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Melbourne
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October 2003
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Montrose, VIC
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May 2002
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Re: best 205/50/15 tyre???
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Thu, 29 January 2004 11:46
 
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It all depends on how much you can afford to spend on tyres in the first place 
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Location:
Adelaide
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May 2002
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Re: best 205/50/15 tyre???
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Thu, 29 January 2004 12:24
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Mmmm, Ask them about Yokohama Advan 032R's  .
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I supported Toymods
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Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: best 205/50/15 tyre???
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Thu, 29 January 2004 15:13
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| Rex_Kelway wrote on Thu, 29 January 2004 20:24 |
Mmmm, Ask them about Yokohama Advan 032R's .
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hehehehehehehehe!!!
To keep your speedo accurate, you'll want either 205/55/15's, 215/50/15's, or 225/50/15's - these are all suitable for 7" wide rims
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Location:
NSW
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September 2003
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Re: best 205/50/15 tyre???
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Fri, 30 January 2004 00:37
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Anything over $150 per tyre will be OK quality.
Toyo Proxies T1-S are very nice though a little soft... If you drive hard and corner hard you will be lucky to get about 18k out of them but they are so soft and sticky for the price they go for about $180ea... next step up you are looking at Yokohama Advans or Falken Azenis which are both very very sweet tyres. Though I think getting well up over $220 per tyre.
Absolutely bottom of the scale get Yokohama A539's at around $135 each... not a bad all round performance tyre better wearing than the dearer tyres but also alot harder compound. The Kuhmo performance tyre is a bit of a joke... don't even bother if you are going to do hard driving... Just stick with the Jap tyre manufacturers and you can't go too wrong... As with cars... stay away from the Hyundais and Protons of the tyre world... ie Taiwanese, Korean or Malay manufacturers... Sime, Tornado, Kuhmo... etc. etc.
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September 2002
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Re: best 205/50/15 tyre???
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Mon, 09 February 2004 13:51
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Don't forget about Bridgestones GIII...
The fact that it is only second to the s03 potenza (which is NOT available in 15") is enough to sell me, and they're only about $175 fitted.
Bearing in mind that this comes from a guy whose last performance road car was fitted with Yokohama A008R's.
Screw the K's, I want my grip.
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Location:
Newcastle
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May 2002
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Re: best 205/50/15 tyre???
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Mon, 09 February 2004 19:57
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hi,
i can thoroughly recomend good year eagle F1's. have had a great run with these on my 1g celica.
Stew
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Location:
Melbourne
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October 2003
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Re: best 205/50/15 tyre???
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Mon, 09 February 2004 22:59
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Well I went with BFGoodrich G-Force. 205/50/15 They are suburb sofar and at $180 a corner you can't go wrong. I give them a thrashing (no wheel spin, just corners) come home, check them out and still not warm.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: best 205/50/15 tyre???
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Mon, 09 February 2004 23:30
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You should actually be quite gentle to your tyres for the first 600-700Kms or so, to help wear the inhibitor off they are coated with for storage purposes (this is part of the smell you get with new rubber). Being nice to them at the start, will see the tyres being nice to you at the end!
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: best 205/50/15 tyre???
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Tue, 10 February 2004 01:55
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Cheers clint, I will keep that in mind.
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