Tyre choice?

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Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:04 pm

Dunlops
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Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:22 pm

i would say the dunlops, i had a loan of some wheels with venturas on, they weren't bad but seemed to have soft sidewalls, they didn't fell as planted as the dunlpos do despite still ahving good grip

i'd go with the dunlops
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Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:46 pm

Over £80 per corner???

Toyo works out at £54
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once scrubbed in seem to be impossible to skid or lock up.

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Post Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:59 pm

Well I've got the NCT 5's on, done 500 miles on them and they seem ok, hard for me to gauge becasue I've only been running on the BBS for 3 weeks, so obviously they feel a whole lot better than the skinny 14" steelies I was carrying!

One problem, the drivers side wheel has a nasty scuff on the rim and it appears to be letting the tyre down within a couple of days pumping it up whihc has really pissed me off actually but I'll get it sorted - probs buy a straight 5th wheel and swap tyres over and then have a "last resort" spare until I can afford a refurb on them all.

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