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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 06:35
 
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My personal preference is Bridgestone Potenza G3's. I had a set of 205/60R15 Potenza RE711's on my RA60, and the car had stupid amounts of grip. Only once the tyres had worn down (and I got them to last about 40k) could I get them to unstick, and they were very progressive.
They had oodles of grip in the wet and the dry.
The G3's are the model that has effectively replaced them, and by all accounts are just as good. They're what will be going on my car.
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I supported Toymods
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sydney.au
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 06:41
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g3's nga
all the way
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NSW, East Coast
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 06:57
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Seems like g3's are popular. ill check em out.
Cheers
Steve
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 07:20
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Yep, thats them.
| FKN16V wrote on Sun, 17 October 2004 15:02 |
They have the sizes i need too?
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I don't follow, they're down the bottom...do they have the sizes you need  
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Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 09:34
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Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D2..got them on both the celica and the mr2. cant fault them.. also nice and quiet when they loose traction  no more waking the neighbours
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Melb, Victoria
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April 2004
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 09:40
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i'm going for GIII's 195/60's in a couple of weeks.i've heard so much good stuff about em, so i gotta have them  mates got the eagle gs-d2, he reckon's there real good too. i reckon u will be safe with either one.
good luck
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ADELAIDE - The Drift City
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July 2002
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 09:50
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G3's also
cant beat the best tyre for the money ever, the good old Fm901
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NSW, East Coast
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 09:51
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I don't follow, they're down the bottom...do they have the sizes you need
yes thats what i said, They have the sizes i need
Cheers
Steve
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Melbourne
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June 2004
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 09:58
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| toof wrote on Sun, 17 October 2004 19:34 |
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D2..got them on both the celica and the mr2. cant fault them.. also nice and quiet when they loose traction no more waking the neighbours
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My Eagle GS-D2's just clocked over 60,000km (on the front), and they've juuuuuusst run into the tread depth markers. Pretty good going, considering how hard I drive it 'round most corners!!
They're not particularly sticky, but then I've gotten used to all kinds of expensive rubber at work, like Potenza S-03s and Pirelli P-Zero's. So that may have skewed my view of what's sticky somewhat!!
Basically though, you get what you pay for dude, until you break past around $250 per tyre, when you often pay for the brand as much as the rubber.
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Newcastle
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July 2003
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 11:09
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| st184 sillycar wrote on Sun, 17 October 2004 19:58 |
My Eagle GS-D2's just clocked over 60,000km (on the front), and they've juuuuuusst run into the tread depth markers. Pretty good going, considering how hard I drive it 'round most corners!!
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60,000km !!!!! how on earth does anyone get that out of these tyres.
none of my sets have lasted more then 15,000km, no burnouts, no dodgy wheel alignment, no sideways stupidity. and my mate got 40k out of his doing all of the above ARGH. i must order them in soft compound. on the plus side my tyre guys rubs his hands in glee when i pull up.
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Sydney
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January 2004
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Sun, 17 October 2004 12:46
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| toof wrote on Sun, 17 October 2004 21:09 |
| st184 sillycar wrote on Sun, 17 October 2004 19:58 |
My Eagle GS-D2's just clocked over 60,000km (on the front), and they've juuuuuusst run into the tread depth markers. Pretty good going, considering how hard I drive it 'round most corners!!
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60,000km !!!!! how on earth does anyone get that out of these tyres.
none of my sets have lasted more then 15,000km, no burnouts, no dodgy wheel alignment, no sideways stupidity. and my mate got 40k out of his doing all of the above ARGH. i must order them in soft compound. on the plus side my tyre guys rubs his hands in glee when i pull up.
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If your car is 4wd(Im guessing by whats in your avatar-or front wheel drive for that matter) you should not expect to get as high kays from the same tyres as they would on a rear driver. As the fronts are trying to turn AND propel the car. This would inevitably wear out the fronts quicker (and then after rotating them, the rears as well) Plus suspension softness and a whole other amount of settings can change the wear rate.
When I used to drive an old ('88) magna the front sway bar was broken and the fronts lasted about half as long as the rears. plus it handled like the piece of shit it was.
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Mon, 18 October 2004 01:25
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| FKN16V wrote on Sun, 17 October 2004 17:51 |
yes thats what i said, They have the sizes i need
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Haha, I was at work and needed something to liven it up. You put the question mark on there and I got confused
I miss my RE711's, the Firestone SZ50's on the back just don't have the bite. They are a bit old, and could do with some more tread, but just showed how much the RE711's kicked ass.
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Adelaide
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Mon, 18 October 2004 01:26
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I pick up my new tyres tomorrow, theyre yokahamas (spelling?), i dont know any more details, i just went into the tyre place and told the guy to give me something sticky...thats what he recommended. Ill let you know how they go.
Jon
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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Melbourne
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Mon, 18 October 2004 05:56
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| toof wrote on Sun, 17 October 2004 21:09 |
| st184 sillycar wrote on Sun, 17 October 2004 19:58 |
My Eagle GS-D2's just clocked over 60,000km (on the front), and they've juuuuuusst run into the tread depth markers. Pretty good going, considering how hard I drive it 'round most corners!!
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60,000km !!!!! how on earth does anyone get that out of these tyres.
none of my sets have lasted more then 15,000km, no burnouts, no dodgy wheel alignment, no sideways stupidity. and my mate got 40k out of his doing all of the above ARGH. i must order them in soft compound. on the plus side my tyre guys rubs his hands in glee when i pull up.
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Yup. More like 65,000km now, although they probably went illegal just before 60,000. Must admit though - I could tell they'd been on the shelf for a fair while hardening up - there were hairline cracks in the tread-block edges when they went on!!
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Perth
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December 2003
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Mon, 18 October 2004 06:31
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I've just bought Toyo 195/50/15 TPG for $110 each. grip well in the dry haven't test in the rain yet, very smooth and quiet much better than the 205 bridgestone I had before.
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Adelaide, Semaphore
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September 2004
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Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Mon, 18 October 2004 14:39
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since i'm a tightarse at the moment saving for a new engine i just had some sava's put on the front to replace the dodgy retreads that the previous owner had on. 
so far i can't complain. after going through the old pac my mate had a feel of them and they were surprosingly sticky... not bad for $80 each as run arounds
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Location:
Adelaide
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Re: What brand Tyres and why?
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Mon, 18 October 2004 22:30
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Yokohama
like the G3's also
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