What you got, where you got them and how much.

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:01 pm

rjastra2 wrote:
Boags'MX5 wrote:BUMP! Anyone?

Yes... garry has said numerous times they are the bee-knees....

He hasn't said how much he paid for them...

Emailed 3 local tyre shops; only one came back and it is $245/corner for 205/45R16... :shock:

Spranga · Postby **Spranga** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:53 pm

Falken RT/215 semi slicks 195/50R15 $100 each new

Got these off a bloke who needed to lower his gearing and was swapping to 14s. They still have the sticker on them. Good value at about half price!

I have heard they are not as good as Yoko A023Rs or the toyo R888? Can anyone advise?

AJ · Postby AJ » Mon May 26, 2008 5:59 pm

Boags'MX5 wrote:
rjastra2 wrote:
Boags'MX5 wrote:BUMP! Anyone?

Yes... garry has said numerous times they are the bee-knees....

He hasn't said how much he paid for them...

Emailed 3 local tyre shops; only one came back and it is $245/corner for 205/45R16...

if you can manage a trip down the GC, i can see what i can do for you mate, from my old connections

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:10 pm

A trip to the GC is no problemo. Let me know what you find out; dealer 2 came back to me with a price of $246/corner...

Nark · Postby **Nark** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:05 pm

Spranga wrote:Falken RT/215 semi slicks 195/50R15 $100 each new

Got these off a bloke who needed to lower his gearing and was swapping to 14s. They still have the sticker on them. Good value at about half price!

I have heard they are not as good as Yoko A023Rs or the toyo R888? Can anyone advise?

I've heard that they're really noisy.

They're also not R-comps so not comparable to either of those tyres.

Great price though! Absolute steal!

KAM · Postby **KAM** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:12 pm

mr_rotary wrote:
RaYmO wrote:

The GIII's are on their way out now aren't they?

I remembered a thread on here a few months ago where the Bridgestone guys were planning on releasing the adrenalins for the 14" but that isn't happening until August

I plan to have the GIII's fitted within 2 weeks. So far they look like they are still available and that is here in WA. Priced at $146ea so far.....

$146ea is excellent value I paid $195ea when I bought my car in Sydney but that was almost 2 years ago and thought that was good.

Boags if GIII's are still available in Brisbane and you want to drive a NB8B with stock rims and GIII's contact me.
I'm very happy with them

I even have a spare GIII which I am willing to sell.

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:22 pm

Try Doug at QR. Hercules - cheap and very grippy from all accounts and about $125 per corner.

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:23 pm

I just had a session trying to run down Chris and his GIII-shod little green machine at Sandown. Running downhill through the chicanes into Dandenong he's on 2 wheels over the curbs, almost flat in 4th and he's still giving it to her. No lockups at the bottom. For street tyres they've got a bloody amazing amount of grip.

fattima · Postby **fattima** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:51 pm

manga_blue wrote:I just had a session trying to run down Chris and his GIII-shod little green machine at Sandown. Running downhill through the chicanes into Dandenong he's on 2 wheels over the curbs, almost flat in 4th and he's still giving it to her. No lockups at the bottom. For street tyres they've got a bloody amazing amount of grip.

He really was taking them to the limit, did you see them at the end of the day.

mr_rotary · Postby **mr_rotary** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:22 pm

KAM wrote:$146ea is excellent value I paid $195ea when I bought my car in Sydney but that was almost 2 years ago and thought that was good.

Now down to $139 ea from a Bridgestone dealer

Fitting them next weekend. BTW, there are 16 left in the warehouse Perth in 185/60/14.

mx5boi · Postby **mx5boi** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:31 pm

Type - Maragoni ZETA LINEA
Size - 205/45R16
Price - AU$187.50/tyre = $750.00 (including fitting, balancing and wheel alignemnt)
Dry grip - Good
Wet grip - Great
Tyre life - Unknown (first set)
Road noise - low

cshaks · Postby **cshaks** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:14 am

fattima wrote:
manga_blue wrote:I just had a session trying to run down Chris and his GIII-shod little green machine at Sandown. Running downhill through the chicanes into Dandenong he's on 2 wheels over the curbs, almost flat in 4th and he's still giving it to her. No lockups at the bottom. For street tyres they've got a bloody amazing amount of grip.

He really was taking them to the limit, did you see them at the end of the day.

How did they look, I didn't get a chance to look at them...?

My PP2s started getting a little hairy after a few laps, they get too hot and get slippery after a while.
CHeers
Chris

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:40 pm

mx5boi wrote:Type - Maragoni ZETA LINEA
Size - 205/45R16
Price - AU$187.50/tyre
Dry grip - Good
Wet grip - Great
Tyre life - Unknown (first set)
Road noise - low

Does that imply that the wet grip is better than the dry grip?

Meanwhile, whilst I'm here, how are people with RE001's finding them in the wet in Sydney, what with all this rain lately? I'm definitely buying a set soon, but I still wouldn't mind hearing opinions about them.

mx5boi · Postby **mx5boi** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:21 am

I have not noticed any issues in the dry - nor have I noticed anything at all - so I have to remain Neutral.
I have however noticed that the grip in the wet (especially over last few days of torrential rain and slippery roads that the performance in the wet is fantastic - so I have indicated as much.

zoomzoom · Postby **zoomzoom** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:00 pm

marcusus wrote:
mx5boi wrote:Type - Maragoni ZETA LINEA
Size - 205/45R16
Price - AU$187.50/tyre
Dry grip - Good
Wet grip - Great
Tyre life - Unknown (first set)
Road noise - low

Does that imply that the wet grip is better than the dry grip?

Meanwhile, whilst I'm here, how are people with RE001's finding them in the wet in Sydney, what with all this rain lately? I'm definitely buying a set soon, but I still wouldn't mind hearing opinions about them.

I have found my re001s to have pretty good wet grip, not quite as good as the toyo t1r but they are much, much firmer in the sidewall than the toyos.