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Postby Steampunk » Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:31 am

Any reports on wet-grip?
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Postby TieNN89 » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:54 pm

saboteur wrote:They stick like sh*t to a blanket!!



mmm you know this because??

sounds like you know from experience :lol: :lol:

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Postby project.r.racing » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:29 pm

wet grip good. 1st 3 weeks using them was full of qld storms and floods.

used about 0.3mm for 1300km for street driving with weekly spirited mountain runs.. so i'll get 20-25,000km out of them.

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Postby TieNN89 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:33 pm

My set are on :D

At first driving it out of the tyre shop

Steering was just shocking light :shock:

And tyres weren't gripping as good as I thought

but after a few ks the coating i assume started to wear off and its sticky :D

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Postby TieNN89 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:33 pm

What PSI are you guys running?

The tyre shop put 36 front and 34 rear

i pumped them up to 38

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Postby AJ » Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:37 am

38 psi is track pressure Tien, ok on nice smooth bitumen, but they'll probably shake your back teeth out on suburban roads, I'd advise 34 - 36 all 'round for street.........don't run different pressures f & r, in a well balanced car like the MX-5, it'll only upset things :)
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Postby project.r.racing » Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:31 pm

i run 36psi all round.

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Postby Steampunk » Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:30 am

YEEEE-HA!

These tyres are AWESOME on the track.

zero squealing, plenty of bite.

Very communicative when the rear-end lets go, and all you do to adjust your line is simply push and release the loud-pedal :twisted:

The outside shoulder-block showed minimal sign of wear at 38psi cold/42psi hot.

I managed to cut more than 2 seconds off my time without seeming to try much harder than usual.

I will definitely get these again.

Oh.... one thing about these tyres though.... they are HEAVY!
Hopefully this means high-quality rubber and strong innards.
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Postby project.r.racing » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:38 pm

heavy? i found them light. at least compare to other street tyres.


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