Awesome looking tyres? anyone tried these...
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Cheers for the heads up Simon.

Craig. Posting offensive photos like this is going to get you in the deep stuff (30hz and below in woofer-talk).

Call this a yellow card.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

O/T, but a saxo done properly, which is very, very rare. 1600 16v VTS, with itbs, and its foooking quick.
No cheesy show cages in here.

Edited by Carlzilla on 4th Feb, 2012.

Pink floor mats? WTF!

It's foam i think, it's not in there now. He took me for a spin in it the other week. He's obsessed with saving weight, FG bonnet on, FG bootlid and plexi windows to fit, and he's even drilled his rear bumper to reduce drag. I like his door handle idea though. Last time he took it to santa pod it was running dead 14s.

Its a clio mate, but it was shit, have thiese shitty white stickers all over it angel eyes hte usual phase gay bullshit.

I contacted Yokohama on Facebook about wider 10" tyres - they said there wasnt a demand. I find that hard to believe so if enough people (probably a few thousand) demanded them maybe theyd make some

I seriously doubt it!

I'm fine with 165's on 6" wide wheels, but I can see the frustration for those of you want the most from 7" wide wheels.
13x7's just dont suit every car, then theres the extra rotational inertia of them, and the bigger brakes and whatnot else.

Have you had a look at trailer tyre's?
They're available in 195/50/10"
Only downside is..they're only allowed to do a max speed of 120 KMH.
Most of them are E stamped.
Except the one's from the States..
My 2 cents..

It's a little car .... eating big money

Probably not as grippy as 165 Yokos?

Dazed and Confused....

I think that you're right about people wnating a tyre to fit nicely on a 7' 10. The subject does come up now and again. But as Paul says, the reality is that there is no real demand for it to be worth while manufactures making any.

It is a shame though, as they would indeed look splendid and offer terrific amounts of grip.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

I want some 185/50-12s.... Please anyone :)

http://www.allterraintyres.co.uk/index.php...roducts_id=7013

Edited by robert on 5th Feb, 2012.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

In the 13's at last!.. Just

There really only rated to 90mph, according to this document anyway: http://www.scribd.com/Marfy_Shiao_8260/d/6...-karts-Toys-etc

145kph = 90mph so on the road should be fine but on a track? Do you get passed 90mph much?

Edited by Craigie-B on 5th Feb, 2012.

You'll have next to sweet F/A grip with those I reckon, the compound of specialised trailer tyres is generally harder than your average road tyre.

Edited by Carlzilla on 5th Feb, 2012.

What a nonsense thread.

Really, who gives a flying fuck what the MOT people say ? the MOT people arent the police and they would be sending you to court for a potential 3 points per illegal tyre.

And there is more to tyre legality than simple 1.6mm over 75%. The actual tread has to comply with various rules on depth and amount of channel/solid rubber over a certain area as well as the 1.6mm
That's why even with trackday tyres there is tread over pretty much the entire tyre.

Bottom line is, would you risk your license over some tyres when you know damn well you'll never convince a cop or a judge of their legality ?

I know I wouldnt. What could you possibly have to gain by using them on the road ?

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Hoosier tyres....i had a pair of slick's on at pod some years back,

long and short of it was i didnt take them off for the return journey,
Apart from feeling like i needed power steering,
once i got within a few miles from home i hit some traffic and was static for a while, once it started moving again i felt like i was driving on a bumpy road,
so, i got out and checked, and the passenger side tyre had lost all form, bulging out the side and top,
i put this down to excessive heat for a long duration from the side mount Rad,
So thats some experience of using NON E-marked tyres on the Road, would never ever do it again.....

these were slick's not even semi's

We ran the 20.5 inch height version of the second tyre in the wet on our formula student car over here. They wore down very quickly, under 50 ks on a 220 kg car with 70 hp.
Another uni ran them all week, maybe 150 ks and were down to the belts.

In boost we trust

http://www.mrtyremotorsport.co.uk/dunlop-trackday-tyres.asp

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

http://www.dragzine.com/tech-stories/wheel...t-drag-radials/

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