Tire Select....

HEY EVERYONE'S HERE, CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHICH IS THE BETTER TIRE FOR DC2R?
YOKOHAMA ES-100 or POTENZA RE-010?

ACTUALLY I DID READ THE POST ABOUT TIRE DISCUSSION BE4,HOWEVER ITS REALLY HARD TO GET THE RE-010 DOMESTIC HERE, I WENT TO BS ACTUALLY BUT THEY ARE ASKING FOR 37x/TIRE, i said it's too expensive and they said, the cheaper one we can get is from the guys who sold their original RE-010 however very limited stock now.so i better concider if go for ES-100,and i did visit the official site and it is sort of ultra performance tire...so,yeah, guys here please help me.....thx!

potenzas realy good in my opinion never tried the yokohamas so cant really say
wats the pricing on em anyways?

I've got ES100's. I'm not sure how they're supposed to compare against the RE-010 but are an excellent tyre none the less. I guess there is a little more tread block squirm than I expected but there is a lot of tread depth to work through still, previously I had Toyo TPG's which seemed more rigid but they also had much less tread as they wer 50% worn when I bought the car.

The ES100's do hold the road very, very well in wet and dry and are surpisingly quiet compared to TPG's which were little too noisy. I paid $210 per tyre plus fitting, but I get fleet prices so it may differ for you.:)

i went from the a539's to the es100's about two years ago. I wasn't at all impressed with the es100's. I could get about 1.5 laps of wakefield before they turned to mush, whereas i would get around 2.5-3 laps with the a539's. The dry grip levels weren't up to the a539's, and they seemed to suffer from the same issue with soft sidewalls. They wore down very quickly too.
They were pretty cheap though.
I went from the es100's to goodyear eagle f1 gsd3's, and found the went and dry grip to be better than both the es100's and the A539's. I managed a 2.1 60" time which is pretty decent for a street tyre too. Wet weather grip was very, very good. The only real issue was the soft sidewall, just like the a539's and es100's. The goodyear tyres were heaps cheaper too. I paid 160/tyre for both of the yoko's and 125/tyre for the goodyears.
I'm now running on bridgstone g3's and they seem to have the outright grip levels of the f1's, but a nice stiff sidewall. I'll probably buy them again when i wear this set out.

I have ITR around 5 years. I tried many brand of tyres. Such as, RE010, A539, ES100, G3 and AD07. In my opinion, AD07 is the best choice at this moment.

personaly, es100 is very good tyre...

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I have ITR around 5 years. I tried many brand of tyres. Such as, RE010, A539, ES100, G3 and AD07. In my opinion, AD07 is the best choice at this moment.

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What are the AD07's worth a tyre?

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Originally Posted by ginganggooly

I could get about 1.5 laps of wakefield before they turned to mush

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Your experience is very different from mine at Wakefield. I got 6 x 1:15s in a row on Yoko AVS-ES100's on my dead stock DC2R.

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Originally Posted by freakygeek

Your experience is very different from mine at Wakefield. I got 6 x 1:15s in a row on Yoko AVS-ES100's on my dead stock DC2R.

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i've only ever been in summer, could be a factor. or maybe you're just alot tidier behind the wheel than myself.

ITRDC2: Can you tell us where you plan to use the tyres, street/track/both?

If I could choose again I'd seriously consider the AD07's if the price is reasonable.

thx for all the replies
i never get my car tracked,and i would like the tire to be the street performance coz everything on my car is stil STOCK.so....yah.....anyway i will get my car to be service in HONDA soon, i may just check if they will get me the RE-010 a good price otherwise i may go for ES-100
T-onedc2: is the AD07 made by ADVAN? i think is about the racing range stuff, isn't it?
and the price wont be cheap i think~

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Originally Posted by ITRDC2

thx for all the replies
i never get my car tracked,and i would like the tire to be the street performance coz everything on my car is stil STOCK.so....yah.....anyway i will get my car to be service in HONDA soon, i may just check if they will get me the RE-010 a good price otherwise i may go for ES-100
T-onedc2: is the AD07 made by ADVAN? i think is about the racing range stuff, isn't it?
and the price wont be cheap i think~

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Yes it's made by Yokohama and is part of the Advan range which generally is not available in Aus. I've seen them for sale from time to time by one the traders on OzHonda for a very good price so is worth a look. It is still a street tyre, just a very good one.

Head to head grip levels, are RE010's better than ES100's? I've heard that GIII's are not as good as the RE101's.

The DC2R has a rare tyre size (195x55 R15) and i don't know of any high performance tyre made in this size, thus we dont have much choice.

If i'm looking for pure grip mainly in the dry, for dry road (less than 150km per week) and a track days, what's the best way to go? Stay with RE101's or move to something else? Recommendations?

Thanks,
Dim

Have a look at the kumho ecsta range, very good tyres. Not so popular but you wont be disappointed. My friend sells wheels and tyres and he has tried many different brands, and he said he would recommend kumho's over bridgestone.

Hes currenty trying out nexen and apparently they a fairly decent. But if you want top stuff then yoko ad07s would be the option even tho it costs 200+ for 15s :O

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Originally Posted by Chronos

Head to head grip levels, are RE010's better than ES100's? I've heard that GIII's are not as good as the RE101's.

The DC2R has a rare tyre size (195x55 R15) and i don't know of any high performance tyre made in this size, thus we dont have much choice.

If i'm looking for pure grip mainly in the dry, for dry road (less than 150km per week) and a track days, what's the best way to go? Stay with RE101's or move to something else? Recommendations?

Thanks,
Dim

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195/55 and 205/50 are virtually identical in overall diameter

between the es100's and re010's, have u considered your price range? cos it's probably impossible to source the re010 especially in the stock tire size 195/55/15. and if honda are able to source u a set, they'll charge u an arm and a leg, most likely ~200+ per tire just because it's from a dealer.

anyway, i've driven both gIII's and currently have the re010's in that stock size on my ctr and i love them. have had no experience with the yokos, but these re010s are surely a better tyre then the GIIIs, but not as sticky as the re711s (older dc2r tyre).

in the end, if you are only gonna use them for street, any decent sports tyre will do. it's like buying anything else... pay for wot u need, and set yourself a budget. in the yoko range, also consider the c.drives and the new a.drives. the BS GIII's are also a decent tyre, can't go wrong there i reckon.

Brigestone RE01 is old model, new one is RE01R :p
Yokohama ES100 is not good as RE01R, they r different lvl, if u wanna compare with RE01R, u should try advan AD07

Highly recommand anything with the word "POTENZA" in front of it.

Used Dunlop 3000A, Kumho's, Goodyear F1's;

None compare to a Potenza G3!
Track- Recommend RE55S!

Im on to my third set of potenzas and for street tyres they are excellent. I would recommend them to anyone.

RE-010 are an awesome tyre, but it doesn't mean its the best bang for buck...I would suggest you go for the Yoko's as a good compromise and something that performs well and doesn't cost as much...

Have you give thought to other brands? Say Toyo T1R?

toyo r1r & t1r, yokohama advan ad07, bridgestone potenza re01r & GIII, falken azenis rt215, dunlop direzza sport z1 & dz101 ... they r good street tyre
but they r not cheap ... around $180 ~ $300+ depends on size

can anyone tell me y, some of the tyre r not aviable in australia?? etc. toyo r1r, re01r ...