for me indonesia weather similar with malaysia..
but so far non of japan tyre is bad when use it here, so both also ok..

wats ur priority? rain? track? touge? etc etc

ive never tried the re002...but currently running on T1R... good for normal daily drive... but for hard driving the sidewall is pretty soft.. and for track use... totally not suitable...

id recommend the RE002 either way

im not really a believer in the "made in where" thing when it comes to tires... coz if the formulation is the same... then it shouldnt be different now would it?

my experience was with the Falken Azenis ST115...ive tried BOTH made in japan and made in indonesia (manufacturing moved to indon after falken decided its EOL)...1 right after the other... absolutely no difference...

and the feedbacks ive heard so far about the re002 are all good...never tried it personally... my last experience with a potenza was with the RE711 which was 10 years ago...now that tire was good....not so good in the rain though...just acceptable
as for T1R, on track not much grip....understeering really bad and the rear was also dancing around. that and also the soft tire walls were flexing like mad....tire felt like it wanted to pop out of the rims on alot of the corners...

ive never really pushed it on public roads, coz my balls are not made of titanium...

but ive done 140km/h on highway during a heavy rain and it felt planted.

currently using 195/55/15

im not really a believer in the "made in where" thing when it comes to tires... coz if the formulation is the same... then it shouldnt be different now would it?

my experience was with the Falken Azenis ST115...ive tried BOTH made in japan and made in indonesia (manufacturing moved to indon after falken decided its EOL)...1 right after the other... absolutely no difference...

and the feedbacks ive heard so far about the re002 are all good...never tried it personally... my last experience with a potenza was with the RE711 which was 10 years ago...now that tire was good....not so good in the rain though...just acceptable
as for T1R, on track not much grip....understeering really bad and the rear was also dancing around. that and also the soft tire walls were flexing like mad....tire felt like it wanted to pop out of the rims on alot of the corners...

ive never really pushed it on public roads, coz my balls are not made of titanium...

but ive done 140km/h on highway during a heavy rain and it felt planted.

currently using 195/55/15

currently using both tyre. Re002 isnt that gøod in wet. T1r better. But both tyre overprice. Both have pros and cons. If u re on 15, ps3 is better price for performance. U want grip for track get r1r or ku36.

TS, what tyre size using for re002..? n T1R..?
 

looks into Kumho KU36 and Federal 595 RSR as well
as for R888 those are semi slicks are by right are not street legal and as mentioned above.. very dangerous for wet weather driving.

Currently im on re002 front and rear.. 195/55/15... Seriously damn good dry grip tire.. Gets my vote every time...

But, the only thing is that, its sidewall relatively soft, but compare to similarly sized t1r, i wud say the re002 fares better because ived sample the ride on similarly sized t1r on my friends ride, same model with mine, n can feels the front moving alot more during hard cornering... But, maybe u pair with 17" and 40 profile will bring better feel..

N it sounds really loud, but if u are choosing between these 2 tires, im guessing u are ok with these kind of performance tyre roar...

Already use this re002 for 16k kms ++, n tire thread is around 70% left, n whats most important is that, the feel is 85-90% like during 1st 10k kms

p/s; have u checked 205/40/17 how much per piece..??

Owh, 1more thing, the RE002 is either japan or thailand, not indonesia

i had 002 front t1r back. Now rotate t1r front 002 back. T1r have shorter brake distance. 002 have better dry grip. But i do feel 001 is better.

looks into Kumho KU36 and Federal 595 RSR as well
as for R888 those are semi slicks are by right are not street legal and as mentioned above.. very dangerous for wet weather driving.