Andy,
Can you elaborate on the A408R? Do you know anyone with the Kumho V710? The A-048R and V710 have better sizes than any other models, so that's why I'm leaning towards them. I wanna avoid the 225/50/16s which are the sizes of the RA-1 and Tech-R. Pretty sad because I want the RA-1 so bady (due to costs reason). But 225/50/16 is just too big. It slows down my car a lot.
The V710 sounds promising. 215/40/16, will have awesome acceleration hehe. But longevity is a big unknown.
Right now I have 225/50/16 Kumho Victoracers (for sale cheap! like $20 each hehe)