Anybody DD'ing Toyo R888's?

[LS1-IROC]

Toying with the idea of running the r888 tires on my new wheels. Car sees about 95% tame street driving with the occasional trip to the strip and possibly more Solo events. The car doesn't go out in the rain unless I happen to get caught in it. I primary drive the car back and forth to work and to car events. I love to look of the tire but I'm wondering if I should run the Falken615 street tire instead. Tire life really doesn't concern me much as the car sees about 3K miles a year. I thought the sticky toyos would help with the traction problem I have when the boost kicks in. I run 295 Toyo T1R's right now and can light them up on command. If I could get 2-3 summers out of the r888's I'd be happy. New tires will be a 315 on an 11" wheel. Anybody out there running the tires on the street much?

[parsonsj]

Two track days have taken half the life on mine... but Steve Rupp runs R888s on Penny. Says it's not a problem.

jp

[DriverzInc]

We're constantly switching around tires for Steve...

[slowcamaro]

Two track days have taken half the life on mine... but Steve Rupp runs R888s on Penny. Says it's not a problem.

jp

I think that guy has a set of wheels & tires for every day of the month though, he doesn't count. ;)

[opnwide]

I've got the RA1s on my viper but it doesn't rain in Texas.

[Derek69SS]

If I were planning to run R-comps on the street, I think I'd go with the Kumho V700 rather than the Toyo R888. I've never heard anything good about the R888... no first-hand experience though.

[parsonsj]

I've never heard anything good about the R888

Well... you can't say that any more: I dig mine. Sticky on the track with an easily felt threshold, lighter than ZP tires on my Z06, and not too noisy on the street.