And Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 I'm after a couple of rears and I've just phoned my local Toyo appointed dealer and asked him for a price on R 888's - he said that Toyo have decided to only supply these via race meetings or tracks and he either couldn't source them or source them only with difficulty. Is this true? surely not. Have I missed something? Quote
peterg Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 There's been a thread on Blatchat about this recently, here's what Toyo replied about problems getting tyres from normal dealers:- QUOTE Spoken to the head of Motorsport at Toyo: Its a directive from their European HQ that has told them to reduce the dealers down to just the motorsport dealers going forward to fall in line with the rest of Europe. You can find the dealers "Toyo 888 stockists" here and all the dealers should do mail order. RRP for the 185/60/13 is £75.76 (inc VAT) They do have some stock and more is coming. Toyo can't do us (Lotus 7 Club of GB) a club discount but said that if enough of us got together they expected one of the dealers to do one (and this could cover the whole country through mail order) Hope that helps... Quote
Mark B Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Demon tweeks still do them & so do camskill as far as I know if that's any help...... Can't imagine they'd do such a thing unless they wanted to put themselves out of business! Quote
Mark Stanton Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 BMTR can supply and if there is a WSCC Member willing to volunteer to organise a bulk buy for other WSCC Members - then there may also be an opportunity to provide a suitably discounted rate - However this would be a bulk buy only and for registered WSCC Members. Quote
thos Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Camskill get my vote. Bought a set only a few weeks, think the price was around £50 for a 185/60/13 too. Quote
peterg Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 QUOTE Demon tweeks still do them & so do camskill as far as I know if that's any help well, they're on THE LIST I PUT A LINK TO so you may be right strangely enough, BMTR aren't listed, perhaps Mr Stanton might like to enquire of his Toyo contacts as to why that is Quote
StuartMackay Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 BMTR can supply and if there is a WSCC Member willing to volunteer to organise a bulk buy for other WSCC Members - then there may also be an opportunity to provide a suitably discounted rate - However this would be a bulk buy only and for registered WSCC Members. Mark, spoke to BMTR last Friday, they can no longer supply apparently.... ordered some more from Camskill 195/50/15 £60 plus £2.45 postage Quote
Jumpy07 Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 Etyres, the came out to my house and fitted full set www.etyres.co.uk , prices were fitted, great service, you might find supply only cheaper but then you have the hassle of getting them fitted CJ Quote
Mark B Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 Demon tweeks still do them & so do camskill as far as I know if that's any help well, they're on THE LIST I PUT A LINK TO so you may be right strangely enough, BMTR aren't listed, perhaps Mr Stanton might like to enquire of his Toyo contacts as to why that is Sorry Pete, speed read your post...... Quote
Mark Stanton Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 ooops sorry - yep BMTR have been removed Toyo are only supplying R888's to their motorsport tyre dealers However as I posted if any WSCC member wants to arrange a buk buy for their fellow WSCC members then drop me a PM Quote
And Posted March 3, 2009 Author Posted March 3, 2009 Got some in Derby from CTS - they managed to source some 205/60 r13 for me at a very, very good price. 01 332 290 699 ask for Darrren or Hans. I have no connection with them apart from being a really satisfied customer. And. Quote
AR1961 Posted March 6, 2009 Posted March 6, 2009 One more for consideration...... On a visit to Mid Devon tyres last weekend to have Toyo T1R's fitted to my daily driver, they said that they could order 888's. They also said that they could post them if you weren't local. If there is any issue ask to speak to Lynn! Just for total transparency Lynn is my partners niece! I am not sure you could call that an interest but I thought I would declare it anyway. Hope that this is helpful! Andrew. Quote
Mark Stanton Posted March 6, 2009 Posted March 6, 2009 Be mindful that R888 are available in 3 compounds SG - softest, perhaps not best suited for general road use, being soft they won't last very long GGG - Medium Compound - should be o.k for longer track sessions GG - Hardest compound - perhaps the one better suited for general road use Quote
N_J Posted March 6, 2009 Posted March 6, 2009 Got a quote this morning for GG from Camskill for 185/60/14 at £66 plus £2.45 del. Still have to pay for fitting. Quote from Simply Tyres at £72 fitted. Think I will avoid the problem of trapsing around fitting 'shops' and get Simply to fit Quote
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