I got a nail in one of my rear RE050's and it is too close to the edge for the plug to be a safe permenant fix. I need to replace it. The Firestone shop said it would be at least a week to get the tire from Cali. He suggested replacing both rears with RE750's if I didn't want to wait. Similar performance and loger life.

I would like to hear some opinions on this choice as well as suggestions for alternatives such as Goodyear F1 or something. Keep in mind this is a daily driver and I have not tracked the car...yet. The tires have approx 5000 miles now.

Thanks for any input before I call the guy to order the tires.

 

My S has RE050's from the factory, and I haven't had any problems with them yet, but I'm kind of leaning towards Goodyear Eagle F1's for my next set as I've heard they are a better tire in cold/warm dry/wet and have a better tread rating.

With only 5k miles on your current set, it may just be better to wait on getting a single replacement tire, since that will cost you a lot less.

 

You can't have longer life with the same performance. It's one or the other. The softer the tire the better it's performance, but the tire will wear faster. If you want a tire that last longer look at the yokohama ES100's or maybe even the toyo T1R/S tires. Some even prefer the Kumho Ecsta MX tires. The goodyear F1 tires are great for performance, but don't expect them to last more than 15K-20K miles (figured it may be a bad choice for a daily driver car).

 

As far as the car being a daily driver, I work from home, so I don't really put many miles on the car. I think I would prefer performance over tread life. The stock RE050s seem to break traction easy. I guess when they are warm the stick well.

With on 5k on the tires maybe I should just wait for the RE050 to come in. I just wanted to know if there was a better tire since I have to replace at least one.

 

In that case just stick with the RE050's, if you wanna a comparable tire you can tryout the goodyear F1's. Most performance tires need to be warmed up before they work well.

 

 

I had RE750s on my GSR and on the rears of my last S2000.

They are not quite as sticky as the stocks, but much better in rain. They are still a performance tire, though. Many here are generally happy with them.

I'm having some put on the front of my current S2000 this week, actually.

Pretty good tire. The price and wear make it a sweet deal. They're about $40 less than the S02s. Also, get them from Tire Rack. I'm able to get a pair, have them installed at a local shop (a good rated one from TireRack) AND have a baseline dyno done for less money than one of the chain stores would want for these tires.

 

According to what? Tires are complex and there's a lot that goes into their overall ability, but this statement is way too simplistic. We're only looking at sports tires, not all tires, and there is a lot that differentiates them

Car and Driver just did a test on sport tires - its a good read - http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?se...rticle_id=10252

 

Get another RE050. I would also recommend keeping the model the same on all four tires. Of course a tire shop wants to sell you the tire, but if you dont want to wait you can get them quicker from Tire Rack.

 

I got my wheels from Tire Rack and was very pleased. If the can beat a week, then I will just do that.

thanks for the input!