It's all a question of rubber!

[simonhogan]

Another three way involving lots of rubber again! But enough of what I get up to at the weekend, the actual point of this was to get your viewpoint on the question of which shoes to put on a Chimp? In the blue corner we have Toyo Proxes T1s, in the red corner it's Bridgestone Potenza S-02 PPs and in the other corner it's B.P. S-03s. What do you all think? Who will be the champion in the 'rubber ring rumble'? PHers... it's over to you!

[chimhunter]

Don't take my word for it but the knowledge I've distilled from PH is below. Someone else will post a different opinion pretty soon

From what I see elsewhere on PH (try some searches on tyres), the S-02s are rare as rocking horse poo, so that puts them in third place.

The Toyos have a soft sidewall so are good for 17" and 18" wheels like the Tuscan/Tamora/T350C. These are a little too soft for the Chim running on 15" rims. Plus they have only just started doing the Proxes in 225/50 ZR15 (fronts) so again availability might be a prob. I don't know, I haven't checked.

So the winner by default are the S-03s. I don't really mean by default, a lot of people swear by them. New S-03 fronts going on mine on Saturday. As an added bonus, apparently people are setting PB's on S-03s when sprinting their TVR. Not something I'm going to be trying anytime soon.

Rob

>> Edited by chimhunter on Wednesday 23 July 17:41

[.Mark]

simonhogan said:

which shoes to put on a Chimp?

Sandals, nice and open ones. You'll find socks and closed shoes really make their feet smell, I suspect however it would prefer it bare foot.

[the dodger]

These usually go bare-footed:

However, Chimaeras - or Chims I hear prefer Bridgstone S02 or S03.

[s333tvr]

Had 4 new SO3s fitted at Bracknell Tyre yesterday incl balance and valves @ £334 all in - fitted in about half an hour - excellent service !! Most other places are quoting between £450 and £600 !!

[M@H]

I have SO2 PP's all round, and seem very good to me ..once they are worn out I will venture on to the S03.

Cheers
Matt.