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Tyre Choice?
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Fri, 28 January 2005 10:55
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Well after buying my now pride and joy MA61, 3 weeks on she needs some new rears. The previous owner ran some expsive Dunlop FM901's bald but luckily the fronts are still top nick. So after doing some searching for some 235/45/17 that wont cost me the earth i've came down to 2 different tyres. the Falken ZE326's http://www.falken.com.au/passanger.html for $210 each or the Firestone SZ50 http://www.bridgestone.com.au/tyres/products/car/t reads/sz50.asp for $176 each on sale. I'm nudging towards the Firestones for the price and the directional tread on them as i only need them for the rear 2. Anyone had any experiences with these tyres or recomment others?
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Fri, 28 January 2005 11:02
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I've got the Firestones on the back of the Celica. 215/60R15's. Even though they are nearly worn out, they shit all over the front Dunlop Super Ducaros. MOTOR's tyre test also rated them very well. For that price, I might even have to check them out for my new tyres instead of my G3's 
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Location:
Hobart, TAS
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October 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Fri, 28 January 2005 11:12
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Cheers, thnx
I got given a price of about 280 i think for the G3's! But they'd be worth it and 300+ for the range above them. if only money grew on trees 
I'd also been told the cheap 'round $200 dunlops were crap and shown one where it was spliting on the sidewalls, scary stuff
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Fri, 28 January 2005 11:14
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The Dunlops just suck, car is severely lacking in front-end grip. Can't wait till the other car is on the road with new wheels and tyres.
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Wollongong
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January 2005
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Fri, 28 January 2005 14:08
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GIII's suck balls. For the price, buy some Yokohama AO32R's.
I describe myself as an "enthusiastic" driver. With only 19000km's of this sort of driving (no burn-outs) my tyres, all round, were bald.
Plus, the car didn't really need that much grip. It was such a waste of money. My current Yokohama A539's were cheap and are only 10% less grippy than the GIII's. They... make the driving experience seem more 'lively'?
I have Falken Ziex tyres too (on a Datsun and then Corolla). They're not bad either. Good grip and good life.
My mate has Firestones, and he reccommends them, but says the wear rate is bad.
Make your own mind tho.
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Fri, 28 January 2005 14:12
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| Fr3aK wrote on Fri, 28 January 2005 22:08 |
GIII's suck balls. For the price, buy some Yokohama AO32R's.
I describe myself as an "enthusiastic" driver. With only 19000km's of this sort of driving (no burn-outs) my tyres, all round, were bald.
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WTF are you doing to them!? I would describe my driving as the same, and my Potenza RE711's (which are almost identical to G3's) lasted a SHITLOAD longer than that. Closer to 35-40k and they only were removed because I wore the edges too far down on one end.
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Location:
Brisbane
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February 2003
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I Supported Toymods
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Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
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August 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Fri, 28 January 2005 21:32
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Just got Firestones 235/60/R14's put on the rears yesterday on my MA61 and so far they're proving to be grippy as hell. Can't shake the back lose under full boost in the dry, and in the wet its proving to be difficult too. Good thing on some respects, but gets kinda boring when the car goes straight all the time.
Yian
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Location:
Hobart, TAS
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October 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sat, 29 January 2005 00:16
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thnx for all the response guys
Yian, thats awsome to hear that the firestone are 'grippy as all hell' becuase thats what i am looking for as im hopeing to do some track work soon and should be able to hold some 'enthusiastic' driving on roads. What particular model are your firestone? the same as what im looking at the SZ50's?
I have heard that the GIII's are grippy as but do have a very high wear-rate, something to do with the wide tread or soemthing 
the Yoki A509's sound like i need to do some more researching on them
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Location:
Wollongong
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January 2005
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sat, 29 January 2005 01:15
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Sat, 29 January 2005 01:12 |
| Fr3aK wrote on Fri, 28 January 2005 22:08 |
GIII's suck balls. For the price, buy some Yokohama AO32R's.
I describe myself as an "enthusiastic" driver. With only 19000km's of this sort of driving (no burn-outs) my tyres, all round, were bald.
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WTF are you doing to them!? I would describe my driving as the same, and my Potenza RE711's (which are almost identical to G3's) lasted a SHITLOAD longer than that. Closer to 35-40k and they only were removed because I wore the edges too far down on one end.
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HahaHA! You're not trying hard enough. Plus they were on a 1450kg V6 Vienta.
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Location:
toowoomba qld
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March 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sat, 29 January 2005 01:40
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I have 195/65R/14's Olympic Sprinters on my Camry there a bloody good tyre. I had a set on my WB ute as well when I had that. fuck my tyres sound small now
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Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
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August 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sat, 29 January 2005 03:24
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Firestone F-660 235/60R14s.. I used to have Dunlop Monza 215/60R14s at the rear but I could light them up in second on a straight line in the dry. Didn't realise such a small difference in tyre size would make a difference in grip.
Not sure about them withstanding to track abuse though. For the price of those Firestones they're definitely worth it for 'enthusiastic' road use I reckon.
Yian
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Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sat, 29 January 2005 07:58
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Fri, 28 January 2005 22:14 |
The Dunlops just suck, car is severely lacking in front-end grip. Can't wait till the other car is on the road with new wheels and tyres.
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i have to say my dunlops are WELL grippy(dunlop FM901's.. so the more expensive stuff) and great tyres
and they have now lasted a year and 2 months, 8 of those months with me spinning the shit out of them.
when we went for a run around mt mee(back in my 1g geu days) id say my car was holding the road with the best.
ive put these tyres through there paces and Id give them the thumbs up any day, and when it comes to it.. im going to get their replacements(DIREZZA DZ101 )
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sun, 30 January 2005 01:14
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Haha yeah, FM901's are good, these suck the massive dong 
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Location:
Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sun, 30 January 2005 01:29
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and what does that tell you?, stop buying scrap heap tyres
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Location:
Hobart, TAS
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October 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sun, 30 January 2005 03:47
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| Jag7799 wrote on Sat, 29 January 2005 18:58 |
i have to say my dunlops are WELL grippy(dunlop FM901's.. so the more expensive stuff) and great tyres
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Yeh i've got FM901's on the front (dam she handles) atm and on the rears but they're bald...
I'll have to have a look at those Firestone F-660's they sound like a dam good tyre. The guys down at Bob Jane yesturday nearly convinced me to buy the Falkens ZE326's right their on the spot, dam good salesman they were. Dropped the price down to $195 a tyre and told me the Firestone SZ50's wear out on the edges first still leaving 3-4mm of tread in the middle.
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sun, 30 January 2005 05:51
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| Jag7799 wrote on Sun, 30 January 2005 09:29 |
and what does that tell you?, stop buying scrap heap tyres
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They were on the XX when I got it.
| negative boost wrote on Sun, 30 January 2005 11:47 |
Firestone SZ50's wear out on the edges first still leaving 3-4mm of tread in the middle.
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Thats a load of crap, my RE711's did that because of the way I drove the car. The SZ50's on my car now are almost worn right down and they are even as.
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Location:
Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sun, 30 January 2005 06:43
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any uneven wear on a tyre would be to do with suspension and in that case overinflation maybe?
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Location:
toowoomba qld
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March 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sun, 30 January 2005 10:28
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of hand underinflation, overloading, overinflation,suspension, wheel aligment,evcessive braking are just some things that cause tyre wear. I beleve justcallmefrank about why the edges wore out first, as he probablly was flying around corners, exscessive speed while cornering will cause this kind of wear,If he wasn't driving like this and this kinda wear happened he has either a poor suspension set up or is in bad need of a wheel aligment. It has NOTHING to do with the tyres design
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sun, 30 January 2005 11:01
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Hehe, definetly my treatment of the tyres. Not having room on residential streets to balance the car around corners means I was utilising tyre grip to counter understeer through 90 degree turns
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Location:
Land of Oz
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June 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sun, 30 January 2005 11:08
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Hi,
Crikey, what are you guys doing to your tyres? I get 60k kms out of a set of tyres. Maybe I'm just "Mr Gentle"
seeyuzz
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Location:
toowoomba qld
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March 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Sun, 30 January 2005 11:33
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stupidity was how I stuff the el cheapo tyres that where on the Camry when I first got it, (some brand I never heard of before) but the cheap tyres where shit in the wet. scince I've had Olympic Sprinters on mine, the car doesn't seem too spin when taking of normally in the wet anymore and know longer has fuck all grip in the wet. that was scarry that. I look after the tyres I have now because they seem too do the job for me.
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2003
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Location:
Hobart, TAS
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October 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Mon, 31 January 2005 03:57
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justcallmefrank im taking it your SZ50's are pretty dam grippy? I'm tempted to step outside the circle and buy those Falken's that im looking at but alot of people have said that the SZ50's are a great tyre! Well i'll have a desicion 2moro and then tell ya'll if they're any good or not
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Location:
Adelaide, SA
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May 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Mon, 31 January 2005 04:09
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I have found the GIII's to be really good...
Then again, I buy tyres to use them, not keep them for as long as possible!!
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UK at moment
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May 2003
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Mon, 31 January 2005 04:40
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In the words of Beau..
"some people just don't deserve tyres.." *sniff*
hehe 
I loved that add!
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Perth
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Mon, 31 January 2005 07:45
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| negative boost wrote on Mon, 31 January 2005 11:57 |
justcallmefrank im taking it your SZ50's are pretty dam grippy? I'm tempted to step outside the circle and buy those Falken's that im looking at but alot of people have said that the SZ50's are a great tyre! Well i'll have a desicion 2moro and then tell ya'll if they're any good or not
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They hang on a shitload better than the Dunlops even though they're much older and much further worn down. MOTOR has a review of them a while back, they were second on Bang For Buck, and actually came out overall pretty well considering their price.
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Location:
Hobart, TAS
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Mon, 31 January 2005 23:27
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then what was first bang for your buck?
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Tue, 01 February 2005 00:15
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One of the Hankook Ventus tyres, but I can't remember which one.
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Location:
Hobart, TAS
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Tyre Choice?
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Thu, 03 February 2005 04:59
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Well i've settled one the Firestone SZ50's got them fitted earlier today. And they're not a bad tyre at all, its been raining down her so havnt had the opportunity to punt it yet but these tyres feel promising even in the wet. Cant wait till i break them in a little more and have some dry time with them! I'm expecting them to hang on like nothing else!
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