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i have RE01's on my gtr and did the track event at AHG. All I can say is that I am extremely impressed, they coped with 400hp@4w very well and I could apply power down on the turns without breaking out too much and when it did it was very predictable and easy to catch/counter, the grip was very very good, wear did not seem to be overly bad (save for a couple of harder than usual launches and some late in the day drifting).

Best price I have had is $495 fitted and balance per tyre which I thought was okay. Tyre noise is also very good on these

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ps. Tirerack is nowhere near the cheapest place in the states for tires, the problem is finding one of the others who ship to OZ from the WEST COAST of USA, and check the shipping times some could take a REALLY LONG TIME to come over. months????? if they come on a ship expect months.

Can you provide any suggestions of other places I can have a look at? A link would be most appreciated.

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i have RE01's on my gtr and did the track event at AHG. All I can say is that I am extremely impressed, they coped with 400hp@4w very well and I could apply power down on the turns without breaking out too much and when it did it was very predictable and easy to catch/counter, the grip was very very good, wear did not seem to be overly bad (save for a couple of harder than usual launches and some late in the day drifting).

Best price I have had is $495 fitted and balance per tyre which I thought was okay. Tyre noise is also very good on these

lol that's gotta suck, i picked up a pair of some basically brand new 245/50 R16 RE-01's a month or 2 back for about $50, came with 16x8.5 rims too, not to mention another pair of 16x7.5 rims with some crappy dunlops on them.

i thought it was a pretty good deal, but yes ur right, they f**king hold like nobody's business.

id be getting a quote from tirerack for the dunlops or even the RE-01's, it wouldnt surprise me if u can bring in tyres independently for less than what a tyre shop charges.

Hey Martin, I've been running Yokahama Advans on the front of my 33 (235/40ZR18), but they were a bit pricey when I asked about 265/35ZR18's on the rear at over $500 a pop.

I first had Hankook K104's, which I was quite disappointed in considering what I'd heard about them, cornered ok, but were especially poor at getting the power down.

After researching the Tyre thread on here and several other sources I went for Falken FK452's second time around, & have been very happy with them, better cornering grip & far superior straight line grip + they have been wearing better too. At $330 each they're not a budget tyre, but not insanely priced either.

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i'm getting federal 595' rpm soon! atm moment i've got the 595 super steel and it ain't too bad for the price you pay. the only thing i camplain about them are the sidewalls. i'm getting them smaller than my current tyres for that bit of scretch

the side walls wash out during cornering which can cause the car to break out! it happens to all the tyres but the higher priced ones like semi's and so on have more strength around there! oh but i was impressed with the side walls on the dunlops, they didn't feel too bad!

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this is one company that used to be cheaper then the tirerack and had a good service not sure if they sell and ship to OZ or not ?

http://www.bigotires.com/

this is another good place for cheap tires and good service.

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/home.do

not in California but these guys in Denver had decent stuff great prices as well, used to buy my RX7 and VR4 tires/rims from these guys

http://www.performancewheel.com/

dont forget I haven't been back to states to buy tires in a while now , but all of these companies have been around for a long time (more then 20years),so no shonky biz

hope this helps your search. Tire rack is still a option since its the largest ONLINE seller ?

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