My first impressions of an R-Compound... (not 56k friendly)

[HaLo]

Advan-032R, for Sporty drive... You bet! :D
http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan00.jpg

http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan01.jpg

http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan02.jpg

http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan03.jpg

225/50R16 for front
http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan04.jpg

245/45R16 for rear
http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan05.jpg

http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan06.jpg

http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan07.jpg

Flushy, flushy... ;)
http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan08.jpg

More flushy, flushy... ;)
http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan09.jpg

http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan10.jpg

http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan11.jpg

http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan12.jpg

Hmm... 245 size in Dunlop FM901 vs 245 size in Advan-032R... Not fair.. :D
http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan13.jpg

Old school, back in the garage.
http://www.supraquebec.com/halo/advan14.jpg


Went for highway heat-cycling afterwards... Damn those tires grip!!! :D I still can't believe it. I feel I can be much more competitive with these tires... I wasn't able to powerslide them... Seems I can put the power to the ground now. Can't wait for my first auto-x event with them! :)

Should be fun... ;)

[hurleyboi514]

very nice, did u get the hard or soft compound? i thought about getting the hards, b/c u can use them on the street some. my friend said he can get like 10k out of a set. he used them for street and autox...

[HaLo]

hard... soft don't exist in 16"...

[thx247]

serious toys for serious boys....


I'm sure you'll let us know how you do

[HaLo]

You bet I will... First event: 15-16th of May... then down to Devens on 29-30th of May to meet AceInHole for another event just for fun... :) Then back up to the cold north to have more fun... :)

I really can't wait to try them!

[thx247]

lol, I didn't realize....

Canadian cars representing...

http://4whldft.com/white/img5small.jpg

[Rennen]

Nice! Let us know how the tires turn out, I stand to inherit a used set of AO35R 205/50/15 softs if they are still around at the end of summer. :) Oh, and those wheels make your car look completely different for some reason.

BTW, this was my first impression of R-compounds earlier this year :rofl:
http://www.erikandersondesigns.com/images/2004/031404-OMRSCCA/images/031404-OMRSCCA-060.jpg
Do not try at home! (makes the chords come through ;) )

-Matt

[hurleyboi514]

hard... soft don't exist in 16"...

the 16" softs were supposed to come out this spring... my friend with a B-Stock S2k was gonna run them, but hes still trying to wear out his hard compound tires first.

[hurleyboi514]

well, i just checked the yokohama site, couldnt find anything. but i did see that we got the A048R!! but in very limited sizes. tall, wide 18" sizes, doh! yokohama needs to get on it and give us some competative tires!!

[HaLo]

I spoke to a representative... They have to empty their A032R-Hard before having the soft out on all sizes... And they have to empty their A032R-S stock before getting the A048R in all sizes... A032R are on the verge of extinction. ;)

[hurleyboi514]

good, its about time...

[S13_slidr]

Halo-- what size are your rims in the first pics? Width and offset?

thanks

[Bbandit]

Looking good man... I need to get myself a set of R compund too one of these days...

[HaLo]

16x7 +25
16x8 +26

Don't clear Z brakes, would clear coilovers.

[HaLo]

good, its about time...

should still take a while though.... :(

[hurleyboi514]

yah, we'll see... the guy i talked to at falken said they'll be putting out another line of sports (with more sizes!) next year, so we should have them in time for next race season.

[HaLo]

I believe that's the Neovas... They are coming to North America too...

[sykikchimp]

I'll be interested to see how tight the car is...

[Var]

Nice tires!. Have fun flat-spotting them. hehe.. i've heard everyone does this with their first set of R's. anyways good luck @ auto-x

[HaLo]

Well... I do hope I won't flat spot them... ;)

Anyways, I'll mount them only for Auto-X. :)

[AceInHole]

lol... the only reason you flat spot R's is because of the huge difference in braking. you get sooo much more... you keep pushing and pushing and pushing and suddenly... SKSKKKRRRT. :p Can't wait to see how those help you!! (And also can't wait to see if you can help me get my points back on the 30th!!)

[HaLo]

Can't wait to try them either... :) Think I'll be running SM too with all the mods I have?

[ep510]

Hello Halo,

What brand of wheels are the gold mesh you are running?

Also --do you run SM with CADL or another Class? ( looking to swing up for the CNAC--and am not sure of the rules)

DJ

[HaLo]

I run SSR REverse mesh rims.

With CADL, they have different classes... I run in P1 (which is a prepared class). We just adopted Street Touring classes this year, and we have 2 prepared levels. But for the CNAC, we will be based on the Canadian rules which are a bit different.

[DuffMan]

Make sure you roll that rear fender.

[adey]

Those wheels don't look flush enough (front or rear!) to cause any fender problems... but I'd agree that it would offer a wider margin of safety. :)
Good looking tires; i'd be interested to hear how they perform.

[DuffMan]

I'm worried about the rear 245 (which is actually wider than a normal 245) getting cut.

[HaLo]

I understand your worry... I'll tell you what! :) I'm going in for an alignment this week... 2 degres in front - 1.75 degrees in rear...

[DuffMan]

You probably have close to 1.75 degrees already just from lowering it. Roll the fender, trust me on this one.

[HaLo]

I see... I unfortunately don't have time to roll fenders before the first event... maybe on the second one.

By the way, my alignment was brought back to spec once lowered (0.75 degrees). I think I'll go 2.5 front and 2.0 rear.

[HaLo]

I'm worried about the rear 245 (which is actually wider than a normal 245) getting cut.

Well... My tires didn't get cut, but they *did* touch my rear fenders... So I'll need fender rolling. You were absolutely right! :)