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  1. What tyres

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    6 minutes ago, jonogt6 said:

    And there me thinking it was just a case of dropping the roof in the summer and driving around on my Linglongs enjoying the experience!🙂

    EFA 🤣

  2. What tyres

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    20 minutes ago, gIzzE said:

    The guy who sold me my Boxster was adamant that the Avanti tyres he had just put on the rear were superb. 

     

    They were absolute shyatee and bordering on dangerous. 

    I saw the invoice at £210 fitted. 

    I fitted PS4 rears for £280.

     

    Why would you to save £70? A tank of fuel. It boggles the mind. 

    I'm still trying to decide between the PS4 at around 200 quid (can't believe you paid 280) and the Apollo Aspire XP (they are made by Vredestein so not Chinese for around £130

    There is a Chinese contender as well, but they won't work out any cheaper then the Apollo once fitted. 

    70 quid is a lot of money to some, including me. 

    Your probably thinking I shouldn't really have a Porsche if I'm not willing to pay an extra 70 pounds for a pair of tyres no doubt :)

     

  3. What tyres

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    1 hour ago, gIzzE said:

    These cars have amazing mechanical grip, with decent tyres on all round getting the back end out is incredibly difficult, even getting the traction to kick in is. 

    I think the key here is decent tyres. 

    Anyway, how are you getting on with your skinny 235 rears.? :)

     

  5. What tyres

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    8 minutes ago, gIzzE said:

    I was comparing against the Vred Ultrac Satin, which was meant to be a performance tyre. 

    It was great as a comfort tyre, although only lasted about 7 mile on the rear, but didn't find it very sporty. 

     

    The Ultrac Vorti is sporty :)

     

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  7. What tyres

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    2 minutes ago, gIzzE said:

    OK, what is your experience of it? 

    I genuinely don't know what you mean when you say it is nothing like your experience of it.

    Mushy sidewalls (very rounded shoulders too) Definitely more of a touring type tyre then a sporty one. 

    Grip is average at best, though reasonably progressive. 

    All in all not a bad tyre, but nothing like the majority of reviews would suggest, though im not the only one who shares this option. At least they were cheap :)

     

  8. What tyres

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    3 minutes ago, gIzzE said:

    You then have something like the Goodyear Eagle F1 asymmetrical tyre, this is not all that far behind on ultimate grip but when it starts to loose traction it does so in a bit more of a progressive nature, you can feel when it is starting to get on the limit. It is also a bit firmer and so steering feels a little more positive. 

    This is nothing like my experience of the Asymmetric 5. 

     

  9. What tyres

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    8 minutes ago, ½cwt said:

    Assuming the manufacture has some degree of competence, when new or similarly worn/aged, the characteristics of the tyre should be pretty similar across it's tyres of a given range at least (front/rear swap on a Boxster obviously doesn't work due to sizes)

    As I said, I think any similarities in the characteristics of the same make and model of tyre will be largely diminished due to the stagger. 

    How do you know that just replacing the Nankangs on the rear wouldn't have got you the same result.? 

     

     

     

  10. What tyres

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    5 hours ago, ½cwt said:

    Surprised with the grip or the balance?  Equal tyres should give balance, however you've described some pretty lurid driving on runs when a more premium brand could well still be planted.  There might be a link here and if you go higher in the premium brands when you need more rubber you may find another level of performance/handling/grip that you're not had access to before - something to look forward to!

    I've gone from Goodyear Asym 5 on front and Nanking on the back to Dunlops all round (and from 1"7 to 18" rims), much more planted and predictable rear end.

    How does fitting the same make and model of tyre front and rear make them equal or give the car balance.? 

    If you swapped your front and rear tyres or wheels around, do you think the car would drive the same.? 

    Replacing poor quality tyres with better ones is always a good idea. 

     

     

  12. What tyres

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    53 minutes ago, Cheddar Bob said:

    ive got cheap crappy tyres. different brands front and rear. Car handles superbly. 

    Not all chinese ditch finders will find that ditch any more :)

     

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  13. What tyres

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    I've never had any issues mixing different makes and model of tyre f/r on the Box, but this might be down to the stagger diminishing any matching of the tyres from a grip/handling perspective. 

    PS4 is a nice tyre, but expensive. 

     

  15. What have YOU done to your 986 today ?

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    27 minutes ago, gIzzE said:

    I can't remember. 😆

     

    We just sat the roof on the feet/base and then opened the hood out so it was obvious it would fit over the roll hoops and also so the rear screen section was upright and out of the way so you could see what you are doing. 

    It was basically with the roof in 'almost' the close position, unlike the plastic screen roof which was almost in its highest position. 

     

    Hope that makes some so of sense? 

    Cheers :)

     

  18. M030 Alignment Results or H&R

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    2 minutes ago, Sanky said:

    Just want to compare it against mine, just out of interest really.

    From what I've seen the H&R -10 springs drop the car nearer to 20mm then 10 (though I've no first hand experience) , so the results might be closer to what I achieved while running - 30 camber/toe wise if using stock arms. 

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