Motorsport Tyres

[Hadouken]

Motorsport Tyres

Yo,

Where do you track junkies get your tyres from?  Surely there must be better places than Gordon Leven and Gary's motorsport in NSW to source my future tyre.

I want to tee up my next set of tyres.  DZ03G, R888R or Z221.  

It seems so hard to find anything though.

[KiwiRS4T]

No replies? I believe some people find that even with freight it is worthwhile to buy from

https://www.tirerack.com/content/tirerack/desktop/en/homepage.html

Personally I buy slicks from NZV8 teams as they sell them with lots of use left in them.

[Hadouken]

I've spoken with tyre rack. They don't export toyo or hankook to aus anymore.

[Hadouken]

Seems like it's all hush hush in this industry

Not because no one has replied, but even when talking to other retailers/sellers. Interstate businesses don't mingle or ship either.

[GTofuS-T]

I've heard good things about Option 1 Garage but never used them myself

http://www.option1garage.com.au/

[admS15]

These guys deal with Kuhmo, list of suppliers at bottom of page

http://www.fsport.com.au/index.htm

[Hadouken]

I've dealt with O1G. They are fine but only stock achilles and nitto.

I'll definitely call some of those suppliers on fs port website.

I'm not so sure I want to use kuhmo. But have heard good things about v710's. Slick life

[Duncan]

I just go to Gary's or Gordon and get raped like everyone else. Sometimes when they are a control tyre there is a discount of something like $5 per tyre so they are only 550 each.

The guys with the fastest tyres (Z221 and A050) know it, and charge accordingly. second tier tyres are much cheaper at about 350-400ea so if you don't need outright pace go for something else. The official distributors have a nice tight monopoly. Yes you can import them if the even doesn't need marked tyres (most control tyre events do) but how long are you willing to wait....

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

JDMyard gets, but their prices are shit too unless you have a lawn mower built by them. 

[Hadouken]

I can't believe how tight their grip is on the market.

I'm in a good position at the moment where I have a good 2-3 months before needing tyres.

I'm not concerned about getting the bees knees of tyres unless they are a great price.

Considering even the dz03g is going for the same price as a z221. Come on haha.

I wanted to try the new r888r but once again "they" are charging 400+ a tyre. Haha.

I might aswell just go and buy slicks at this rate.

[Steve85]

I used tyretrader.com.au once. Good price, slow to ship. But as long as you dont need them urgently they're pretty good. About 60% retail on the Khumos I bought.

[260DET]

The way it was explained to me by the Brisbane Hankook dealer is that firstly the volume of motorsport tyre sales is so low compared with regular tyre sales that none of the big boys are interested. It's also very specialised at to sizes, compounds etc, date of manufacture is also relevant, eg it's very easy to get stuck with old tyres that no one wants. Might add that this bloke spent a lot of time fitting and balancing the new Hankooks, it was not a 'wham bam there you go mate' job.

[Anfanee]

gone are the days i could get 595 RSR for $140 a corner on 265/35/18's....

[Hadouken]

Oi habibs.

Where the hell can I buy Federal FZ201s?

I have called many places already.

[Duncan]

The man to talk to is Mick Hart at NTW, i'd try and do so via our club's contacts first rather than direct if possible. They are the importer and wholesaler and supply via SAU.  But you may find they are not imported anymore which would be a shame

[Hadouken]

Yeh I already spoke to him. No go anymore.

So I've emailed federal directly to see if they can help me out with a supplier.

I've found 1 in qld but they are closed over christmas. Can't confirm if they still supply

[Duncan]

Pretty sure it will be a no, sadly. They were excellent for the price

[Hadouken]

Sad face

[Hadouken]

May be on to a winner with a supplier. Yew

[Hadouken]

Not for feds though. I found 1 seller and he wants 440 a tyre LOL that's A050/z221 money