Technically the Prius is my wife's car, I just steal it as she works from home. I have since given the car to my mom and wife is now driving a hybrid SUV thanks to the baby. I love the car, that's why I decided to let my mom use it instead of trading it in. We just needed a bigger car for our growing family.
I got the TSW for $120 for the pair, I now just need to wait on another pair. They are 10.5 wide. I will see if they can fit in the front later, been too lazy to play around with wheels and tires.
The 285s are on my front stock 9" rims, fits fine. I can tell you you won't like how the RE050a feels after driving on the RE11. How much tread do you have left on your RE11? I can pretty much run them till they cord before I have to toss them. You should be able to tell by how much groove on your outside tread. My 265/285 I got about 9K miles, I just replaced my 285/285 at 11K miles. I only replaced the front two with the rear two from my first set. They are still good, but I don't know if i want to buy fresh ones for next season just yet.
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It's so funny to find that we share similar tastes and values. I didn't know you have a Prius as your other car, I have a Gunmetal Gray one for my Fiance. I find it funny b/c the Prius like in the other side of the car spectrum to the Z.
I like TSW wheels you got. I'm gonna have to look into them. I'll try to see how much it'll add up for a set of 18x10 & 18x10.5? I'll have to read into the details in regards to weight of the wheels.
I'm still contemplating on the set of 19 Sport Rays with RE50A w/ 3500 mi. for ~$1525 someone's selling in classified, it just seems like a cheaper option compared to outting $1350 for a set of new RE-11 on pure tires. But if I did go with that option, I'd track with my current set of RE-11 and let the RE50A hold me up for 3 more track days and then possibly get myself a set of V12 for as daily driver which could last me ~3yr. But after the set of RE50A I'm back dealing with the same issue of forking out $1200+ per year for the set of RE-11s until I can get a trailer to go R compound. And even if I go R Compound, I'm gonna have to sell 1 set of my 19" to replace it with 18" due to tire selections.
Thanks for helping out again. I'm glad you're making it happen and enjoying your life. I admire you trailer you built, I would need to start looking into that. I love little side projects.
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Were you able to mount 285 on your front 9.5" width stock Rays? I'd like to try that next time if I decide to hold out on a new set of wheels.
I currently have KW V3 coilovers and I set my ride height to almost the highest it allows - it still bottoms out on harsh bumpy roads. I'd be interested to see how it'll perform on the corkscew at Laguna in 2 weeks.
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