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Old 08-25-2013, 07:12 AM
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Track day (circuit) tyres and other setup

Have done a search but not much comes up.

I anticipate soon moving to aftermarket 19" rims and would like to have a set of road legal track day tyres (Aussie spelling - Queens english) on the factory 18" rims.

Track day tyres like road tyres vary between cars. What suits car A does not necesarilly work well with car B.

For those of you who track their C63 and use specific track day rubber, what have you found that works well?

Once I have sorted the tyres I will then need to think about replacement rotors and pads (the current will survive one session but on past experience will then be up for replacement).
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I run 245/275 Toyo R888s and like them.
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I actually use on my 19" inch a set of nitto envoy, I really appreciate them, but I would like to setup a 18" inch with a 00 of treadwear tire like nt01 that could be really nice
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I have been using the same tires that AMG uses on C63BS and SLS GT.
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They are streetable track tires. Awesome! But expensive.
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Thanks for the input.

There have to be plenty of C63s here that occasionally hit the track. Maybe everyone is simply using their daily street tyres.Hopefully a few more people will post with their experience.
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I track my Black Series quite often, and i use Bridgestone RE-11. They are fantastic on the track, giving very close to the same grip that R888's do on my GT-R, and they wear great as well. plus they are comfortable enough to daily drive that i don't actually change them out before/after the track.
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I run Nitto NT01s 245 / 275 on 18 Forgestar F14s. I drive them around town too. The vibration / noise is not that bad and the NT01s will cord out before they heatcycle out. I've run my Hankook Ventus V12's as well on 19 Stance wheels 245 / 275 and they were rubbish on the track. Greasy way too quickly and less grip than my stock Yokos.

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