New tire available for 225/45/18: Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport
 

These are replacements for the RE750, which didn't come in the stock RX-8 size:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....1=yes&place=22

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires..._spt_ci2_l.jpg

Bridgestone slots this tire just below the RE050/050A in performance, and with a rated treadwear of 340(!), this could be a good summer tire solution for people that wants a lot of miles out of their tires as well as getting some light duty track driving out of them.

plus asymmetrical tires just look so cool lol

and the price is very reasonable too

now let's some of you put it on the 8 and see how it runs :)

Just to be clear, these outperform the RE960s right?


also, the 235/40 size is $142 and 245/40 is $155

yes, RE960's are ALL-SEASON tires, which means they get greasy really quick when driven aggressively. Not a good idea if you do any spirited driving for any long durations

oh, i must of overlooked that.

no trackday for me anymore....

i like the 050, they are great. but will look in to this in the future

spring is almost here and i want to replace the tires. the nitto invo and , now that they just came out, the potenza re760 sport. opinions anyone??

I'm going back and forth between the RE960AS and the RE760 Sport.

Went to a local tire shop and they told me the 960's would end up performing better than the 760 sport. I really don't know much about tires, so I've been trying to do as much research as I can about these two tires specifically, but can't seem to find much information to help me make my decision.

What ZoomZoomH said really got me thinking about it.

I'm out here in the desert, so summers are hot and we get a decent amount of rain. I'm not too worried about the snow though, I'll have winter tires to cover that.

Anyone have opinions on which to get? I don't track, but I do take the car up in the mountains alot and do some "sipirited driving" quite often :ylsuper:

It is time to replace my OEM Potenza 225/45R18 91 RE040 tires. I live in Chicago I haven't replaced my tires in the winter. I try only to drive on clean road days. Frankly i have tought these tires were mosier than i want my replacements to be.
Any recommendations or watch outs?

I just picked up these tires, and so far, so good. In new condition, the're extremely quiet, and they seem to help absorb small road bumps. On general driving, they're definitely grippy, and I did a little driving in the rain which was also pretty impressive. Once I push these a little more, I'll let you know again.

I wasn't able to find these anywhere local, not even firestone. Everyone said they were backordered for 60 days. But Tirerack has them and delivered them the next day.

For a slightly harder tire, that is still ultra high performance, but will still last, I definitely recommend these tires. But if all you're looking for is super grip, these may not be right for you.

Perform better in what sense??? I'll bet they had 960s in stock and didn't know when they would be getting these 760s. As a general rule, do not listen to most sales people in tire stores. Haven't seen any test data yet, but I doubt the 960s perform any better than 760s in any category except light snow. Bridgestone makes some very good all season tires, but it's a very different category than ultra high performance summer tires. Good luck!

Just got a set of 245/40's installed last night. One od thing about them is that because they are asymmetrical, the alignment of the tread pattern is backwards/opposite from the driver side to the passenger side.:dunno:

Does this seem to make sense? I discussed it with the tire tech at firestone, and he suggested that when mounted in either direction, there are grooves that channel water into the water line. It still seems odd to me that the tires are backwards from one side to the other??

They should be mirror image from driver's to passenger's side. They are directional tires (note "outside" and rotation arrows on sidewall).

just follow the OUTSIDE/arrows indications... ;-)

Oddly enough, the tires do say outside, but there are no arrows... and they are NOT mirror images of driver to pass. side. This seems VERY odd/inappropriate to me.

So, they are not directional? That does seem weird. I guess it does allow you to rotate tires like stated in "Option C" below. Instead of just front to back and back to front.

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires...tation_abc.jpg

Don't know if that makes a difference for most but seems like that might promote better tire wear.

Me thinks I'll stick with the directional, but I will stick around to see people's opinions.

^^ That's correct. They are NOT directional--which is also what is stated on the tirerack link in the 1st post.

I stopped back by firestone, and they suggested that there are other tires that are assymetric, but nondirectional as these are. They cited the Firehawks, and even showed them to me. They appeared to be as described, but the asymetric"ness" of them was not as profound as with the 760s.

I'm still not convinced though. It seems like they need to be directional and only be rotated front to back. It's alomost like having 2 left (or right hands).

Could anyone else shed some light on this situation? I bought these as a compromise b/t the re050 and the re960's. But this design/mounting issue seems counter intuitive.

Sorry; I thought I saw directional arrows initially. Very strange indeed. Not convinced as well.

These aren't directional. These days a lot more tires are becoming asymmetrical and just have outside arrows. These tires are designed to rotate in both directions.

yes these are asymmetrical and non-directional tires

so are the popular Falken RT-615's

i don't see any problems with having asymmetrical and nondirectional tires.

i recently spoke with my tyre mechanic: he said that we can no longer switch sides to our tyres.... i.e that once you put a tyre on one side of a car, it can only go when switched, to its back position on the same side... we can no longer change the direction of a tyre ... other opinions??

this is HIGHLY dependent on the type of tyres you are using, and whether the tread is directional or non-directional.

So, relative to these tires, since they are asymetric and non-directional, are we accepting that it's fine that they are not mirror images of eachother from driver to pass. side?

The falkens listed above have the same characteristic?

yes and yes.

Although you appear to have satisfied yourself on your subject thread ZZH, it still seems counter intuitive to me to not have side to side mirror image asymetical tires. I like symmetry, even in this asymmetrical world. :)

You have had these tires for a few months, any new thoughts, specifically related to noise and wet performance.

Thanks,