Bridgestone RE-11

Any love for these? You guys know if they run narrow or wide?

So I'm looking at some R replica wheels for my non-R car and struggling with tire choice. I don't want Sport Cup 2's for full time street duty, so that means finding a 315/30 is out. Only thing left for the rear is a 325/30. I've seen Pilot Super Sports and PS 4's mounted on the 11.5" wheel, and they are too wide for me. Hoping for a little more stretch than that. I've seen Conti ExtremeContact Sports mounted up and they run a bit narrow, so that's a good option.

But saw that they also have the RE-11 in 325/30. Would love to see that tire on a 11.5" wheel, but that'll be tough to find. Curious if anyone had any opinions or experience with the tire overall. Thanks guys.

I had them on my old GGR R spec wheel setup. I have to dig the pics off my old hard drive but I will post them up tomorrow

Great tire. Better street tire than SC2s but still very durable on track.

I run a 305/30F 325/30R setup on my 6GRs. The rear still looks slightly stretched as this size does not run particularly wide but isn't terrible either. It does pretty well in HPDE and is very good about wear. I was able to do 1.22G/1.20G in turns with that setup at a local road course so they grip pretty decently.

Run them 305 around on factory non-r rims. Sidewall is more square than the factory MPSS. Tire blows away the MPSS in HPDE events. A bit noisy but well worth it if you track your car. Steering response is much sharper and eliminates the squirrelly feel the MPSS gave on the track. Wear is good so far.

Venandakatra said:

I run a 305/30F 325/30R setup on my 6GRs. The rear still looks slightly stretched as this size does not run particularly wide but isn't terrible either. It does pretty well in HPDE and is very good about wear. I was able to do 1.22G/1.20G in turns with that setup at a local road course so they grip pretty decently.

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You’re runnng this size set up with the RE-11’s? Dude...please send me pics from a few angles!

I have a set of leftover 325/30 rears from my C6 GS that I’ve been thinking about squeezing onto my non-R rear wheels along with 305s up front. As others have said above, RE-11s are great HPDE tires with really good longevity.

They run small. 305/325 fit like OEM 305/315 Cup2s.

galaxy said:

You’re runnng this size set up with the RE-11’s? Dude...please send me pics from a few angles!

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I'll get some up momentarily.

I run these on my STi and they're a good street tire. I haven't done any track days on them, just spirited mountain driving. YMMV.

What is HPDE?

I picked up some Project 6GR wheels with RE-11's in 325/305. Tramlining is definitely worse, so much so that my wife does not drive the car as much. Compared the the PSS, these are not as sticky in my opinion. The rears stick out a little bit, but not too much. I got some ZL1 guards for the front and they work well. I do get lots of compliments because they do look really good.

galaxy said:

What is HPDE?

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HPDE = High Performance Driver Education.

B/Stock said:

I picked up some Project 6GR wheels with RE-11's in 325/305. Tramlining is definitely worse, so much so that my wife does not drive the car as much. Compared the the PSS, these are not as sticky in my opinion. The rears stick out a little bit, but not too much. I got some ZL1 guards for the front and they work well. I do get lots of compliments because they do look really good.

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Respectfully disagree if I understand you correctly. The PSS (pilot super sports) are 2 seconds slower around a 2 mile track (NJMP Thunderbolt) and pull on average 0.1-0.2 less G's than RE11. Makes sense that tramlining may be worse due to tread block pattern and being stickier.

Hoodoo said:

HPDE = High Performance Driver Education.

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^^^ += A helluva lot of fun!