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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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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?
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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?
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?
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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
I too have heard the bad Thailand stories, mainly in respect to European cars.
I was told all GS-D3's are made in Germany, not sure how true that is, but it is in my case
I too have heard the bad Thailand stories, mainly in respect to European cars.
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Chris P
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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
...I think I put up a post on country of manufacture a while back...hmmm
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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!
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
...I think I put up a post on country of manufacture a while back...hmmm
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