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Old 20 June 2005, 10:00 AM
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Question AVON Tyres

Anyone running these at the moment? I remember a few years ago from personal expericence they wern't too good. Sidewall splitting from the tyre on one accasion
Old 21 June 2005, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by CEL
Anyone running these at the moment? I remember a few years ago from personal expericence they wern't too good. Sidewall splitting from the tyre on one accasion
Hi CEL, I have been running Avon ZZ3s for three or four months now on my sti ver.5. Very good grip in the dry and same again on wet tarmac. Can't fault them at the moment. Have done about 2500 miles on them. Sidewalls still OK and the rest of the tyre fine. Previous tyres were Bridgestone SO3, didn't like them at all !

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Old 21 June 2005, 01:49 PM
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i've had zz3's before and apart from high wear (soft compound tire so grip well) found them very good indeed
Old 21 June 2005, 02:27 PM
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ZZ1 total ****e ZZ3 ok
Old 21 June 2005, 02:29 PM
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I'm very impressed with the ZZ3's I'm running at the mo, very progressive
Old 21 June 2005, 02:50 PM
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i am on my third set of zz3's-i really like them very predictable and good wear
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Old 22 June 2005, 11:37 AM
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ZZ3 users - How do you rate them in terms of noise and harshness? I have Toyo's (225/40-18 on 03 STi with Prodrive springs) and find them harsh. On the PFF7 wheels (8" rim width) the sidewalls appear stretched and this perhaps is stiffening them up? They feel absolutely solid! I'm seriously thinking of changing them.
Where's the cheapest place for ZZ3's?
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Old 23 June 2005, 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
i've had zz3's before and apart from high wear (soft compound tire so grip well) found them very good indeed
Soft compound? I had a set and could hardly wear them down! Even after about 5k miles they still had around 6mm of tread left.

Ultimate grip not as good as some other tyres, but sidewalls seemed nice and stiff so they felt much nicer in daily driving with nice crisp turn in.
Old 23 June 2005, 06:26 PM
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Also running the Avons best tyres I have had on my scooby so far in wet and dry no problems today. Would recomend them to all.
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Thanks for the replys chaps

Changing from Toyos to Avons seems to have given me a problem though

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=441509
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