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Silverstone's in general.......
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:04 pm
by maxwolfie
Is there general
or
regarding Silverstone's tyres available...... the thing is that I need 205/40/r17's - Im also getting a buckle in my wheel taken out at Neale's in Sydney and this is the only brand he had left...... Other than Nankang's , which I'm not touching lol
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:24 pm
by ducktape69
i had silverstones for like 2 weeks and they were sh*t!
i have nankangs now and they r great!
why dont u like nankangs?
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:19 pm
by kitkat
have a mate with silverstones on his astra turbo and he thinks there fantastic. Also said there not to expensive either.
I cant personally comment on them though.
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:30 pm
by RobbieRat
Just wore out a set of new silverstones in 6 months, pretty good tyre for the price, id buy them again
Now i have Nankangs 205/45/16 pretty hard to beat at $100 each
Pretty happy with their performance too
Cheers Rob
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:11 pm
by AJ
6 months??
......how many k's??
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:49 pm
by RobbieRat
About 20,000 includes 2 track days.......lol
I Do drive the wheels off mine everyday though and have a track in my backyard so to speak
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:31 pm
by adamjp
I had Silverstone 205/40-17 on my car when I bought it. The only good thing I will say about these sports tyres is that they stop the rims from rubbing on the ground!
Would never use them again! They are worst in the wet.
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:57 pm
by smiles
I think they're up there with a set of retreads.
Save some more $$$ and get something decent.
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:27 pm
by EGG80X
smiles wrote:I think they're up there with a set of retreads.
Save some more $$$ and get something decent.
Here here, I'm with Ian
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:32 pm
by PT
Silverstones, and Nankangs are better than bridgestone out-of-rounders in horrid sizes, but they really can't be compared to the likes of the GSD3, or the RT215 etc....
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:49 pm
by ducktape69
the only reason i would buy silverstones again is if my car was a weekend car and ALL i used my car for was donuts and burnouts....
really reallly poor grip...thats all i can say.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:57 pm
by maxwolfie
Ended up getting Nankang NS-1's, cause that's all they had
They seem to stick quite well though??
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:42 pm
by RobbieRat
Good one Max, what did they set you back?
BTW mine are the ultrasport 11's and i'm pretty happy with them and will have to use them at Sandown if it rains
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:56 pm
by maxwolfie
$140 per tyre
Neale Wheels are very good - One of the guys there managed to get a nasty buckle out very well - Also gave me some discounts too
(Cause I got the rubber, buckle and I also got some lock nuts)
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:27 pm
by ampz
Glad to hear... But no surprise from neales wheels though, very professional, they onece fixed one of my Simmons there, did a good job too.