Yes, I know, I have done the search.
Based on that, and not wanting an economy option, I thought 240R’s with R1R’s
I do want 7J and 8J front and rear respectively.
This has come about after and embarrassingly shocking day at Silverstone in the wet and I need to prepare better.
Not interested in driving through snow, it’s just track work I would appreciate your thoughts on.
Only other option I had an incling towards were 260 cup wheels but can’t find any details on weight etc
Just bought some TD1.2s which I will keep the yokos on and put some R1Rs on my STD wheels as I’m off to silverstone on 1/12
Have heard R1Rs are a good net from a friend and others on seloc so that is what I’ve done!
Thanks, that’s what I’m hearing too.
To be honest, I shat my whack on 48’s at a slippery Becketts and did a nice pirouette in front of a GT3 who was up my rectum
There is a guy in my group with an Elise with the same power as mine
We both went to spa in may and it was wet in the mornings. He was on 888s we didn’t enjoy it at all.
He went back in sept, conditions the same but was on the R1Rs, he says it was like night and day!
Interesting, I’m coming to love going out in the wet on 888’s. Yep spins plenty but it’s great fun and a shit hot learning process. It was my brakes letting me down last time out not the tyres. Still wouldn’t mind hearing what people use?
If you are going to the hassle of getting a set of wheels/tyres for wet conditions, why not get proper wets ?
As Dave says, if you can get the wheels to the track, then definitely proper wets. Failing that then I’d be tempted by the R1R.
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why not get proper wets ? [/quote]
Your prefered choice??
I will be driving to tracks so will have to wear what I race in.
Are you saying that R1Rs are perhaps the choice for damp tracks but for standing water you have a better option?
AO39’s for me, but not cheap. I use them all through winter & then back to 48’s
A mate of mine was running A039’s any is now running R1R’s and says for the cost will probably stick with R1R’s for the moment.
I believe 39’s were designed as a wet race tyre and were then made road legal so they are very good 
We have a set of new Yokohama AD07 wets in stock. These were specced for the one make race series and about as good as you can get for wet track days.
Unfortunalty they are definatley not road legal, but for anyone whos after a second set and tows there car to circuits, they are superb.
I totally agree, I use the yokohama wets for competition and they are stunning. They give incredible grip due to the soft compound and the open tread handles standing water. On the last event I made big gains in the rain which was a first for me in an Exige.
I have a set of TD 1.2 wheels available in yellow. I’ve got more sets than I need now.
I honestly fancied a set of R1R’s but back then they didnt make them in the correct sizes, not sure if this has changed but I dont think so it’s worth it for me cus the 888’s give me enough road grip in the wet and at a wet track I dont think I would risk it no matter what tyres I was on so…
Would be interesting to try somthing different tho for sure.
I’d be happy to go aboslutely flat on a wet track providing it was a train track !!! 
Never worth the hassle unless you have to race in those types of conditions and need the practice IMHO
[quote=Captain Slow]I honestly fancied a set of R1R’s but back then they didnt make them in the correct sizes, not sure if this has changed but I dont think so it’s worth it for me cus the 888’s give me enough road grip in the wet and at a wet track I dont think I would risk it no matter what tyres I was on so…
Would be interesting to try somthing different tho for sure. [/quote]
Have I read it right that, If you’re on a trackday and it’s wet you would not drive?
Have I read it right that, If you’re on a trackday and it’s wet you would not drive?
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Not sure about anyone else but it would depend on circuit, who else is going round and how much the insurance excess is
I love wet tracks, less grip means nice progressive slides, I find it much better for improving car control at lower speeds, than a dry track 
But why risk it ? Slides are fun but try it at Oulton park with 10 feet of run off through Druids !!!
Probably fine at places like Bedford and S/Stone (to a point)
I’m not saying you go drifting at every corner just that in the wet the limit to me has a wider margin due to the lower speeds and less grip. Catching a slide in the dry on 48’s is a much bigger task
[quote=JDS]We have a set of new Yokohama AD07 wets in stock. These were specced for the one make race series and about as good as you can get for wet track days.
Unfortunalty they are definatley not road legal, but for anyone whos after a second set and tows there car to circuits, they are superb. [/quote]
On the Yoko site it says the AD07 has been superceeded by the AD08 " the worlds fastest street tire". Presumably they are legal in Japan but they’ve just not passed some pathetic test we’ve dreamt up over here?
So to sum up so far;
Best legal wet :39s, although cost option is R1Rs
Best non road legal 07s or 08’s?