels use 195/45 15's when fitted with CR500's Gareth Blue and Carbon 6 Speed Supersport with new wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowley Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I don't see why I couldn't use 195/50s.... does anyone know different? Rx00 Owners Register My R300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted September 23, 2005 Support Team Share Posted September 23, 2005 If you change tyre profile it will alter you overall gearing. Going from 45 to 50 profile will increase the overall gearing giving a higher top speed and will reduce the rate of acceleration. See this thread for more discussion. Google for gearcalc and download it - you can plug different tyre sizes in to see how it will affect top speed and speeds in each gear. I am not 100% sure how much the acceleration will be affected but having spoken to a couple of people it seems that "noticeably" is the answer. Yellow SL #32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Bees Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 195/50x15 will give you almost identical gearing to 205/60x13 which is a pretty common size. Vs. 195/45x15 it'll increase your ride height by about 8mm and your gearing by just under 3.5%. That's assuming the tyres in question are in practice exactly the dimensions that the profile rating would suggest, which is rarely the case... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowley Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Fine by me for track days, I have the 3.92 diff which sometimes I find too "short" so maybe this will be a nice comprimise. I was more worried about clearance of the arches and handling characterisics, but I don't forsee a problem... Edited by - knowley on 23 Sep 2005 16:44:12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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