trinis2001

My 2c:

I was running the OEM 17" wheels with RE050 215/245 on my AP1. I was not much impressed with the performance - the back seemed to slide around more than with 16" S02s, but it did give away more gently.

I put the 205/225 01Rs back on the original 16" for my car and WOW!. Way better than the wider RE050s. I know this is not the pole position tire, but night and day anyway. I actually did an AutoX on the 01Rs and did not miss my Khumo R compound tires.

Wet grip on the 01Rs seem pretty good to me, and it is rated quite well by Tire Rack, so I am not sure about all this "not good in the wet" talk I have seen here.

And best of all, very comfortable tires on a stock suspension compared to the 17" RE050s - most likely due to the taller tire wall aspect of the 16" compared to the 17"s. But on all counts, 01R's will not disappoint you as a daily driver / occasional track tire. Why compromise dry grip?

B.C.

For those who wants to know,

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=593995

Jim has ack. that Bridgestone says the 070 are better than 1r > 050.

iLuveketchup

Cool!

Mystiqueskillz

Sorry to bring up this old thread. I already asked this in the beginning of the thread, but I didn't get a definite answer. I was wondering if its bad to run RE050's in the front and RE-01's in the rear? My rears are almost bold and I need to get new tires asap.

INTJ

Safe if you are the only one driving it and you are aware that it will understeer significantly in the dry and could oversteer dramatically in the wet. Otherwise, just get some takeoof from other s2k owners here.