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by **2jayzgte** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:03 pm

Silent Knight wrote:Try pricing up a set of German made GSD3 in 245/35/R18 and 275/35/R18.

Costs me just under half a grand per corner for new ones!

I can get the 275/35/18 for $350 a corner...... :wink:

Website · by **Mr.Phreak** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:16 pm

2jayzgte wrote:Nah I'm from there, R&V is for all the tourists I'm coming back to recharge the batteries and catch up with family.I'll be easy to find black Supra TRD body parts 2JZGTE's the plate Volk TE37s I'll be easy to spot.

Fair call, I'll be rolling around in the ugly green whale with ghetto rims and Toyspeed stickers

by **Silent Knight** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:27 pm

Least your whale is rolling... :lol:

Website · by **Mr.Phreak** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:45 pm

How many years has yours been hiding under the house now?? Feels like forever

by **XERO** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:46 pm

I just put new GSD3's on the altezza, $190 per corner from hyper.

by **Boosted_162** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 4:51 pm

Ive got Potenza's (G3's) on the back of the MR2. 225/50/15. I find they do very well in controlling the back end of it :lol:

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Dont know the cost tho, car had 'em when i got it. I just put them onto my RP01s.

Website · by **Mr.Phreak** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:29 pm

G3's are being phased out with the intro of the Adrenalins so no joy there either.

by **B1NZ** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:40 pm

I got sum kingstars bro - thaey are the shizzle :lol:

by **Simon K** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:44 pm

Distrb wrote:i
on a sidenote i'm quite impressed by the set of Toyo T1-r's i have on my trueno. especially in Price and wet & dry weather grip. havent had them long enough to test their durability though

They are my current pick, last better than the Direzza's with less noise too. Good tyre.

Website · by **Mr.Phreak** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:31 pm

Yeah, it's out of the T1Rs and the GS-D3s at the moment. Just deciding how cheap I am :lol:

by **Silent Knight** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:39 pm

Mr.Phreak wrote::lol: How many years has yours been hiding under the house now?? Feels like forever

Bit over a year now IIRC? :lol:

Not very long now though...

by **cogent** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:42 pm

B1NZ wrote:I got sum kingstars bro - thaey are the shizzle

would i be risking it to chuck the ol kingstars on my RX7 to get me through a warrant? will they come in 255/17/35 and 235/17/35 sizes? its a series 7 btw, so not an old n/a 12a or anything

by **Quirky** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:49 pm

My mum just put 2 new tyres on her Audi- $600 per tyre.
Yea....

by **2jayzgte** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:11 am

Just on a side note if you have a car with any sought of performance spend a little more as where the rubber meets the road I think is quite important.I understand people have budgets but don't skimp when it comes to something as important as tyres.

by **cogent** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:40 am

I ran GSD-3s on my FC RX7 and Direzzas on my AW11 MR2, but I have just had to spend $1400 on a mechanics bill and now I have to buy two new shocks and I need a wof asap and I need 4 new Tyres for wof. Was hoping I could get by on some cheapies and then get some proper ones when I had the $$ spare.

by **postfach** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:38 am

For a wof it doesn't matter what brand tyre you have on your car, as long as they have a decent amount of tread and aren't snow tyres. It's up to you to remember that if you put a cheaper set of tyres on, you can't expect them to perform as good as a more expensive set (in 99.9% of cases). Just buy the cheapest set of tyres you can find, like Triangle or Clear, yeah they're shit, but it will get you a wof and keep you mobile, plus, when you want to change them, they smoke up good, and stink like fish

by **barryogen** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:02 am

postfach wrote:plus, when you want to change them, they smoke up good, and stink like fish :P

space savers smoke up better than a lot of tyres if thats what you are into... they don't last long though, they tend to melt fairly quickly.

by **TWSTD** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:54 am

Ive just put the new(ish) Kumho KU-31s on the altezza. Not had much chance to test them out but they are meant to be a well performing silica compound tyre thats reasonably priced. I can provide you these - email me the size you need for a quote :-)

by **darkwolf** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:03 pm

Does it actually have "Ecsta" in the tread like it shows? That would be awesome

*DarkWolf imagines a csi scene*
1: "We know he was driving on Kumho Ecsta tyres."
2: "How do we know that?"
1: "By the big "ecsta" mark on the back of the victim.

LOL

Website · by **Bling** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:26 pm

lol Darkwolf!!!

cogent, consider buying a second hand set of rims/tyres off trademe as you could probably pick up a set for the price of some kingstars, then just sell set of rims on trademe when you're finished with them.

saves wasting money on the shizzle that are kingstars

or just tick up a new set of tyres at tonys (but don't let your car out of your sight)

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