Bridgestone Potenza S007A Sizes & review

The TireRack team helped me find these tires and we are thrilled with them. As the STi has a bit of a harsh ride, these tires have helped quiet our time on the poorly maintained Michigan highways and afforded some spirited back-road fun as well. Note to STi purists, these are on 18′ BBS rims. we have the 19′ original rims but swapped them out because of our Michigan roads.

bought a set of S007A as a hopefully longer lasting replacement for the RE-71E (great tire). used the RE-71E last season mainly auto crossing & trip to sites. Got about 77 runs little less than a minute long with an additional 1500-2000 mile on roads. mostly ran on concrete surface with extreme grip & abuse. RE-71E handled very well & is an outstanding tire. S007A is far from a replacement for the RE-71E. First event on track with the S007A (55-60 degrees on cloudy day in January in Alabama) under dry conditions very loose as driving on ice. Went back following month with more thought into problem thinking it was just too much tire pressure. Car & times improved some but still was loose and far from the RE-71E grip from last season & when we had a light rain it got much worst. so when the RE-71E become unavailable due to being discontinued it will be time to buy from another manufacturer.I don’t see the S007A ever performing as well as the RE-71E can.

We run our car in low budget endurance events, Lemons, Champ Car, etc. We had excellent service with the Potenza RE11s, but when they were no longer available we tried the RE71’s. There is not doubt the RE71’s were a better tire, but they would not make a 2 day endurance event (ours did because we broke 2 hours in the on the first day, we ran all day on the 2nd day for a total of 9 hours and the tires were worn to the belting). I had read that the 007’s were the replacement for the RE11’s so we gave them a try at the 24 hour race here in Houston in November. They performed perfectly. The actually seem better on track the RE11’s, with a really crisp turn in and a gradual break away. We bought 6 for the Lemons race because it was a true 24 hour event. We simply bolted a new pair on the fronts at the 12 hour mark (+/-). The rears with 24 hours on them look like the fronts did with 12. All of the tires are in good enough shape to make a track day or track weekend. The 007’s don’t wear quite as well as the RE11’s, but they are sticky(er) and clearly a set of 4 will make the typical 15 hour 2 day race with nothing but rotation over night.Cheers!

These are very good tires. Good handling and responsiveness. Very good around turns. So far no issues in wet weather. Though I don’t push it in the rain too much. But so far good handling in braking in wet weather. Haven’t hydroplaned yet.

I purchased this tire before tirerack did it’s review, hoping it would be a longer lasting RE71R. It is not anywhere close to any other extreme performance tire I’ve used. Just look at the shoulder blocks, and you can see the huge grooves for hydroplane resistance. Even the PSS, PS4s and Continental ECS have less voids on the shoulders. The braking on these tires are great, grip is decent, but handling, response and feedback is disappointing. The main reason I gave it such low reviews is that the day after I had these installed, I did a 2 hour canyon run and there was already 1mm of tread used up (tire comes with 7mm tread). Aside from the ECS, I haven’t had any of the other tires (RS4, RS-RR, SX2, PSS) wear this fast under spirited use.

My 2017 supercharged Mustang GT has 770 horsepower or around 655 RWHP. My last set of tires (rear are 325/30/R19) were michelin pilot super sport since I thought the same tires that came on a corvette would hold. They slipped all of first, second, and 4000+ RPM in third gears no matter what the temperature, even at 90 degrees F. These Potenza 007 tires at 80 degrees Fahrenheit with a road of at least 70 degrees F actually ‘almost’ held 3rd gear. They do almost hold 4th gear in the rain. In the cold, they slip even in 4th a little. They also last much better than the previous tires I had for some reason as I now have almost 7000 miles on them and they still have some treads on them. When I received them, they only had 7/16″ instead of the advertised 9/16″ tread for some unknown reason, but the tread lasts much longer than even the original pirelli p-zero and the MPSS that didn’t hold 3rd as good as these tires. Overall, these are the best tires I’ve had for traction and still kind of work in the rain here in South Florida. However, 1st and 2nd gears just spin these tires, 3rd ‘almost’ holds in a straight line on the street. The new Tesla P100D with all wheel drive can go 0-60 faster unless I get better traction than these tires. Therefore, my next set of tires is going to be a Mickey Thompson Street SS that somebody told me will hold in 2nd gear on a normal asphalt street, but probably only last 1/2 of the distance (like 3000 to 4000 miles) than these S007 tires. Also, with my 295/30R19 on the fronts, I can take a right angle turn at almost 40 MPH on the street. I hate to blow $900 on tires every 6 months, or $500 in gas every month, or $150 on an oil change every 3000 miles, but I LOVE to hit 100 MPH in 7 seconds ish and beat just about all vehicles (like most motorcycles) on the street, even if they paid over $100K for their ‘exotic’ sport cars. Overall, I definitely recommend this tire. Brandon