NOSLO6

Hi folks,

I'm running Toyo R888s and have between 3/32 and 4/32 of tread depth left (see pic below). I'm hoping to run two HPDE days at the end of April at NJMP, but with only a few events under my belt, I don't yet have a good sense of how quickly these tires wear.

Anyone have rules of thumb to offer on: whether I can likely (and safely) squeeze 1 day or two days out of these tires? General tire consumption rates / how the R888s wear down?

I'm going to be doing the rear widebody mod later this spring and will be going to wider wheels so I'd rather not buy new R888s until after the upcoming HPDE if I can safely avoid it.

Thanks,
Scott

argonaut

Those tires will safely make it thru your NJMP event and beyond. Some us rarely use tires that look that good...LOL.

rbl

Those tires are very bad and worn out ... ship them to me immediately for proper disposal

L98Terror

They are good till you see cords, actually I use them past that because I feel the steel belts give me extra grib

drivinhard

cool sparks to

I cut apart a race tire once, they are overbuilt

VetteDrmr

8/32" is full tread depth for the Toyo tires. You've just now got those tires heat cycled, they're truly coming into their own now.

My personal experience is with the Toyo RA-1s, and they'll have good grip until right before they cord. You've got enough life left for at least a couple of DEs, looking at the tire wear on the tire in the photo. Keep an eye on the inner and outer wear. I usually flip them (dismount, flip, and remount) once in their life; you might want to do that either before or after your next DE, whenever the tread depth on the edges gets down to about 2/32".

HTH, and have a good one,
Mike

sperkins

Somehow that doesn't suprise me.

NOSLO6

Thanks for the above and all of the great feedback and suggestions all.
-Scott

longdaddy

those look barely used. in my experience with toyo 888s, they heat cycle out to the point where they are unusable before the rubber is gone.

NOSLO6

Thanks-- they're down to 3/32 - 4/32 of tread depth from 8/32nds (those grooves are DEEP when new), but it sounds like that's enough for folks here.

I'll likely flip the fronts and have at it.
-Scott

bobmoore2

I used to buy used R888s, they didn't have that much tread on them, and I always got 3 to 4 days out of them. I would flip them on the wheels though, to even the wear inside vs. outside.