03 9g

Pilot Super Sports ...grt option .

03 9g

I drove an S with these tires and felt the same way ...like I was in mud ...dont like em at all ...my Pilot super sport tires are worlds apart ...and much much better ..imo ...to each his own , I want to feel as much as I can RE 11 a takes away from that feel .

GT Motoring

We've been pretty impressed with the RE-11A that we've been testing on behalf of Bridgestone. I feel they are better than the old Z1, but it's been a full winter since I drove on the Z1s. I've yet to drive on the ZIIs yet. The day I put the RE-11A on, I drove 600 + miles from TN, so any mold release that was on would have been well gone by then.

The drive to TN was pretty rough though - it rained 9.5 of the 10 hours, and probably half the time it was raining, it was a torrential downpour. They tires did great in the wet and really helped make the drive a lot less stressful.

On track, the RE-11A seem to be pretty fast. I was 2.2 seconds slower in My FR-S on RE-11A than I was last year in my S2000 on Conti Slicks on Autobahn South. The car is very, very planted, and the tires loved heat. The lap times kept coming down and down as I got more laps on them in the session (granted, that may have more due to tire size than compound). We're going to do a comparision between a 225/45/17 all around, and a 255/40/17 all around on the car in the coming weeks, to try and get some good reference as to what tire size is best to run on the FR-S.

I dont think you can go wrong with either tire. The RE-11A will likely ride better and be better for daily driving because of ride comfort. It can also be put on the left or right side of the vehicle without dismounting - great for evening tire wear at tracks that tend to wear one side more than the other.

I think now that Bridgestone has lowered the price on the RE-11A, its going to draw a lot more attention in the marketplace.

Urge

They will have better grip cold for sure, which I suppose is why people using them on the street have nothing but fantastic things to say. But every time Ive talked to a faster driver who has tried them on a road course its the same story- they cant handle heat, they're good for good lap or two then they overheat, get greasy and feel like shit. To quote the last guy I talked to using them on an M coup, "it feels like you're driving in the rain". Im sure they work well for newer drivers to use on a track though.

I understand you guys have been using these in a 265/35/18 on an 18x10.5, right? How much does your S2000 weigh?
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Sorry, I missed this. 2650 now, pulling another 100 out in the near future.. URGE

MMisencik157

Is that with or without a driver in the car?

07BBproject

I got the ZII's about a month ago and have been really impressed with them so far. ~1,000 miles on them. Very confident when cornering hard and haven't noticed any excessive road noise so far. I saw somewhere they had a wear rating of 200, but i could be wrong. Interested in seeing how they wear through the "spirited" summer driving.

Urge

With half tank, no driver..

GT Motoring

What all has been removed? That seems pretty heavy.

RSXLNT

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It can also be put on the left or right side of the vehicle without dismounting - great for evening tire wear at tracks that tend to wear one side more than the other.


But wouldn't the tread then be pointing the wrong direction? If so, that would effect wet weather handling. But how about dry?

MMisencik157

Its asymmetrical so it does not matter which direction the tread faces. All that matters is the tire is mounted on the wheel with the outside facing outside and inside facing inside.

Directional tires can be run backwards in the dry with absolutely zero difference in performance. I don't believe there is that big of a difference in wet performance when they are run backwards in the wet too.