i got some Kosei k1s, 16x7.5 43 offset. Couldn't pass up the $99 each from tirerack lol
local price for the T1Rs is about $700-$800, for the Rs2s $500.
I am leaning towards the RS2s, cheaper, and stickier. I really wanted to try a 225 tire, but i am not sure i can stuff it under the car with a 43 offset wheel?
I already had 205/50/15 RT6515s on stock wheels, i liked them, but the Hankooks are a bit cheaper and i figured i give them a try
so 225 or 215s?

 

i'd go with the rs2's for now
you might rub with 225-40-16

 

What kinda driving you gonna be doing? Why not the 215/45-16 Azenis?

 

no reason really, they are $100 more for the set. I thought i would try the RS2s
dirivng would be street ( i got 30,000km out of my aziens, could still go another 10,000 easy), and this year a few auto-xs, and a few open track days.
I used to cart RA1s around for track duty but it's not worth shelling out more money for tires that get used 3-4 times a year

 

I have rs2's on my jdm 16's. they are 215 and they already rub with a very mild lowering spring (about 3/4 to an inch lower.)

 

rub on the outside or inside?
i am not lowered much at all if any. Just Koni yellows on stock springs. But if i end up with the 4x4 look on the 16s i am gonna need to drop it about the same as you

 

Just get the 205/45/16 T1Rs, they should be much more than $500 for all four! (thats what i paid for mine a few months back)

 

I would go with the 215/45-16 Azenis also. I don't know how you're getting 2-3 times as many miles on your Azenis as most folks, but just keep doing what you're doing.

The Azenis will give you better performance for autocross and HPDE than the Hankooks, and MUCH better performance than the Toyo T1-R. The T1-R is a decent street tire, but it's not at all a supersticky specialty tire like the Azenis. And the difference in performance between the Azenis and the T1-R is much, much, MUCH greater than the 10 mm difference in treadwidth.

Azenis

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Actually, from a cost-benefit standpoint, you're better off getting a set of R compounds (e.g. RA-1) for your track use, which will give you significantly better performance on the track than even the Azenis, and driving on less expensive, longer-lasting tires (e.g. Kumho SPT) the rest of the time on the street, so they will be cheaper and you won't be replacing them anywhere near as often as using the supersticky but fast-wearing Azenis on the street.

 

lol i dunno either. I was shocked they lasted this long as well, after reading how much other people got out of them. but that was with almost zero abuse, no track, no auto-x, jsut a few runs down the 1/4mile, then the rest highway.

hmm thats a good point. Since i still ahve the Azeins on my stock rims, maybe i should go with a cheaper longer lasting tire , and use the Azeins for auto-x ect.... No money out of pocket, and i get long lasting street tires

then i have to do the tire swapping thing in 30deg heat on hot pavement again