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Hey if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all, so.... .. .... ...

Thats more or less what I was thinking, the car had 255's all round before on Potenza RE050A's. He recommended I go smaller. I just found it odd. In the future I'm happy to go back to a 255 profile for better grip. I wasnt exactly being stingy, the tyres he ended up selling me (which grip well, at least atm for what the car is, I can't complain, though I don't notice the steering to be noticably better) were considerably cheaper than the ones I walked in and attempted to buy. So as this is odd from a sales point of view, I thought I'd ask the wiser minds here. Thanks for the! feedback.

Dropped my car off at the same place it was at for 14 months, for a 'week' for them to finish 'some™' electical issues (about 25 of them). Chances of seeing this car in 1 week, I'm wagering low.

I realise that, which was why I was skeptical. Surely more tyre, more grip? Unless he was suggesting somewhat of an offset to counter for a skyline's (somewhat) natural desire to ....oversteer? Uh. Would have thought they were more prone to understeer. I'm just trying to understand why, when presented with a customer who wanted to buy 4x 255's, that he would try and sell them a cheaper tyre (as its smaller) under the premise of providing better handling. The angle he was going was that it was physically harder to handle the car (i.e, turn the wheel) if you have big fat fronts. Is this, for lack of a better term - Completely incorrect? Or one of those things thats technically correct but so infintely small an effect as so it wouldn't be there at all?

Sorry, I should revise and say that smaller tyres at the front As in reducing size from a 255 to a 235 at the fronts would improve handling of the car in general, and that going larger would actually cause the car to handle worse. This was irrespective of rim size (i.e, with an appropriate rim for whatever tyre size ultimately selected)

Hi all. Sorry to post what must be a very basic question. I have just recently obtained a set of new tyres. Previously I had 4x 255/35/r18's. However, when I went to replace them I was advised that smaller tyres are better for handling, in general. The car is a RWD Skyline, so I was advised I'd get far better handling by running something like 235's up front, and 255's at the rear. I hadn't heard of anything like this before. Is this true? Is it just weight that would make a difference? We'll assume that the rims involved can fit both tyre widths fine, is there actually a disadvantage for running wider front tires on a RWD car? Again, sorry if there's a lot of people facepalming away at what is a very basic question that I couldn't find any info on, anywhere.

R33 GTR (imo)

lol thanks That said, the day was awesome apart from the fact that my damn car broke down, twice. This is in addition to it breaking down on thursday. The stress of this may have added a few years I think.

30 tomorrow

How's a RB25 180 go then? Better than a skyline in every way? Or is there a tradeoff

I have been told many many times Nistune does not work on the RB25DE ECU (R34 GT) nfi about R33 or 32..

I am forced (unhappily, but noone in the country can find an alternative..) to use one.. and my car setup will/is _SIMILAR_ to yours, but my car runs so poorly you surely don't want a map of this. I was wondering if the piggyback is the reason it (mine) is so laggy, that or a really half-assed tune.

I don't know about you guys, but "bang for buck" is a pretty important variable when it comes to how good a car is when you are purchasing one.

+1 for leaving it as it is

For anyone searching and finding this thread - I now do not need one of these as I have found one and it's all OK

For what its worth, I lose traction @ about 4000 rpm with 230rwkw with 255/35/R18's with 140 treadwear rating.. that arent near the indicators yet. That said they are about 3+ years old.

From what I have read they are. Still need one!

R34 GT and R34 GTT - Same airbox? Or no?

Sent you a TXT

wtb R34 airbox/snorkel. If you have one, you should send me a PM immediately. Yes, I'm talking to you.

Pretty much as is. Please send me a PM and I will get back to you faster than you'd think people can reply to PM's to.

You didn't mention whether it's a Manual or Semi-Auto. If it is Semi-Auto, don't do the engine swap, just.. just don't. The smart money is all on "Sell and buy turbo car later" though. It is the best value for money option by far. "Sell and buy R33 GTR when off P's" is even better.

Hey man, anyone's name is good around here They were certainly recommended by someone who probably has the best name here bar none, so, I'm just going with that..

They moved (or are in the process of) moving on Monday this week. So it seems the phone is now off as of today.. or it was when I called. As to WTF is wrong with my car and WTF it took so long, that is a mystery that probably shouldn't be brought onto the forums to discuss their pretty good name, for reasons I just have to assume apply to everyone other than me

Yes. Even though it's been there.. well, see sig. It was supposedly done today. They said they'd call today. They didn't, I tried to call them, number disconnected. Lols were had at my expense at work where this epic car delay is now quite epically known. Would like to be able to be in touch with them, failing that I guess I'll have to just go down there and uh, ....look for wherever they moved to?