Tire Choices

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4) 01/28/2017 at 22:11 • Filed to: None

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Falken Azenis RT615Ks vs. Toyo Proxes R1Rs

The Proxes R1R used to be a 140 treadwear tire, but has been relabeled as a 200 after more testing. I love the tread pattern.

The Azenis reviews seem to say it’s a little more forgiving at the limit than other “Extreme Performance” tires.

They’ll be going on this:

on these:

For AutoX. Thoughts?

daender > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 01/28/2017 at 22:15

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R1Rs used to be THE BEST SHIT in autocross for stock-class Miatas until the 200TW rule came into effect. Since then RE-71Rs have dominated the scene; I highly suggest grabbing a set of REs if you have the budget for them, just be warned that they live (and die) by the rule of “Twice as bright, half as long.”

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > daender 01/28/2017 at 22:17

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They don’t exist in the size I need.

XJDano > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 01/28/2017 at 22:19

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In other news, while surfing CL parts department, see:

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/pts/5969274098.html

Holy CP!! Is that the going rate?

daender > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 01/28/2017 at 22:19

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Bummer. I don’t know how R1Rs will perform with heavy cars.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > XJDano 01/28/2017 at 22:22

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Yep, OEM hoods are expensive because of all the bros who want them for their V6 ‘birds. It’s pathetic.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 01/28/2017 at 22:27

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they both have cool patterns

i dont know what happened to my submission file, but this is the cad file I made for a Blipshift Tshir

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Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/28/2017 at 22:35

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Part of it is that the sizes shown in the pictures are different. The Toyo is a 275 (right size) while the Falken is a 245. It helps the Toyo look tougher.

XJDano > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/28/2017 at 22:37

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You could do some TSL Swampers.

Or why even put it on a shirt?

http://m.imgur.com/JXs9ojn?r

dogisbadob > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 01/28/2017 at 22:49

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whichever has the better price and availability

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > dogisbadob 01/28/2017 at 22:57

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They’re within $15 of each other.

dogisbadob > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 01/28/2017 at 23:28

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Toyo probably relabeled it to 200 so it can be used in events that require a 200 tw rating. That’s why the RT615k is so popular.

I have Falken tires on my car now (not the RT615k, just a typical all-season). They seem good.

My choice would be Falken. No reason really, but if those were my choices, that would be my choice.

AestheticsInMotion > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 01/29/2017 at 00:00

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I’ve used both, in daily driver and autox capacity. I would definitely pick r1r’s of the two, but for various reasons much prefer dunlop ZII star specs.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > AestheticsInMotion 01/29/2017 at 00:22

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Another tire I can’t have, 275/40 R17 is a dying size.

OPPOsaurus WRX > XJDano 01/29/2017 at 08:41

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That’s not you is it?

XJDano > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/29/2017 at 08:55

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Oh no. I don’t have any tattoos. I like them better on other people.