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cant vouch for life span of the T1R as they weren't on my car long enough because they were rubbish. I NEVER lost traction with the re001 but i hardly ever had grip witht the T1R. If i planted it mid corner the inside wheel would just light up. I have re001s on both of my cars, one set are 18 months old and still look new
Quang, remember that Thai and my friend, Viet raced on the RE001's that day and they said it was highly over-rated. I've suggested to my other friend with the EG to run Kumho KU36s - 205/50/15 is there smallest size. I've raced on them at 6 track days and still managed some 20,000 odd road K's out of them. Food for thought.
Price on the 15" kumho? I'll be needing some in thefutute, running falken rt612 ATM, decent tyres
should be $150 for 195/50/15 ku36
After 205, any price on that size?
Not sure if you want to follow in my footsteps but I just got a set of 14s for street, going to stay with 15s for the track. However they came with Bridgestone RE11. Very good tyre.
15s should handle better with less sidewall flex but remember that 15s will be heavier. Remember all the weight of a rim is on the outside, so even at the same total weight, a bigger rim will have more rotational mass. I used to have heavy 16s and moving down to the 15s made a huge difference to handling. However outright grip is worse.
I have never driven on 14" RE001 but have heard reports that the sidewall is very squishy. I suppose if you get 14" semis this won't be as bad, also depending on tyre size/rim width.
But again, tyre selection in 15s is very good. I'd be happy with something like the Dunlop Star Spec or even RE001 if it's just for the street. I wouldn't consider tracking on 14s... On the track you want grip, right?
The shorter sidewalls on a good quality 15" tyre will give sharper steering response, at reasonable cost.
Good 14"s will still give good grip and outright road holding, but won't be quite s sharp on change of direction. I'm not even sure that the tyres will be much cheaper being not as popular (popular = cheaper).
Gday mate,
I have had two ED9 Crx's, which are a somewhat similar car to your EG. Similar size, similar suspension geometry/wheelbase/track and weight etc
I've driven on the stock 14s on both cars, then 16s on one crx and 15s on the other. My thoughts are -
Stock 14s 185/60/14- In both circumstances they were below average quality tyre manufacturers on both my cars sets of 14s (previous owners didn't know their tyres). I found both cars a bit skittish on 14s. They moved around on them a fair bit and I spun both cars without doing anything particularly crazy, bit of dust on the road and a bit too much lift off on the accelerator. I did find that on 14s the steering was very light though and the car felt agile and light on its feet and it was adjustable if you were quick enough to catch it, but didn't have much grip. Now obviously with better 14inch tyres then there would be a significant difference, but with more grip you'll flex the sidewall more as well - which you will feel once you've got that grip there and it may annoy you.
16s 205/45/16 - These are what I went for on my first CRX as my upgrade. First thing I noticed was that the car was slower. There was less of a kick at 5000rpm than there was with the 14s. These were a 7spoke wheel and not a particularly heavy design (no chrome or any of that) but they definitely just softened the engine a little. Next thing I noticed was that it wanted to follow corrugations more and it was a fair bit rougher through the wheel, as expected. In terms of just outright grip they were superb. I couldn't get the car to lose grip, it would roll on its suspension but never broke traction. The steering was a lot heavier though and the car never felt anywhere near as agile and it wasn't adjustable at all which made it feel like a bigger heavier car than it was and it didn't feel as fun to drive, but it did feel safe.
15s 195/50/15 - Having experienced 16s I knew I wouldn't get them again so I opted for 15s on my second CRX. These felt the perfect compromise. There was heaps of grip yet it still felt like you could adjust it slightly on the limit but have a safety margin there to catch you. It also didn't seem to slow the car down either like the 16s did. The grip wasn't as high on these as there was on the 16s but it still felt fun and light and nimble. The 16s just felt a size too big and made the car feel heavy. The 15s seemed to have 95% of the benefits of the 16s without any real downfall..
Hope this helps somewhat.
Kind Regards