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GoodYear GS-D3

Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:35 pm
by Blugg
Just wondering if there's any difference in 'Made in country models'.

Explaination: These GS-D3s, are they made locally? Or is their a Made-in-Thailand GS-D3 that local tire shops try to palm off at cheap prices. And the only time you find out is when you break traction :roll:

Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:48 pm
by AJ
have a squiz at the sidewall, it'll tell you where they were made & what the build date is blugg :wink:

Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:52 pm
by Blugg
Ok so apparently there aren't many Made in Germany GS-D3s anymore. Anyone has any experiences with the Thailands ones?

Or should I just settle for Toyo T1-S

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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:18 pm
by Charlie Brown
Blugg wrote:Ok so apparently there aren't many Made in Germany GS-D3s anymore. Anyone has any experiences with the Thailands ones?

Or should I just settle for Toyo T1-S


Why not settle for the best tyre to suit the MX5 and get the Precedas :?:

Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:21 pm
by AJ
hehehe.........ya reckon if we nag 'em long enuff they'll learn CB??? :lol:

Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:56 pm
by Blugg
Yeah I would like them Precedas but the I hath not much moola to spend on these rubber rings.

Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:24 pm
by EGG80X
I had GS-D3, both different compands....

The one made in thailand is a harder compand is totally crap and offers no grip

Then GS-D3 made in germany was a softer compound and its a bit noiser then the thailand.... and they do offer decent grip

Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:23 pm
by Adam_NAclubman
My cousin went from AVS 102's on his 535iS (all new bushes, new sway bars, new Bilsteins, headwork, exhaust etc) to German GSD3's on our tyre guy's advice (almost as much grip, much better wear rate, much cheaper) and after running them in a bit we were VERY impressed with them.


40 minutes of hills hammering (and for a biiig car it really does hammer) showed no sign of the tyres overheating and losing grip, clocked one of his best times on one of our routes and was able to go hard enough that his EBC Greenstuff pads caught fire (10 inch flames inside the wheels).

I was suitably impressed with the F1's

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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:55 pm
by Blugg
EGG80X wrote:I had GS-D3, both different compands....

The one made in thailand is a harder compand is totally crap and offers no grip

Then GS-D3 made in germany was a softer compound and its a bit noiser then the thailand.... and they do offer decent grip



Really!? Are the Thailand ones THAT bad?! Anyone else care to share Thai GS-D3 experiences?

Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:25 am
by Slugoid
I have a set of made in Thailand one's at the front and so far they've been good to me. Hard for me to really say if they're any good because I have crap tyres at the rear (Revspec Ducaro).

Still deciding whether to find a set of German GS-D3's or just settle for another tyre (T1-R, Precedas, etc.) for the fronts, and move the Thai GS-D3's to the rear?

Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:51 am
by Blugg
The thing is from my googling, MOST Goodyear tires are now made in Thailand. For obvious reasons of cost and plentiful rubber.

However (also from googling), only the 18' GS-D3s are made in Germany, anything smaller comes from Thailand. I'm not sure if there's a \"Made in Aust\" version.

Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 7:45 am
by mazlot
I have 215 40 16's on the 5, as well as 225 40 18's on my other car, both made in Germany, both very good tyres, good grip, low noise, etc.

I was told all GS-D3's are made in Germany, not sure how true that is, but it is in my case 8)

I too have heard the bad Thailand stories, mainly in respect to European cars.

Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 6:51 pm
by Blugg
Went for Proxes 4 in the end 8)

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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 2:30 pm
by Chris P
Blugg wrote:
Really!? Are the Thailand ones THAT bad?! Anyone else care to share Thai GS-D3 experiences?


Yes they are EFFING SHOCKING!

The Thailand Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's are like Bob Jane Aussie All Rounders or other tyres of that ilk. Shame on them for charging people through the nose and branding their tyres as the "flagship performance model"

Good to see you didn't buy them 8)

...I think I put up a post on country of manufacture a while back...hmmm

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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 9:02 pm
by Inf3ct0R
wait a sec...... I got 1:17:58 @ wakies with gs-d3's that were made in thailand, they are bloody soft, I gone thru two sets and they each lasted 15,000km...

there are two kind, a GS-D2 and GS-D3, the D2 is the super hard compound, D3 = super soft!


Chris P wrote:
Blugg wrote:
Really!? Are the Thailand ones THAT bad?! Anyone else care to share Thai GS-D3 experiences?


Yes they are EFFING SHOCKING!

The Thailand Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's are like Bob Jane Aussie All Rounders or other tyres of that ilk. Shame on them for charging people through the nose and branding their tyres as the "flagship performance model"

Good to see you didn't buy them 8)

...I think I put up a post on country of manufacture a while back...hmmm