Yeah, my first instinct is to replace all four, and if I can't do that, simply get 2 of the most similar tire. So it's basically 2 Star Specs, or a set of four of something else. There are pros and cons to both approaches. I should note that in some ways this was "good" to happen as my rears (former fronts when they were on another car) got some pretty heavy camber wear (that I could have fixed by mounting them on opposite sides and a little toe, but that's neither here nor there). I was sitting around the garage kicking around tire ideas with my wrenchmates (two technicians and a driver with a SCCA competition license--good environment to keep my wits sharp) and the feel was to just do the whole set and see what this year's top end 200TW tires have to offer. (Okay, the AD08-R is a 180, so nevermind that). Around the shop we have a mix of AD08Rs, Neogens (bleh), Rivals, and a couple other older tires to compare experiences to (on mostly RWD cars--S2000s, M3, RX7s, turbo MX5--but someone else in our group drives an Abarth and tracks it, so similar enough comparison).
The ZII lets go the rear at... really high speeds. I'm not going to say how I know this, but it does, and it does so....in an astoundingly progressive way. I thought their overall stickiness might tip the balance into understeer but amazingly at the limit, you start getting slip angle and the correction isn't ridiculous.
The ZII lets go the rear at... really high speeds. I'm not going to say how I know this, but it does, and it does so....in an astoundingly progressive way. I thought their overall stickiness might tip the balance into understeer but amazingly at the limit, you start getting slip angle and the correction isn't ridiculous.
