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Old 17 April 2007, 10:58 AM
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Guy near me has a Hawkeye WRX, looks like it might be a top of the range model, I don't know toom much about the newer Impreza's. So it may be a STI??
Anyway, he has some gold multispoke alloys on it, and they have semi slicks on them. Is this a standard tyre for the top Hawkeye? Also, what companies make semi slicks?
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Old 17 April 2007, 11:02 AM
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Bridgestone Potenza RE070 standard fit on MY05 STi models on
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thanks for that

Edit: Just checked those out, its not them he's got.



These din't have much tread at all, just a few dimples from what I saw.

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Old 17 April 2007, 12:17 PM
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Toyo Proxes R888, Yokohama A048, Bridgestone RE070, KumhoEcsta V70A, Dunlop D01J or DZ02J.
Old 17 April 2007, 12:33 PM
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R888 =
Old 17 April 2007, 01:03 PM
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The RE070 looks like a semi slick from the outside of the car if you do not look at the whole tyre.
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> just a few dimples from what I saw

Could be a tarmac rally tyre, FIA rules say a minimum of 17% moulded in groove.

Dunlop CR311 or similar, all makes do them and they all look similar, even, for cheap motorsport F2 remoulds from Colway.

The road going legality of these is a bit of a grey area.
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He'd do well to get a 15" tyre onto a 17" rim.... see Colway for details.....
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That is of course very true. But in my defence the CR311 does come in 17".
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