Just Installed Toyo R888's on M-Spec Stalker

[Anaximander]

Well, the good news is that Toyo R888's (255 40 ZR17) on an M-Spec Stalker with 330 horsepower really allow the car to hook up for street tires. It was really interesting to obtain a set of four tires where they send you two sets of right/left specific tires. I had to carefully explain the rotational orientation to my tire installers and impress upon them that a car capable of going in excess of 150 mph requires exquisite balancing. They assured me that they would not rush the job and by the looks of the tape wheel weights, they really worked the problems/solutions to fine tune the wheels sets.

 

The bad news is that having changed out the hardened Hankook's with sticky replacement Toyo's, I was not expecting the car to hook up so quickly as I scrubbed the tires in on my community's private streets to get the releasing compound off the tires. Let me tell you that I now know what a BB in a boxcar feels like. It was rather dumb of me to not tightly secure my 5-point harness when doing this. As I was driving back to the house, I noticed that my butt was sore as hell from banging on the sides of my race buckets:ack:

 

Ah, the learning curves related to owning a high-performance car.

 

You all have a very Merry Christmas this coming week and an even better New Year! Bob

Edited December 22, 2014 by Astro Bob

[toedrag]

Glad you're enjoying the experience, Bob. My rear R888's arrived yesterday for my XL, and I started laughing at how comically large they are.

[Anaximander]

Glad you're enjoying the experience, Bob. My rear R888's arrived yesterday for my XL, and I started laughing at how comically large they are.

 

Toedrag, Wait until you try and hoist those 315's up onto the axles. You will be laughing even harder when you get a sense of their heft. I have to admit that they are beautifully made and can't wait to do a dry day blat with them. It has been raining for days here in North Florida and we are suppose to have really bad thunderstorms all day. I was awoken this morning at 4 a.m. to a loud crack of thunder just over the house. I can only imagine what it might be like to experience this weather with thunder snow? It is going to be a tough slog for holiday travelers in the NE for the next couple of days.