Hi all

I've been hunting around for tyres in the south cambridgeshire area.
(this area is screaming out for an accessible parts spares and tyre business)

E-tyres claim that Bridgestone have told tehm that SO2 and especially the ES02JZ tyres are no longer available (this is when e-tyres can finally be bothered to call back after the 6th time of promising)

I've tried a few other places but the ES02JZ tyres seem to be in short supply.
Black circles claim to have s small stock but none local.

Bridegstone's website claim that for an s2000 use Potenza RE050A (050 asymetric apparently ) for rears at 16

 

Just had a response from bridgestone

They claim there has never been a reason to go to 245 with any other tyre.

They feel that the confusion may have come about due to advice given out if you increase rim size from 16" to 17". Then and only then do they advise going onto 245 wide tyres.

They also advise changing all 4 tyres to the same pattern and to use the RE050A all round

Regards
Bert

 

Have you read the FAQ? This covers exactly what you are asking.

 

yeah - extra width is nothing to do with sidewall it is purely down to the amount of rubber touching the ground. S02's have smaller grooves and subsequently more rubber touching the road than the average 225 therefore with other tyres with wider grooves you need to go 245 to get similar amount of rubber touching down.

Higher psi on the Toyo's is a requirement due to the softer sidewall.

FAQ is your friend though

 

I got S02s about 6 weeks ago, no problems at all from Brudgestone.

Try Event Mobile, or Black Circles, or your local honda dealer.

Also, have a read of the faq in my sig

 

Yes I got rear S02s from Event a few weeks back.

This is starting to sound like it might be true this time.

I can't say I've ever been convinced by the idea of needing to go for 245s. Who exactly came up with that?

 

Would be interesting to see what Honda suggest we should put on the car if the SO2s stop production

 

I've heard this story a hundred times on here - usually perpetrated by lazy tyre monkeys!

My local tyre place had Bridgestone deliver some for me 6 weeks ago with no suggestion that they were out of production.

 

Having decided i need 2 new front tyres and spending the night reading the pros and cons of S02's, i think these will be what i go for.

I have Dunlop SP Sport 2000

 

[QUOTE=paul_good,May 8 2007, 10:18 PM] Having decided i need 2 new front tyres and spending the night reading the pros and cons of S02's, i think these will be what i go for.

I have Dunlop SP Sport 2000