We built this next-generation DOT competition tire* for drivers who know what it means to really push a car. We’ve optimized its casing and tread design to maximize dry performance without losing wet traction, and to keep you fully under control in extreme driving situations. If your idea of fun includes road racing, track days, and high-performance driving schools, then the Proxes R888 is your tire.*Caution: Recommended for competition events only. View all Competition tires Maximizes grip for better competitive handling and performance. Unidirectional V-Shaped Tread Design Increased tread area and limited void improve dry traction.V-shaped grooves assist with wet traction. Increases braking performance and dry traction. Improves grip for better steering response. Stiff Bead Construction and Wider Tread Width Increases cornering force for better competitive handling. SL=Standard Load, LL=Light Load, RD=Reinforced, BSW = Black Sidewall.

Speed rating V = 149 mph, W = 168 mph, Y = 186 mph, (Y) = 195 mph. Toyo Tires recommends the following general setup guidelines for the Proxes R888: Operating Temperature: 160°F to 220°F Hot Inflation Pressures: 32 to 38 (psi) Camber: -1° to -3° Caster: As much positive as possible For recommendations on proper use, handling and storage of this tire in colder climates, please click here. The last thing you want to do is worry about tires and ever changing grip levels. They are solid consistent performing tires and deliver the results you expect. D3Cadillac, Signal Hill, California The Proxes R888 is covered by Toyo Tires' limited warranty. Vehicle fitments for the Proxes R888 include the following makes and models. To see if the Proxes R888 is right for your vehicle use our tire finder.Ultra High Performance Competition Tires Race-ready off the shelf with a 4/32 inch-deep tread, the Proxes RR delivers consistent lap times and predictable handling on dry tracks.

The design and components of the Proxes RA1 came from our experience in winning races all over the world. The Proxes RS1 is a full-slick competition tire* that provides consistent performance throughout the life of the tire. This DOT drag radial* was designed to help muscle cars and street machines transfer power to the ground.Nokian Tires For Sale Online Ideal for road racing, track days and high performance driving schools, the Proxes R888 is the next-generation, street legal competition tire from Toyo Tires. Roman Blind Kits TorontoIn competition the R888's improvements in casing and tread design improve dry performance while maintaining wet traction and control.Grandfather Clock Repair Bath Enhanced R-Compound Tread - Maximizes grip for better competitive handling and performance.

Unidirectional V-Shaped Tread Design - Increased tread area and limited void improves dry traction V-shaped grooves assist with wet traction.Continuous Center Contact - Increases braking performance and dry traction.Semi-Slick Shoulder Area - Improves grip for better steering response.Stiff Bead Construction And Wider Tread Width - Increases cornering force for better competitive handling. I run these tires on a 255/35/18 wheel. I daily drive with these tires on. And sometimes I do a quick and easy canyon run. Nothing to hard, I dont really take turns more than 50mph. But through the hair pins and s-turns, these tires are amazing once you get them warmed up. At first I was skeptical about driving them on the wet, but if you are driving them conservatively and safely during the rain, they are not bad at all. The only issue is the road noise, these babies are so sticky, it transfers the noise directly into the cockpit of the car, but after a few days, you'll get used to that. As far as tread wear, I've driven them for over 1,000 miles, (mainly highway miles, barely any hard turns or canyon drives) and still barely any changes from camber wear.

Especially since I run a slightly aggressive camber on my car. Luckily I have a squared fitment, so that I can rotate them. Highly recommend these bad boys. Makes a huge difference in handling, and also in appearance if you have some nice wheels on. made this review on 11/13/2014 and is a Had this tire for over a year now on my 2009 Nissan GTR. This is my second set and I have a feel for how these tires perform. Honestly, there are better products out there but these are pretty good as well. There is a bit of tire noise however. Handling is excellent but in wet conditions, I recommend you to switch to all season tires. I have spun out at a closed track in light rainfall. Overall I would say around 3.8-4 out of 5. My GTR has aftermarket wheels. Therefore tire size is different. Just in case another GTR driver reads this. made this review on 7/23/2014 and is a Great tires used in AZ during summer days. Takes a second to get them warm but wont let you down once warm.

Lil bit loud but not much of a issue to keep me from getting them again. Great grip and handling with well over 700hp made this review on 1/19/2014 and is a made this review on 11/22/2013 and is a Toyo Observe Garit KX Toyo Open Country A-T II Toyo Open Country A-T II Extreme Toyo Open Country C-T Toyo Open Country H-T Toyo Open Country H-T Tuff Duty Toyo Open Country M-T Toyo Open Country R-T Toyo Open Country WLT1 Toyo Proxes 4 Plus Toyo Proxes S-T II Toyo Proxes T1 Sport Toyo Proxes T1 Sport SUVA day at the racetrack usually works out to half-hour bursts of lapping, maybe 15 to 20 hot laps per session, followed by some pit-wall sitting while you wait for other groups to take their turns. We’ve found that, on today’s heavy cars, original-equipment tires (the ones your sports car came with) are good for three to five laps before they overheat and their traction melts away. That means you have to spend your valuable time on the track driving like a tourist to cool down the tires.

And that means you’re wasting money. So dedicated track wheels and tires make sense, even if they’re pricey and you have to haul them—along with a jack—to the track. But they allow you to stay out longer, learn more, and crush your stock-tired fellow lappers like tiny bugs. We were very impressed by the Proxes R888s. By the second lap, they were warmed up and sticking fast, delivering performance well above their price grade. While they are the least-expensive tire here, they showed fanatical bite going into corners and consistent scrub limits throughout the first couple of 30-minute sessions. Modest, reassuring squeals accompany these tires when they are hard at it, giving the driver plenty of auditory feedback when approaching the limit. Don’t expect the Proxes to live forever, though. When the Spec Miata racing class moved to R888s, complaints poured in that they didn’t last as long nor stay as consistent over time as the older Toyo RA1s, and the class moved back to the RA1s.

To be fair, perennially cheap racers want to pull as much out of their expensive rubber as possible, but we saw the first signs of performance fade toward the end of the testing. In short, the R888s make a great track set, especially if you’re a newbie and not planning to push as hard right away. The g-Force R1 is basically two circumferential grooves away from being a rolling-pin racing slick. It just barely earns a DOT road certification and is strictly aftermarket track gear. Its rock-hard sidewalls adorn all the Miatas running in the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup, perhaps the fiercest stock-body road-racing series in America. A regular RX-8 wearing this rubber is a samurai weapon. Reserve a lap or two for warm-up, but after that, the tires are black Super Glue. Over a 30-minute session, turn-in remains ferociously sharp and high-speed drift-outs from scary corners such as Laguna’s Turn Nine are a cinch. But the limit of these tires is so high that when the grip snaps, it snaps big.

If walls are around, you’ll be lucky not to paint them with the fenders—which is why novices will want to start on tires that break away sooner, more gently, and with more noise. The platinum AmEx choice, the Pilot Sport Cup is, in various forms, the original-equipment tire on the Porsche 911 GT3 and the Dodge Viper ACR, among other fast machines. Nobody questions your taste when you mount up a set of these babies. On the track, we were surprised to find them initially a close third behind the R1s and R888s in grip and fun generation. More plow through Turn Two and less lateral confidence through the fast corners initially knit our brows, though, over time, their performance proved more consistent than that of the R888s. This matches our own anecdotal experience, in which Pilot Sport Cups have withstood full-day test sessions on cars and looked plenty fresh enough for the drive home. Heat cycling them a few times will likely help their stickiness as well. Such are the care and feeding requirements of exotic rubber.

Like a lot of expensive goods, the Cups are built to last, even if some compromises are made to make them everyday usable for their original-equipment fitments. Compared with the others, the oldest tire design here proved a bit more slippery, with a shortage of grip accompanied by a hearty squeal and less lively steering response. The Advan A048s were consistent over the course of our 30-minute sessions, though consistently looser. Yokohama says the American version of this tire has a harder, more durable compound than various flavors sold in Japan for autocrossing. There’s too little demand for the really gummy, fast-wearing stuff stateside, the company says, so these A048s remain targeted at those who don’t want to lug a jack, stands, and separate wheels and tires trackside but are willing to trade some track prowess for on-road longevity. That may be why the tire is popular among Lotus Elise owners—it’s the stock tire for Exiges—who mix road and track driving perhaps more than other owners do.