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Old 09-07-2021, 07:03 AM
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I have a set of 595s that have not worn evenly. A couple are down to the wear bars and none of the tires should be driven in the rain. Are they any good as "slicks" when they get that worn down?

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I run 595RS-RRs as my wet tire. I cant speak for running them worn in the dry but I know Nittos tend to get faster as they wear down to slick levels. Do you have data when they were full tread? If so I would run them until they cord and compare. You should also be able to remount them for the other side to help even out the wear (LF to RF etc).
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Originally Posted by poormxdad
Gents,

I have a set of 595s that have not worn evenly. A couple are down to the wear bars and none of the tires should be driven in the rain. Are they any good as "slicks" when they get that worn down?

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If you have your own tire machine, sure why not. However, the last set of RS-RR's I had, fell off in performance drastically around the wear bars. I ended up having to retire them as they pretty much stopped wearing and became pretty difficult to drive. If they're at the wear bars I would personally toss them as they probably aren't worth the price of mounting.
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Originally Posted by duthehustle93
If you have your own tire machine, sure why not. However, the last set of RS-RR's I had, fell off in performance drastically around the wear bars. I ended up having to retire them as they pretty much stopped wearing and became pretty difficult to drive. If they're at the wear bars I would personally toss them as they probably aren't worth the price of mounting.
They were (are) already mounted.

I did not have the same experience as you. I found they get slickery when overdriven, but with the normal HPDE traffic and such, I was in the 2:19s on VIR Full, and I had a bunch of fun. They appear to still have some life in them. I will take them with me when I go back to VIR as a continuing experiment. I love finally having a car trailer...
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