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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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09/03/2012 00:22
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Hovedan
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Falken 453 - asymmetrical Eagle F1's - asymmetrical again And the Toyos... Yep, asymmetrical Where are their directional V pattern relations?
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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09/03/2012 01:43
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DanTheManc
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I bought some Falken FK-452's a couple of months ago after reading a lot of positive reviews and they were only £65 a corner for my VXR.
I can honestly say, they are the worst tyre I have ever owned. I've noticed a huge loss of grip compared to my old continental tyres which had 2.5mm thread. They're really noisy too.
I'll be replacing them with either Continentals or eagle F1's next time. I just wish the F1's still had the V thread pattern.
2000 Moony 20VT6 VXR BMW 335i BMW M135i 2017 Cupra 290 Black Edition
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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09/03/2012 01:53
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Ed
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Falken 453 - asymmetrical Eagle F1's - asymmetrical again And the Toyos... Yep, asymmetrical Where are their directional V pattern relations? Think they have all been, or are in the process of being discontinued unfortunately. Certainly the Eagle GSD3 and T1Rs are no more and stock of the 452's seems iffy at times.
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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09/03/2012 07:44
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Anyway. What oil should I be using when running on 18s?
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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09/03/2012 08:19
09/03/2012 08:19
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Truffle
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On a related note, what on earth have blackcircles done to their website. It's a horrific user experience now!
Instead of leaving the user to decide what they want from a great selection, it seems they have struck a deal with Toyo.
Basically if you want Toyo or Blackcircles own 'budget' brand tyre, you're fine. Otherwise you're best going elsewhere.
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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09/03/2012 11:24
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Truffle
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I think it's important to note that this is just a brake test carried out on a BMW on 17"s. It not directly related to our applications, but I think I kind of shows what we suspect - more expensive tyres tend to be better and the cheap ones tend to be crap. Everything else sits in between and largely a matter of taste/price If you click on a tyre you get a far more detailed view of each tyre and the goodyear beats the No.1 overall by a long way.
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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09/03/2012 11:53
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sjpbarchetta
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I have just had a couple of GSD3's fitted today - so there are still some about.
More concerning is that the Asymmetrics in the test are not available in 16". The only Y rated tyre I could buy today was the GSD3.
It seems 16" is no longer considered a 'performance' size, so Y and Z rated tyres are no longer being produced.
Where does this leave us, as FIAT recommended a Y speed rating?
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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09/03/2012 12:41
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howardmagoo
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The falken 452's on my FTO are noisy and crap. Bugger all grip.
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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11/03/2012 09:37
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I like Danthemanc and Howardmagoo had the Falken 452 and thought they were noisy and the grip was avaerage. People rate the alot on here and I basically think they are overated. Before that I had the Nankang ns2 and in the dry they were a tad better than the falkens, but in the rain they were shockingly bad.
Now I have Conti sport contact 5 all round, one word, amazing!
Now in the 400+ bhp club!
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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11/03/2012 11:23
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RobShed
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912's on the rear and regular Ultrac's on the front is a mega-brill combo
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Re: 2012 Tyre Test Results
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12/03/2012 12:33
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Nobby
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Toyo T1-R are being replaced with T1-Sports I think.
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