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Old 17 March 2002, 01:02 AM
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Can get some of these for cheap & was wondering if they are any good & what the tyre wear is like??? Help.

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Old 17 March 2002, 01:53 AM
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Just noticed that the tyre wear rating on these is 300. The SO3's are 220 so I guess they would probably last a lot longer than my SO2's have!?!?
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Anyone had any experience of these or heard anything about them?
Old 17 March 2002, 10:38 PM
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They are not to bad, personally i'd go for the next one up - the FK451 much better! or get rid of those tiny wheels you've got and get some nice low profiles on 18"s
Old 17 March 2002, 10:51 PM
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Oi leave it out Although i'd say they were pretty good at under £100.00 for all four corners

I want some bigger wheels but just not at the moment when funds are a bit tight. Hey when's the STI 7 arriving??
Old 18 March 2002, 08:24 AM
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Got it M8 and its amazing - an excuse for you to come down and have a look perhaps? anyway give me a ring I might be able to help with your tyres
Old 18 March 2002, 07:11 PM
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You git!!!! In a nice but extremely jealous way By help with the tyres do you mean with fitting or with getting me a cheap set of 18" wheels & tyres Maybe for what a tenner? Dunno about driving to Wales at the moment as at the end of the month i'm getting the car serviced, a new windscreen fitted & a new car alarm fitted (well that's my overtime gone!!!!!).

Would love a blast in the new car though

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MAFF you are in the wrong part of the country M8 I've got contacts in the tyre trade and car alarms! I'll help you if I can.
Old 18 March 2002, 10:39 PM
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At the moment they 4 tyres will be mine for around £50.00 so I don't think you can get much cheaper than that Thanks for the offer though & I may take you up on it if this falls through.

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out of the falken range the ZE-502's were the ones I was least impressed with, the grb's are ok but I'm using the 215/35 FK-451's
18's which is impressive.
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I'm running ZE 502 on 17" wheels. I have to say that good points are they were cheap(bought as a package)I do 105 miles a day and have covered 13k with them over 8 months, the wear rate is excellent hardly worn. Down side is poor rim protection from kerbing & they do not inspire confidence in damp conditions, also noisey on the limits in the dry.
I think I will try FK451 next.

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Old 19 March 2002, 12:57 PM
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MAFFA you're a tight git I'd say get them at that price.
You could always sell them on if you did'nt like them.

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I'm a skint git...there's a difference

Thanks guys
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