Dear HPDE and SCCA tire gurus. Send it or replace?

[john42]

I’m curious how many more HPDE events these likely have.

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[Jeff Kleiner]

Photos won't open to enlarge so I can't tell what you've got by the small images. Do they still stick? If the answer to that is yes, the next question is do the cords show? It that answer is no the autocrosser in me says---SEND IT!

And just to get your head right here's this :D

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=48875

Jeff

[john42]

Ya no photos anywhere on the forum are loading/expanding for me at present...

Ya they stick and a fair amount about the wear markers.

[rich grsc]

There has been issues with this forum for sometime with photos, and emoji's working as well

[Dave Tabor]

Are those Toyo R888R?

[john42]

Are those Toyo R888R?

Yes

[Dave Tabor]

Yes

I believe that according to Toyo that these can be shaved down, leaving only the radial groove visible - for racing. And there are small round wear 'holes' that indicate how much rubber is left.

I've got a pretty 'bald' set (only the radial groove remaining) that I still autocross with.

Dave

[john42]

I believe that according to Toyo that these can be shaved down, leaving only the radial groove visible - for racing. And there are small round wear 'holes' that indicate how much rubber is left.

I've got a pretty 'bald' set (only the radial groove remaining) that I still autocross with.

Dave

I've searched for the small round wear "holes" both on my current tires and on a brand new set and cannot find what you're referencing. There's the wear indicators within the tread but those are "bumps".

[Blitzboy54]

There has been issues with this forum for sometime with photos, and emoji's working as well

I thought it was just me. Everything in my album is a broken link.

[Jeff Kleiner]

I've searched for the small round wear "holes" both on my current tires and on a brand new set and cannot find what you're referencing. There's the wear indicators within the tread but those are "bumps".

The R888R doesn't have the "holes". Nitto NT-01s do...when I took mine off that's pretty much all that was left!

Jeff

[Hoooper]

As far as I can tell from the small pictures it looks like a bunch of tread depth left. Looks like the tread isnt even to the top of the wear bar yet. How many HPDE events you have left is going to depend on how you drive it and where you drive it. Could be a half day if youre getting a lot of run time and youre going hard enough to be a tire melter, or could be 10 days left if you are the typical corvette driver getting passed by stock miatas

[Dave Tabor]

The R888R doesn't have the "holes". Nitto NT-01s do...when I took mine off that's pretty much all that was left!

Jeff

My mistake! I had a mis-matched set of tires on my car, R888R and NTO1s (the latter have the holes).

I'm sorry about that.

Dave

[john42]

Hurray! Pics work again.

Also for those around the North East... I'm going to Palmer June 1

https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/palmer-1-hpde-time-trial-motorsports-park-ccw-com-sports-car-club-717741