How many more track days left on these RE71Rs?

[ABenLauda]

These are my RE71R fronts after 9 track days. These have been swapped from side to side and flipped on the rims to even out the wear. I do have -2.5 camber in the front.

1) How many more days do you reckon I can have on them? The inside and outside shoulders are bald.
2) If the shoulders don't cord, should I try running them until the entire tire goes bald and looks like slicks?

P.S.: I know I'm not very fast.

[M2C AW]

Toss em

[ABenLauda]

Originally Posted by M2C AW

Toss em

Really? They still haven't worn down to the wear bars in the middle.

[Suds]

I got down to here before a front tire tore a patch thankfully on the last session of the weekend. I got 5 days out of these with flipping.

So the question, 1 day event or longer on the weekend event.

Front wheel camber was set at -2.7 degrees.

Bottom tire was how the tire looked in the morning, at 6:45 am.
Top tire is how it looked at 4:00 pm after 4 or more sessions.

I went prepared with a spare front tires, stored them in the hotel room for a three day event.

[Suds]

If you decide to drive these at an event, inspect your tires in multiple spots between sessions. Crank the front wheels all the way in one direction for the best view.
I take pictures after each session to help understand tire wear, especially if I’m trying to stretch the tire life through an event.

Originally Posted by ABenChod

These are my RE71R fronts after 9 track days. These have been swapped from side to side and flipped on the rims to even out the wear. I do have -2.5 camber in the front.

1) How many more days do you reckon I can have on them? The inside and outside shoulders are bald.
2) If the shoulders don't cord, should I try running them until the entire tire goes bald and looks like slicks?

P.S.: I know I'm not very fast.

[clutchdj]

Tires on the luggage cart nice.

[Suds]

Yep that was East Austin, probably should have taken the seats out of my car too.

Originally Posted by clutchdj

Tires on the luggage cart nice.

[sc_tr0jan_m3]

Yeah prolly no more than a day or two...

[m4dman]

Depends how hard you end up pushing the car and what psi your running. I think at most 1.5 sessions left.

[jim1013yyf]

maybe 1 day (4-5 sessions)? But be sure to carefully inspect tires in between session

[CanAutM3]

The second and third picture are the most concerning to me, where there is zero rolling tread left on the inner 1-2". I usually don't mind rolling with some cord showing, but I would replace these due to the uneven wear. You might want to check your alignment, seems like you have a little too much toe out.

[gum2012]

LOL what a timely thread. I am literally getting my RE-71s swapped for A052s tomorrow and I was wondering the same thing. It was my first time getting RE-71s and I had them for ~15 track days total. In the last 3-4 days the grip in the tires dramatically reduced and my tires looked like yours. The threading is there but they were heat cycled out to nothing. My PS4S had a better grip in the rain and that's when I realized I needed to swap.

[ABenLauda]

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

The second and third picture are the most concerning to me, where there is zero rolling tread left on the inner 1-2". I usually don't mind rolling with some cord showing, but I would replace these due to the uneven wear. You might want to check your alignment, seems like you have a little too much toe out.

Before flipping them on the rims, I made sure to run them on track until the outside shoulders were bald. The outside shoulders then are now the inside shoulders (as seen in the pics above).

Your comment on the toe being off is spot on. That's what the tire guy at the track told me when he saw the outline of where the cords will start to show (I still can't see the cords yet) on the inside shoulders very soon. I did get an alignment after I had these tires on brand new, but I've run over many shoulders, banked rumble strips and potholes at the ends of rumble strips on track which surely would've thrown my alignment off.

[ABenLauda]

Originally Posted by gum2012

LOL what a timely thread. I am literally getting my RE-71s swapped for A052s tomorrow and I was wondering the same thing. It was my first time getting RE-71s and I had them for ~15 track days total. In the last 3-4 days the grip in the tires dramatically reduced and my tires looked like yours. The threading is there but they were heat cycled out to nothing. My PS4S had a better grip in the rain and that's when I realized I needed to swap.

I could feel that mine are past its prime grip, but they aren't bad (yet). I'm not chasing any laptimes.