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View Poll Results: What is your prefered brand? - Tell us why in the post too! | |||
Bridgestone | 6 | 10.17% | |
Toyo | 14 | 23.73% | |
Nexen | 0 | 0% | |
Nankang | 1 | 1.69% | |
Pirelli | 1 | 1.69% | |
BFG | 3 | 5.08% | |
Yokohama | 5 | 8.47% | |
Kuhmo | 7 | 11.86% | |
Goodyear | 3 | 5.08% | |
Sime | 1 | 1.69% | |
Continental | 0 | 0% | |
Advan | 1 | 1.69% | |
GT Radials | 3 | 5.08% | |
Falken | 3 | 5.08% | |
Dunlop | 4 | 6.78% | |
Michelin | 7 | 11.86% | |
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27-04-2008, 03:34 AM | #81 |
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Upgrading my ***** NanKang's to Toyo T1R's on Wednesday, Ordered alway, going on at Tyrepower Ipswich! Just 2 for the front, dad had them on his alfa, said they where awesome, $218 a tyre.
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02-07-2008, 11:17 AM | #82 | |
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02-07-2008, 12:08 PM | #83 |
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i was using eagle f1's but i think next time im going to go the toyo route see how that goes. 175 vs $220 a tire for eagle f1's
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02-07-2008, 05:44 PM | #84 |
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i got a new set of t1rs pretty happy with them and was 185 a corner for 205/45/16 so not too bad
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02-07-2008, 05:52 PM | #85 |
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T1Rs for $185/corner! .
I got quoted $308 from one place, $265 from the other, 17" though...
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02-07-2008, 06:05 PM | #86 |
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Yokahama A- drives R1's were $275 a corner 215-40-17 The new GT Radial Champiro HPX's were $225 a corner
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02-07-2008, 11:04 PM | #87 |
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good lord. for 275 id want them to sing yellow submarine to me while cornering. mind you they would have to be pretty good
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03-07-2008, 01:47 AM | #88 |
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i'm running Nexen N3000's, stiff sidewalls (read you feel EVERYTHING, even with stock suspension) but they stick pretty well. i cant flick the back out anymore (PS. $105 a tyre , don't knock them till you've tried them)
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03-07-2008, 10:27 AM | #89 |
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hmm.. how long do they last for davo?
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01-08-2008, 10:34 AM | #90 |
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Ze912
Have had Falken Ziex ZE-912s on the car for a couple of weeks now.
Got them at a bargain - $110 a corner (granted it was an invoicing mistake... but im not complaining) 195/50/15. They're great all-rounders; infinitely more grip than the last dodgy 'performance' tires that Jax recommended (an unbranded Bridgestone essentially) although downside is noticeably less steering effort required. I thought it was just me at first... but have read about this as a con on these tires elsewhere - comes down to the tread pattern. Very happy, would probably rate them similar to the much more expensive FM-901s i had once before.
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01-08-2008, 01:16 PM | #91 |
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I've got Toyo Proxes4 on the front now, no complaints, much nicer than the Hankook's Rupe had on there before - but I don't push my car much.
$185 each I think.
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02-08-2008, 12:56 AM | #92 |
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i've got 4000k on the new fronts and they look pretty new.. i'm hoping for close to the full 30000k out of them. I wore the **** out of 2 of the old BG tyres, apparently you can do a reasonable burnout in a 1.8 if you almost lockup the rear tyres
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05-08-2008, 07:16 PM | #93 |
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i HATED those hankooks. Squealy rubbish!
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12-08-2008, 12:04 PM | #94 |
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Been using Bridgestone RE001 Adrenalin 205/50 R15 for a few weeks. Definately more dry grip than the 195/60 R14 GIII's, but noisier when pushed hard. Really annoying. Will be looking for something that corners more quietly so I don't attract so much attention. I'm told Falken RT615 lets go quietly. I nearly bought them in the first place, but I'm suspicious of their wet perfomance (It rains alot here).
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24-11-2008, 04:45 PM | #95 | |
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really? I've found my RE001s to be fairly quiet when given hell, (195/55/15) on the road I haevnt managed to get them to make noise, even when spinning them mine are pretty quiet. they did squeal on the racetrack though but nothing too loud, and they squal a lot on the skidpan (well duh!?) edit: mine are worn though, fronts are about 2mm off the wear indicators, and the rears are about .5mm off the indicators.
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24-11-2008, 05:51 PM | #96 |
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I just want to say i'm extremely happy with my Toyo Proxes R1R. i've got them in 205/50/15 on the front of my Astina and they have fantastic grip. even in the wet with my BPT it struggles to lose grip in first and is rock solid through second. so dry performance is off the chart! $205 a pop at Tyrepower i think.
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29-11-2008, 12:07 PM | #98 |
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29-11-2008, 07:34 PM | #99 |
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I've got Yokohamas.
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29-11-2008, 08:46 PM | #100 |
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i have had a simalar situation with my honda. i was driving and i didnt see the lights hell dumb but they were new, i slamed my brakes on and i stopped pretty quickly and my calipers were on there way out.... point to this i had toyo tyres
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