Luckyscoob

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I have these fitted to my 06 STi as standard. Does anyone else find these awful to live with. They seem to be getting worse for tramlining. I've had the geometry done, but on bad road surfaces they are really scary, making the car feel unstable.

TonyBurns

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Ah another none believer
The thing with RE070's is they are like marmite, you either love them or hate them, for a good driver who understands what they give you they love them because they are probably the best tyre you will ever have fitted to your scoob, but if you find them a little harsh then I would suggest a different "softer" tyre, but note you will lose some of the steering feel and dry weather grip.
Also you may find that your STI suspension isnt suited to the bad surfaces on some of britains roads, you can change this also

Tony

scoobytyson

I hated the Re070's aswell, have put the Toyo R888's on and love them, they are a world apart from the Bridgestones

TonyBurns

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I take it you live in a dry part of the uk with 888's on

Tony

hoskib

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there's a guy down my way thats got an EVO, noticed the other day he had gone to R888 tyres, we had a bit of rain last week and he turned up today with a dented rear quarter. whoops.

i think tony has hit the nail on the head when he says it's a love or hate tyre. on rutted roads they can be an **** to live with but i really like them. they just take a bit of getting used to

scoobytyson

I dont find them that bad in the wet, have even done a couple of sprints on them and times were comparable to normal road tyres

MrRA

I love the RE070. The best dry weather tyre, with the Pirelli P Zero Corsa Assimetrico coming a close second in my opinion.

I only wish Bridgestone sold the 18" version in the UK as mine are going to need changing soon and I really don't want to fit anything else to my car if I can help it, as this is what it was fitted with from the factory and they work so well on the car. I even got in touch with Bridgestone to enquire as to why they don't sell the 18" variant in the UK and all I had back was a load of nonsense on 'not being suitable for our climate' and how my 'comments would be passed on to the marketing department' blah blah blah.

Litcho told me that you would be looking at somewhere in the region of £350 per tyre to get the 18" tyre into the UK.

When my tyres do come to the end of their life though it will probably be the Pirelli that I'll fit.

beal

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I've only noticed them tramlining when they are low on tread.

scoobytyson

I presume you have never tried the 888's? , the re070's are nowhere near as good in the dry as these tyres, i knocked nearly 2secs off my time with the r888's on at curborough (sprint track)

MrRA

No mate I have not tried or been in a car running on the 888's. I've always been led to believe that they are a pure track biased tyre and too extreme for road use.

The Pirelli's I mentioned are a road legal track tyre but I found them to be fine for road use, although they didn't like standing water very much.

XRS

The RE070s are a fantastic tyre, but on the roads down here Steve they are a nightmare. As we see so little rain you might want to try the R888s, but probably best to invest in some 18s and go for the goodyears - best all-round tyre I've had on a Scoob, and much better than the T1Rs I have on at the moment

stilover

I hated the RE070 tyres too. Made the decision to buy some 18" wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport 2's very easy. They were on my car for less than 3 months.

Too switchy in the wet for my liking.

Luckyscoob

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Thanks for the comments guys. 18's is definately my next upgrade anyway and I will try the goodyears I think. I dont normally worry to much about the tyres tramlining as I hardly do any miles anyway, but as I did a round trip of 140 odd miles to Kent along twisty roads it just bought it back how twitchy thay can be. I do agree tho, that in the dry, on good roads, they are a great tyre. I recently did a track day at goodwood and they were awesome when warmed up. Trouble is, when out with the family etc, they are too uncomfortable.

SPEN555

888's will be better as they are a softer compound. The downside to this is they will need replacing in no time.

I have 18" 888's on the road and they are great. I managed 20k on the Toyo T1-R's so don't think I will manage that on the 888's

The RE070's I use on track and in the last 5 years I have probably done about 8/9 track days and these tyres I have had with the car from new. I still have them and I had purchased a second set of RE070's expecting to have to replace these but they are still holding up very well. Probably last another 3 track days as a guess The Toyo 888's would only last one track day I would imagine as their are softer.

As a cheap track day trye I would say they are awesome for the scoob.

Terminator X

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Although they do tramline a tad (!) when the tread is getting low. I've almost new ones on mine now (bought 2nd hand) & they're back to their best

TX.

rickya

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If theyr in 17" /235 size & with lots of tread Il buy them off you!!!

Terminator X

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^^ Chap sold his for £250 t'other day on here!

TX.

rickya

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What, for all four??

magicgreg

RE070's are the best dry weather tyre I have used, they are sublime! Bit of a different story when its lashing it down mind.

G

Terminator X

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Crazy as it sounds, yes!

TX.

Terminator X

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The only "moment" that I've had in my car was in the wet & the tread was low ... scared the bejesus out of me! Was jousting with a front wheel drive upstart at the time

TX.

TonyBurns

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It just depends on the conditions, I found the RE070's to be good in the wet and very good in the dry, I left a "hot hatch" on wet roads with RE070's on but was left on a roundabout by an A class merc in greasy conditions when the car began to feel a little twitchy
Good fun though

Tony

lunar tick

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I lived in rural Cumbria and on the heavily rutted and potholed roads round here, the 070s were truly awful - made for a far slower car to drive in real world conditions.

I have since tried a number of different tyres and while all of them eliminated the tramlining that 070s are prone to, bar far the best in the new Goodyear Assymetrics - real precision and feedback through the wheel with excellent turn in, amazing grip in all weathers yet none of the drawbacks of 070s

Cocker

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Had them on my CTR - could spin the front wheels in the wet in 3rd

Im normally favour Goodyear or Toyo, but my next tyre for the scoob will be Vredesteins

evo north

I have the re 70's absoultly rubbish,
Dangerous in the wet and not fantastic in the dry
I only run the 888;s now,
Different leaque
Even in the wet they are very good,
If your after a sprint/rd tyre get these,
Not good after around 2 laps of donno, better with yoko a0 48;s

finchyboy

Agrred it got to the point when the tyres were low on tread that i was scared to drive the car !!! I have since had 2 sets of t1r's and i love them !!!