RE070

[Hoti]

Seeing as AD08s have become extinct i wanna order 4 RE070's today however after reading and doing abit of research i cannot find them for 215/45/17 which is what i have at the moment on stock wheels, i read they only come in 225, so im assuming that is an issue or am i just being abit thick, i dont really know what the tyre codes really mean except for 17 being the rim size lol so my question is cancan i use these tyres on my stock rims? If not what is the next best thing, im limited to how much i can do at work! A PM/reply would be awesome, thanks!

 

[Hoti]

Any info guys?

 

[CaLi]

215 is the Width of Tyre in millimeters.
45 is the profile, depth of the wall. this is a % of the width (45% of 215mm)


Changing from 215 to 225 will give an actual diameter change of 9mm and a difference in diameter of 1.44%

They recommend a maximum of + or - 2.5% so yes they will be perfectly fine think quite a few on here run the re070's on oem rims

 

[civic17_99]

I'm running RE070's on my stock wheels at the moment and they fit perfectly. I'd look on camskill if your looking to buy some, as i think last time i checked they were about £103 each.

 

[Bonito]

225/45/17's RE070's on OEM wheels. No problems whatsoever. Fantastic tyre but are a bit noisy.

 

[Steve_DC5]

i run them and they are spot on, wouldnt really rate them in the wet especially on track.

AD08s though not sure how your struggling to find them? They are what i am going for next but in 225 plus 225 is cheaper than 215. £470 for 4 fully fitted Only going for AD08s next time to try them out as they were great on other cars, but mainly for the wet weather if i ever get caught out on a wet track day.

 

[dave7368]

tyre section..?

 

[phozy888]

Any issues rubbing if fitted on rota wheels ? 17x7.5 et 45

 

[blueguy]

Thread moved to the correct section

 

[DC5_Bonson]

RE070 are excellent tyres all around... it's that good i have bought a spare set of 4 waiting in my garage when my current RE070 needing to be replaced next year. :xaiweb5:

 

[kazmo]

Any issues rubbing if fitted on rota wheels ? 17x7.5 et 45

I had rubbing on front and rear with this set up, depends how low your car is though, iirc I raised mine about 10mm all round and had to roll the arches as well

 

[phozy888]

I had rubbing on front and rear with this set up, depends how low your car is though, iirc I raised mine about 10mm all round and had to roll the arches as well

ah ok too much work for this.. me thinks ill try the federal rs-r next

 

[redcap]

Just bought RE070's for mine, I have 17 x 8 ET 45 wheels and Spoon springs. Will be interesting to see if they rub, hopefully they won't.

 

[Barnaby Webber]

I run RE070's on my rota 17x8 ET 48 and it has eibach pro springs, its also running 1.5 degrees negative camber all round and i get no rubbing. Perfect all round ride and look. Great tires!

 

[redcap]

Got the RE070's fitted today and as I suspected they rub on the rear. Looks like I'll need my arches rolled and maybe more camber?

Odd thing is I have rear adjustable arms and TGM's FRS at -1.10 degrees but there seems to be more camber on the passenger side than the drivers side which is rubbing more.

I did have some weight in the boot, will try it without tomorrow and see if it rubs less or not at all.

 

[redcap]

Well, they still rub, the garage didn't put the left rear sprigot ring back on (hoping they kept it?) and I am getting the rear arches rolled asap!

The tyres feel ok but no where near as good as the AD-08's, I should have got another set of them. The RE070 that the FD2 uses are better than these IMO.

Edit:
Arches now rolled, no rubbing, tyres feel good! Similar to the AD08's but the ride quality is a bit better probably due to the larger sidewall. I would recommend them for sure.

I got mine for £100 a corner delivered from oponeo.co.uk