help! ARE MY WINTER TYRES TOO BIG?

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help! ARE MY WINTER TYRES TOO BIG?

Post by SLYDIT » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:14 pm

CAN ANYONE please tell me if they think i went overboard on the winter tyres? The ride isnt as good but they are great in the traffic!
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Post by Psycho_Dad » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:27 am

lol could you think of the amount of fact clutches you'd burn through
trying to get those turning on a flat surface

/me pouts over still having a factory clutch

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Post by WideOpenThrottle » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:46 pm

They look fine to me!Great for those TRACK days.
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Post by Gordon Tucker » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:05 pm

Geez Glen, have the potholes in your drive got that big?
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help! ARE MY WINTER TYRES TOO BIG?

Post by peter » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:22 pm

Hey Glen,
how long have you had the Toyo T1-R 16s? I got mine in 2006 , they still look brand new - except for the one that blew out on the motorway......which they cou;dn't replace without a 4 month wait.... so now I've got 205x16 on front, and 215x16 on back.


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