Well, after 4K miles I'm gonna need some new rears soon. Fancy some road legal slicks. Problem is I'm note sure who makes what and whats any good, any advice guys?

BTW - I'm really not worried about wet conditions, I don't do wet roads

 

The yoko's they made for the exige. What they like I wonder? Look good! A048's..

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?ti...odel=ADVAN+A048

 

There are strict laws about minimum required water channels for road tyres. True slicks are against the law. I don't know the minimum specs but I would expect that any tyre listed as a 'race' tyre is listed as such because it wouldn't meet those regulations or has obscene tyre wear characteristics.

 

Steve, surely road legal slicks will also be soft? You sure you want to have soft tyres on the back of that? might last you a trip to Blackpool and back I guess

 

Or the CSL slicks.. http://www.michelinman.com/catalog/tires/M...retype=3&tire=0

 

Yeah, they're the only ones i know of, look

 

Yeah but i'll be stuck to the road like glue

I'm not overly bothered about that, the ones I have have lasted 4K so how much less am i going to get out of em? I'll try anything once, well, almost anything

 

What's up with sticking with the ES02JZ? Or have you changed wheels?

There must be a similar Bridgestone ES02 series tyre which fits...

 

Race tyres are likely to last high tens of miles. 4k miles will seem a lot when you're running a competition series tyre which is worn out after 300 miles as the compound is so soft.

The other problem you'll have is that sticky tyres are designed to be sticky in race conditions. Road driving does not generate the kind of heat required to get the tyres up to temperature and you'll find the grip characteristics on the road are worse than proper road tyres.

If you're driving on the road hard enough to heat up race tyres I'll report you myself

Find a summer street tyre. Michelin and Bridgestone both do dedicated ranges for summer road tyres. At least in winter you'll be able to get to the shops without killing someone.

 

or the Toyo R888's

http://www.toyo.co.uk/index.php?fuseaction=car.R888