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semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 12:52
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Hi everyone,
Just wondering who's had any experience using semi-slick tyres on the street. I consider tyres to be of primary importance in terms of handling (because they are...) and would make some compromise in terms of tyre wear (I only get 20-30k km's anyway...).
There's a few good prices on this site (MX5 Mania), I am looking at Dunlop D01's and the Falken Azenis RT215's.
Any helpful comments would be appreciated.
Cheers, Dan
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Location:
Montrose, VIC
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May 2002
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 12:54
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Couple of people I know who use the Falken 215s speak well of them - I've got a couple of new ones waiting to go on my car, but I haven't tried them yet for myself.
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Location:
Toronto, Downtown
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September 2004
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 12:55
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20-30 thousand kays from road tyres is pretty good i only get about 15 thousand kays outta my rears
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Brisbane
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May 2004
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 13:05
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Haha well my fronts wear in about 20,000 km's. My rears last for ever, I don't have the power to spin decent ones!
mrshin, post here when you have tried them out.
Any comments on the praticality of semi slicks for the road, wet-weather handling, etc?
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Location:
Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 13:14
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Are they legal ?
i was thinking of getting some and getting into track days and stuff.
But i struggle to afford one set of tyres let alone two of them.
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Location:
Toronto, Downtown
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September 2004
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 13:17
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my mate uses them on his clio for the road he said they are like an average road tyre wher your pottering arround and a little slippery in the wet but not too bad however once they warm up the grip is supposed to be not campareable to regular performace street tyres
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Location:
Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 13:21
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One of my mates used to run semi-slicks (sorry dunno the brand) on a r33 with 250rwkw. Couldn't go over 40-50km/h in the wet without aquaplaning.
Eddie.
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I supported Toymods
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sydney.au
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August 2002
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 17:32
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my toyo 08R semi slicks are good in wet and in the dry are unstoppable
awesome i say 
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 23:28
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Any helpful comments would be appreciated.
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I use and have been using the Falken Azenis RT 215 tyres (just picked up another new set a few weeks ago, apparently the last in the country?? They are being superceded apparently but the new model has no arrival date). I drive on the street with them, attend the occassional track day and head up to WSID for drags a few times a year. I got about 12,000km out of my last ones. They had a hard time at the track etc but on the street I am pretty sedate (ie I am not into burnouts etc).
I have found them to be quite good in the wet and have not had any instances where I have aquaplaned (my car only weighs 900kg wet and my tyres are 215 wide rears and 205 wide on the front).
They offer an exceptional upgrade in grip levels over "standard" performance tyres. For example: I also use Dunlop FM901's, if I run the 901's on the rear I can wheels spin in the first 4 gears in the dry on a good quality road (on a number of occassions I have had the rear end step out at around 110km/h on the highway when boost comes on  , usually scares the shit out of the passenger and the car behind me  ). With the RT215's on the car it will grip in all gears when boost hits. If I "warm" them up I can do a high rpm launch and get perfect traction. Without warming them up I still get a good launch with controllable wheelspin. Launching with any sort of boost on the 901's just meant uncontrollable wheelspin through 1st, 2nd and then start to get traction in 3rd.
I would like to try some other tyres similar to the RT215's for comparison but most brands don't make the size I require.
In summary, I found the RT215's to perform very well in a variety of conditions. As with softer compound any tyre of this type though they can wear out a bit quick.
NOTE: the RT215's are DOT approved tyres.
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 23:49
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i went for a ride in a friends Azeni shod AE86 the other day. pissing down with rain... did a few hard stops and quick 180's around roundabouts and i gotta say they have great wet traction 
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Mon, 23 May 2005 23:50
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Are they legal ?
i was thinking of getting some and getting into track days and stuff.
But i struggle to afford one set of tyres let alone two of them.
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yes they are legal the exige and m3 csl have them from the factory.
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Location:
sydney
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May 2003
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Tue, 24 May 2005 02:47
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hey ke382TG
you say you have the azenis with 215 at the rears
can you pm me where u get them from as i can only find 205
thanks
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Location:
Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Tue, 24 May 2005 02:56
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How much is a good price to pay do you think ?
cuz with the IRS my back tyres are worn on the inside already
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Location:
Sydney
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March 2003
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Tue, 24 May 2005 03:15
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just to point out, Falken Rt215 are not Semis or R compund. They just have softer compund
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Tue, 24 May 2005 03:23
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just to point out, Falken Rt215 are not Semis or R compund. They just have softer compund
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Thats right, the Falken RS-VO4 are the R compound ones from Flaken and would grip like buggery and be worn out in no time on the street.
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Location:
Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Tue, 24 May 2005 03:35
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I would think you get 5000-10000km out of true semis on the street.
i.e not worth it 
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Location:
Dandenong Ranges, VIC
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July 2004
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Re: semi-slicks on the road?
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Tue, 24 May 2005 04:18
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I spent all last week ringing around to find some RT-215's and I was told that they are all sold out by the Falken importer/wholesaler. I settled for some ST-115's ($160ea) in the end and I'm very happy with them.
My mate has had RT-215's on his Datsun 1600 and the grip is pretty awesome. He got 20,000 miles (32,000km) out of his fronts, rears are still going...
The RT-615's should be out later this year and sound pretty cool
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