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AdiSRI
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Registered: 1st May 02
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1st Aug 03 at 10:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Are these any good?
I have heard that they have a thin sidewall design, which may help to stop my rubbing at the rear. I currently have 195/46/16 Continental Rainsports which supposibly have very big sidewalls.
The fronts are now nrealy bare, so i was gonna put the good condition rear tyres on the front and put the thin Falkens on the back to try to help cure the rubbing?

my whells are ET45 7.5" x 16's thus the rubbing, anyone know if these tyres will rub less than my current ones?? Anyo other tyres with thin sidewalls u can reccomend?????
PainZ
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Camberley, Surrey - Drives a Black Vectra VXR Esta
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1st Aug 03 at 11:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

get your arches done
AdiSRI
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1st Aug 03 at 11:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Yes i am as u know, but it needs all the help it can get LOL.
Gambit
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1st Aug 03 at 14:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

how low is your car?? should be rubbing to begin with!
Meat-Pie-SRI
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1st Aug 03 at 17:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

i've got them, v thin sidewalls which i need, not bad tyres really, bit suspect in the wet but they are quite cheap!
AdiSRI
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1st Aug 03 at 18:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

my car is -40mm, but it rubs due to wheel width being 7.5".

Will the falken tyres help?? or shud i get toyos as they are cheapish also?
Rainesie
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1st Aug 03 at 18:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I've got them on the rear, rubbed on 17s et42 lowered 40mm but doesn't with arch bolts removed. Look crap from the side but do have a very curved profile, not square cut so might help and again, not the best in the wet. I would go for Hankook Ventus, same price range and i believe a better tyre.
AdiSRI
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1st Aug 03 at 18:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Hmm, my rainsports are great in dry and wet, just rub like a bitch. Damn i still want good gripping tyres?? The hankooks are crap from what i have seen of em, halfords Fox rubber LOL
calidus
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1st Aug 03 at 18:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I got em on 17" kahns minumum rubbing, but theyre et45,cars dropped 45mm as well
AdiSRI
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1st Aug 03 at 20:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

anyone else this is important!
Rainesie
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1st Aug 03 at 20:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Well, i've had Hankooks and Falken tyres at various times and the tread pattern on the Hankooks is better and they are a longer lasting tyre for the same money, at least where i buy them from anyway.
AdiSRI
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1st Aug 03 at 20:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

OK m8 thanks for the advice, anyone know if Toyos have a thin side wall??
TOMAS
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2nd Aug 03 at 11:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

SOD all that! Dont you realise you can get Dunlop's in 195/40/16? That should solve youre problem, ohh and they are about £80 a tyre...
AdiSRI
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2nd Aug 03 at 17:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yup i know about the dunlops tomas, but i thought they were more than that, and wudnt be good to have diffo profile front/rear wud it??

 
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