is this tyre Road Legal in the UK NOW

gavinnblake · February 22, 2012, 03:42:57 PM

hi all

needing help is this tyre Road Legal in the UK NOW as a friend said there are not no :xconfused

boosted · February 22, 2012, 04:05:31 PM

illegal now in fact worthless....i\'ll come and pick em up and dispose of them for free!!! LOL

fil_auto · February 22, 2012, 05:02:12 PM

R888 ? More of a track tyre but as I understand, yes, still street legal

Will66 · February 22, 2012, 05:02:43 PM

They\'re still road legal, there\'s talk that they won\'t be but currently you can run them!

boosted · February 22, 2012, 05:13:15 PM

There was an article in Evo regarding new legislation which may mean the end to track day tyres by Nov 2012.

The article says new legislation on tyre labelling and accompanying minimum standards to be introduced in November 2012 will effectively end the production of road-legal track day tyres.

Example tyres affected: Dunlop Direzza, Toyo 888, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup and Avon ACB10.

The legislation sets that all road legal tyres will have to display rating figures for rolling resistance, external noise and wet grip... with minimum levels to be met (which is where they think the specialist rubber will be affected).

Found above info on PH,
Think they\'ll be phased out so you cant buy them spoke to my MOTing Mechanic mate and he said the 2 latest guidance notes for MOT\'s had no mention of track tyres.

You can still buy them new ! Think ok for a few years yet!

RotorHeid · February 22, 2012, 05:30:51 PM

Quote from: gavinnblake;813361hi all

needing help is this tyre Road Legal in the UK NOW as a friend said there are not no :xconfused

E mark on the tyre wall and it\'s okay.

Kenji · February 22, 2012, 07:56:51 PM

They are road legal, but they\'re scary as hell in the rain.
I used to drive on R888\'s daily, and in heavy rain you can feel the car floating away sometimes.

Brett · February 22, 2012, 09:56:30 PM

So where do people stand with tyres already fitted to the vehcile then?

Kenji · February 22, 2012, 11:32:59 PM

My best guess is that if you\'re driving on the tires now, and the law changes, you\'re basically screwed into buying new tires.

boosted · February 22, 2012, 11:55:09 PM

I was just about to buy a set of ad08 yokos for my track car from demon tweeks....but after reading this thread i have asked them via ask seller a question on ebay....i\'ll post reply?

Ricco_04 · February 23, 2012, 08:43:28 AM

Surley they will still be sold under the loop hole \'not for road/street use\' so you can still buy them as a semi slick.

I guess the government think that people then won\'t fit new ones to cars so they won\'t be on the road. As for the November rule, they think you will have needed replacements by then so will be buying new tyres anyway!

boosted · February 23, 2012, 04:40:20 PM

Demon Tweeks got back to me and said they\'d heard nothing about this!

I\'d put on em as long as they\'re e marked.

Will66 · February 23, 2012, 04:48:38 PM

It was some enviro-nonsense. I don\'t think it will come to much!