VALINO
The one brand here an overseas drifter can genuinely buy at home: VALINO publishes a 17-entry international distributor table covering the US, Poland, the UK, France, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Sweden, Ukraine, Hungary and New Caledonia. US prices are published in dollars.
Models and prices
Japan — VALINO TIRES CO., LTD., grouped under Vazestra Corporation. On D1 Grand Prix's 2026 registered list (2026年D1GPシリーズ登録申請タイヤ一覧).
- PERGEA 08R (TW200) / 08C (TW300) — 08C ¥21,500 (265/35R18); the 08R in that size is marked discontinued
- PERGEA 08SP (TW140) / 08RS (TW160)
- VR08GP NEUMA — ¥35,400 (265/35R18)
- GREEVA 08D ［360］ — ¥11,900 (215/45R17)
- ALEDGE 08F
In the 265/35R18 price ladder on the directory: PERGEA 08C (TW300) ¥21,500 (not stated) · VR08GP NEUMA (new compound) ¥35,400 (not stated). Every brand at that size, side by side →
Prices are MSRPs and the store never states whether they include tax. There is no login wall, despite what is widely repeated — the sentence saying prices appear after you register sits inside an HTML comment and never renders. Logged out, every in-stock tyre shows its price; the ones that show none are marked 生産終了 or 完売, discontinued or sold out. All sizes were revised upward on 2026-09-01, so date any figure you quote. PERGEA 08J appears on the D1 list and nowhere in the shop — treat it as a competition-only designation. The maker names Naoki Nakamura and Tetsuya Hibino as its development drivers.
Official site · verified 2026-09-14
What owners report
Every VALINO tyre review on Minkara, Japan's largest car-owner community — 60 reviews read 14–16 September 2026, counted rather than picked. “Fitted to” counts only reviews that mention drifting and say which axle; “chunking” counts reviews that mention it at all, split by whether the owner says it happened. Stars are Minkara's own 0–5 rating. Owner reports, not tests.
PERGEA 08R
- Fitted to (drift use): rear 1 · front 5 · both 4
- Chunking reported: not mentioned
- Tyre life: 4 praise · 2 complaints
The most drift-heavy sample after the 240, and owners fit it as a front more than a rear. It is also the only compound here that drift users rate below four stars (3.8 across 15), with chunking mentioned neither way.
GREEVA 08D
- Fitted to (drift use): rear 2 · front 0 · both 2
- Chunking reported: 0 yes · 1 no
- Tyre life: 0 praise · 1 complaints
Small sample, bought as a drift rear. No block loss, but three grip complaints, and grip fades below three-tenths of tread — a training rear.
As a drift rear: block loss none, usable to the end; grip drops off once you are past three-tenths of tread. (review, Feb 2026)
VR08GP
- Fitted to (drift use): rear 0 · front 0 · both 1
- Chunking reported: 1 yes · 0 no
- Tyre life: 7 praise · 3 complaints
The highest-rated tyre in the whole set, and a grip tyre in practice: “better than an R888R, grip stays even when slick” — the one chunking report is a set worn through on the inside.
Buying VALINO from Japan
Tyres are heavy and the cheap lanes close to them, so we buy domestically and quote the freight as one total — and tell you when buying locally beats importing. Send us the size and compound you want.
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