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I still dont understand the fascination with stupendous amounts of camber and the oversized rubbers that hit the guards

somehow its cool to have your bowels forced into your lungs when u drive around with shithouse offsets and low profile rubbers

ffs we're in australia here, kiss your $2000 rubbers goodbye every 6 months with that much camber and the potholes

-D

you need to change tyre shops then

well i figure, why by shit rubber if u drive a decent car? Im running stock 16's and my toyo t1r's come in around $880 odd for the rubbers

when i factor in the price increase for 18" rubbers >if< i was gonna get 18's, and the rubbers are pretty decent like the goodyear eagle f1 assymetric, it comes out to damn near $2k sure u can shop around but still, you go up two inches in rim diameter and be paying like twice as much

-D

i bought 18inch bridgestone potenza's 80% tread in top condition a number of times for $180 each. Very good tyres and they last ages from Used Tyre mart. I could afford to buy brand spankin new tyres but I dont see the point in spending $2000 for tyres that just wear out anyway.

Edited by Ryanrb25
i bought 18inch bridgestone potenza's 80% tread in top condition a number of times for $180 each. Very good tyres and they last ages from Used Tyre mart. I could afford to buy brand spankin new tyres but I dont see the point in spending $2000 for tyres that just wear out anyway.

nice and cheap if u got the connections but most of us peons have to go to a tyre place and have them balanced, fitted and aligned... not all of us are mechanics

-D

who ever is paying 2k for 18" tyres that arent high end R compound tyres or something is getting raped.

i bought 18inch bridgestone potenza's 80% tread in top condition a number of times for $180 each. Very good tyres and they last ages from Used Tyre mart. I could afford to buy brand spankin new tyres but I dont see the point in spending $2000 for tyres that just wear out anyway.

ur getting raped too lol

but that comes complementary with every purchase at used tyre mart.

lol nissdik, I wondered how long it would be before the dribble started again......having said that, I don't mind a bit of sarcasm from mates .

You must be a very little man with a 10ft tall keyboard......can't wait to get acquainted!

i bought 18inch bridgestone potenza's 80% tread in top condition a number of times for $180 each. Very good tyres and they last ages from Used Tyre mart. I could afford to buy brand spankin new tyres but I dont see the point in spending $2000 for tyres that just wear out anyway.
nice and cheap if u got the connections but most of us peons have to go to a tyre place and have them balanced, fitted and aligned... not all of us are mechanics

-D

I got Brand spanking new Bridgestone Potenza RE001 rubber for my line for....$209 fitted and balanced

235/45/R17's for $209 and no you dont need connections to get a bargain, and i rate the RE001 very very highly as to the amount of grip they offer on these Adelaide roads, very impressed with the tyre performance.....and I am no mechanic either

So $180 for 18's with 80% tread left sounds fairly decent price too ryan

Here's some NS prices for tyres, oh and they're semi's;

KU36

205/50/15 $151.00

215/45/16 $133.00 Nil Stock

225/50/16 $155.00

215/45/17 $161.00 Nil Stock

225/45/17 $194.00

235/45/17 $164.00

245/40/17 $215.00

245/45/17 $220.00

255/40/17 $224.00

275/40/17 $250.00

285/40/17 $275.00

315/35/17 $250.00 Order In Only

225/40/18 $233.00

225/45/18 $235.00

235/40/18 $224.00 Nil Stock

245/35/18 $206.00

245/40/18 $254.00

265/35/18 $224.00

275/35/18 $277.00

285/35/19 $269.00

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http://www.nissansilvia.com/forums/index.p...howtopic=390155

Edited by D_Stirls

this awesome thread is going moderately average

cant find the pic but a days of thunder"his way my way" comes to mind :)

and damo if that ferrari pic is real holy f40 thats crazy. ive only eva seen 1 in real life

MORE AWESOME DEBATE WHICH CAME FIRST CHICKEN OR THE EGG

Edited by Inline 6
lol nissdik, I wondered how long it would be before the dribble started again......having said that, I don't mind a bit of sarcasm from mates .

You must be a very little man with a 10ft tall keyboard......can't wait to get acquainted!

yep, very little, that's me :)

Here's some NS prices for tyres, oh and they're semi's;

http://www.nissansilvia.com/forums/index.p...howtopic=390155

Dayummmmmm I wouldnt mind a set of in 235/45/17 for $164.00..... where'd my birthday money go... oh wait thats right - alcohol! :)

and just to keep this post on topic:

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