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BMW 3 series I believe.

Ken Motonishi:

BMW 3 series I believe.

 so for STX and STU heavier vehicles its potentially similar performance to the Neova but with a lower price tag.

 Can't wait to see how the early side by side testing goes!

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VW MKIV R32 - STX

Has anyone heard when the Kumho and Toyos will be released?

Dan

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Dan M

I sent toyo an e-mail about the 225/45-15 size and they said it was planned to be introduced in Jan. 08.

Ah hah!  Thanks VERY much for that tidbit. 

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Charlie Thompson
'04 JCW Cooper [STX]
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I've been around long enough to know that whena company claims a less-than-top-performer as their beatable benchmark then it's likely they won't be the top performer ...

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TeamRX8:

I've been around long enough to know that whena company claims a less-than-top-performer as their beatable benchmark then it's likely they won't be the top performer ...

 

Except that this is a redesigned tire.So who knows till it comes out. 

Looks like the new Kumho won't be an option for STS2

The Ecsta XS will be available in the 2^nd half of 2008.  The XS will be manufactured in 17 and larger wheel diameter sizes.

 

Thanks again for your support,

 

Charles van Heusden

SiDan:

Has anyone heard when the Kumho and Toyos will be released?

Dan

 

I spoke with a very helpful lady at Toyo today.  There are about 7 sizes of the R1R available right now and many more will be released at the beginning of next year.  I've been around long enough to realize that in marketeer-speech, this could mean as late as March.

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David
'97 Miata - STS2
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general consensus is that the kumhos are coming out in 17" sizes and up, so they wouldn't do a lot of good for most of the STS/2 crowd

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Andrew
STS2 114 - 1992 Miata

Well, after talking to several "big" Toyo dealers and being told these tires don't exist, I went to a local tire shop.  The guy there made some calls and found out they haven't gone out to distributors yet but are sitting in a warehouse somewhere.  The ware house guy offered to have them drop-shipped for $6 per tire so I jumped on it.

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David
'97 Miata - STS2
Life is better topless!

How much were the tires? Did you measure the treadwidth?

Scuffcakes:

Well, after talking to several "big" Toyo dealers and being told these tires don't exist, I went to a local tire shop.  The guy there made some calls and found out they haven't gone out to distributors yet but are sitting in a warehouse somewhere.  The ware house guy offered to have them drop-shipped for $6 per tire so I jumped on it.

 

Am i correct that they are 195/50/15?  Are your wheels 15x6.5 or 15x7?  Let us know! 

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Yeah.  195/50/15 on 15x7.5 wheels.  I didn't measure the tread but I'll try and do that and get a pic up at some point.  Price was $130/tire mounted & balanced.

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David
'97 Miata - STS2
Life is better topless!

OK.  I measured the tread and it looks to be just about 7.5 inches.  Kinda hard to tell from a pic but here ya go anyway:

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David
'97 Miata - STS2
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well that's interesting.  Those are some pretty solid sized tread blocks.  Who'll be the first to do some winter testing on these bad boys? :p

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Andrew
STS2 114 - 1992 Miata

Scuffcakes:

OK.  I measured the tread and it looks to be just about 7.5 inches.  Kinda hard to tell from a pic but here ya go anyway:

Whoa those fit pretty nice on 7.5 wheel.  Thanks for taking the time for the pix and info!  I know that  http://www.aimtire.com/  has these tires.  They say AIM is having a introduction price of $99 for 195/5015.  Let us know how they are if you are doing testing!
 

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I won'd be able to to much in the way of testing.  It'll have to wait until the Dixie tour in February.

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David
'97 Miata - STS2
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Anyone know what the 7 available sizes are currently for the R1R?  I'm looking for 205/45/16 and 245/40/17 before I just pull the trigger on the RE-01R.

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CosmosMpower:

Anyone know what the 7 available sizes are currently for the R1R?  I'm looking for 205/45/16 and 245/40/17 before I just pull the trigger on the RE-01R.

 I'd say start lookin' here:

http://www.toyo.com/docs/tires/tires.asp?lpid=30251&name=Proxes%20R1R™&category=sport

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David
'97 Miata - STS2
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