What rubber next?

What rubber next?

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Ace-T

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7,714 posts

256 months

Monday 7th November 2005
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So it looks as if my tyres are buggered after mounting the pavement Dukes of Hazzard stylee after being cut up this evening (side walls bulging ) and the tracking looks fairly fecked too, but I think that is all that is wrong (getting it properly checked out tomorrow).

So the question is what rubber do I get next?

These tyres were Falkens and were great in the dry but I was not so convinced in the wet. Since I replaced the Greenstuffs on the front with Ferodo pads, it doesn't want to spin any more - which is good (ordinary drums on back) but I am still not sure about the wet grip. From what I can tell Yokohamas are fab in the dry but are they good wet tyres too? Anyone using them or anything else you could recommend? (10 * 6's BTW)

Cheers

Ace-T

Ace-T

Original Poster:

7,714 posts

256 months

Saturday 12th November 2005
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Thanks for the excellent advice as usual guys Turns out anyway that only one tyre has been damaged and needs replacing, the rest of the car has checked out perfectly . This new tyre will go on the back to keep the wear on the front the same (although I have only done about 5k on them anyway.)

I will experiment with the pressures Cooperman as they are all at 28 at the moment. My mini garage man took me out in my car and we were doing 60 round a roundabout twice and although there was a bit of squealing they really stuck to the (dry) road. I will have to have a play in a carpark on a wet night to see what they really do under 'entertaining' conditions

Thanks again.

Ace-T