pumpers
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| posted on 2/8/04 at 01:23 PM |
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tyres - where from?
been to mytyres .co.uk. ordered my yoko a539 175/60/13@s in preparation for oulton on the 4th , been waiting 2 weeks and they now tell me they
can't get them and don't know when they will have any!! been checking other sites/dealers with no joy. blackcircle say they can get them
but want over £60 a tyre delivered!! there only £34 from mytyres!! so where else can i get them from at a reasonable price? and before sept 4th!!!
help please!!! pumpers.
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ned
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| posted on 2/8/04 at 01:32 PM |
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tried ringing round local tyre dealers out of the yellow pages?
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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wicket
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| posted on 2/8/04 at 01:55 PM |
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Polley Motor Sport do A539's and if there A012R prices are anything to go by you will be pleasently surprised, see below
http://www.polleymotorsport.co.uk/tyres/road/A539.htm
185/70 13 A021R's on refurbed Capri Laser rims.
Polley Motor Sport 4 tyres inc vat and del £173; DT's want £300 for the same deal !!!!!!!!
My local Yoko dealer wants £65+vat ea for A021R's
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 2/8/04 at 03:08 PM |
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You could try top gear tyres
here
Cheers
Jim
[Edited on 2/8/04 by jimgiblett]
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zilspeed
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| posted on 2/8/04 at 03:35 PM |
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I got on well with www.buyatyre.com
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Rob Palin
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| posted on 2/8/04 at 05:05 PM |
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I found Buyatyre/Bookatrack on the net and they were the cheapest by far at £40 each for A539s.
I was a bit wary about buying from them as i'd never heard of them before so i rang up Tweeks and asked if they could match it. They
couldn't match the individual tyre price but delivery was cheaper so it was about the same overall and they arrived the next day.
Could be worth a try.
[Edited on 2/8/04 by Rob Palin]
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pumpers
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| posted on 2/8/04 at 06:25 PM |
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tx everyone, will ring round tomorrow. topgear tyres are doing them for £33. seems like a good deal to me. tx again.
pumpers.
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Rob Palin
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| posted on 3/8/04 at 10:57 AM |
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Just noticed that you said 175/60's and not 185/60's.
I ran with 175's on the front and 185's on the rear for the first half of last year and found moving to 185's all round to be much
better, particularly under braking.
There will be some extra aero drag but the additional cornering and braking performance should more than make up for that (extra exit speed onto the
straights and braking later at the end of them, to be pedantic about it  ).
[Edited on 3/8/04 by Rob Palin]
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pumpers
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| posted on 3/8/04 at 06:07 PM |
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tx rob, just a little late!! ordered some 175's which should be arriving in next few days. I'll try and change to 185's 2morrow but
there not shown as stocked on the topgear website.
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Rob Palin
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 posted on 3/8/04 at 08:16 PM |
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D'oh! Sorry chief. I should have been faster on the draw.
It could be worse though. Last year i raced at Oulton with narrow A509's all round and the car was bloody awful. It was like wrestling a snake
smeared in cod liver oil. It's at times like that you realise how close the barriers are at Oulton!
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