replacement for bridgestone S02s
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I was up at the factory a few weeks ago talking to one of the guys there about this subject. He is still hopeful that Bridgestone will keep making the SO2's, but if they don't, the they will probably use the Good year F1's that are about to be launched over here or the Toyo's that go on the Tuscans.
I've used Good Year's in the past and had no problems with them.
I've used Good Year's in the past and had no problems with them.
Hi Big M. Which tyre centre did you use, I'm in Colchester and my recently acquired Griff is going to need some new shoes in the not too distant future. If I can't source SO2's I may look at the F1. Toyo are out of the running as they don't make a ZR rated tyre for a 15" wheel.
By the way, was it you I saw driving down Cowdray Avenue late Sunday afternoon, green griff or are you the blue one I've seen around?
By the way, was it you I saw driving down Cowdray Avenue late Sunday afternoon, green griff or are you the blue one I've seen around?
Big M - I've answered you about meets on the "Suffolk Griff Meet" thread. Just going back on topic, had a look at Goodyears website. It doesn't look like they do a ZR rated 15" tyre. Perhaps your fella has 16" rims on the front?
Found a similar thread on the club forum, apparently the factory can supply 16" rims but at £178+VAT this is an expensive option. So if it isn't SO2s it will have to be SO3s for me. Reading other threads, it seems the SO3s are fine once scrubbed if you're using them on the normal 15/16" rims.
These guys list SO2s on their site:
www.topgear.co.uk/
Weather they can supply them is another matter.
Found a similar thread on the club forum, apparently the factory can supply 16" rims but at £178+VAT this is an expensive option. So if it isn't SO2s it will have to be SO3s for me. Reading other threads, it seems the SO3s are fine once scrubbed if you're using them on the normal 15/16" rims.
These guys list SO2s on their site:
www.topgear.co.uk/
Weather they can supply them is another matter.
its GOOD NEWS chaps
you dont have to hunt any more 'cause my local tyre dealer is doing SO2's and at a discount for TVR members
Go to www.yorknet.co.uk/tvrcc and to the mebers discount page then look up the link to MDR motors
Details there
He'll mail order them to you from
Harrogate North Yorkshire
Hope this helps
you dont have to hunt any more 'cause my local tyre dealer is doing SO2's and at a discount for TVR members
Go to www.yorknet.co.uk/tvrcc and to the mebers discount page then look up the link to MDR motors
Details there
He'll mail order them to you from
Harrogate North Yorkshire
Hope this helps
much info on other threads, but basically..
i track my griff 500 regularly in uk and abroad.
ALWAYS used so2's as they were on the car to start and had good feeling / breakaway / grip & turn in.
so2's ran out just before a big road trip round europe so after much web searching, chatting to other drivers and dealers settled on so3's and hoped for the best!
scrubbed them in as recommended by steve heath and found them excellent!!
a bit stiffer but not too noticable. no tram-lining, feel ok at 150mph, still great feel drifting the car at 80-90 mph and have worn very well.
so, most new high performance tyres are not being made in a 15" rim for the front. so it's either so3's or an older style tread pattern (zz1's etc) or upgrade your front rims to 16" on front (which is what the factory did) so that proxes fit. apparently these are excellent and fairly cheap!
some other guy's have had probs with so3's, but that normally comes with oversize rims (see apache's excellent rims 18" i think1 ) or with a poor handling car where the stiffer tyres excentuate handling probs.
hope this is a help...it comes from many hours of searching,talking asking questions etc .
good luck
:smile:
i track my griff 500 regularly in uk and abroad.
ALWAYS used so2's as they were on the car to start and had good feeling / breakaway / grip & turn in.
so2's ran out just before a big road trip round europe so after much web searching, chatting to other drivers and dealers settled on so3's and hoped for the best!
scrubbed them in as recommended by steve heath and found them excellent!!
a bit stiffer but not too noticable. no tram-lining, feel ok at 150mph, still great feel drifting the car at 80-90 mph and have worn very well.
so, most new high performance tyres are not being made in a 15" rim for the front. so it's either so3's or an older style tread pattern (zz1's etc) or upgrade your front rims to 16" on front (which is what the factory did) so that proxes fit. apparently these are excellent and fairly cheap!
some other guy's have had probs with so3's, but that normally comes with oversize rims (see apache's excellent rims 18" i think1 ) or with a poor handling car where the stiffer tyres excentuate handling probs.
hope this is a help...it comes from many hours of searching,talking asking questions etc .
good luck
:smile:
the general concensus for best replacement if you cant get SO2's (I hear there are some around if you look) is the Toyo Proxes which are also OEM for Tamora/Tusc. The main reason for this is a very compliant sidewall which reduces tramlining. SO3's have far stifer walls than SO2's, hence the problem. TVR did a load of work looking for the most compliant sidewalls before settling with Toyo. You should try them
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