Worm A much better forum Silver Donating Members 3,808 Member For: 16y 3m 26d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 03/02/11 06:24 AM Share Posted 03/02/11 06:24 AM Fitted today! Noise levels are NON EXISTENT compared to nankangs!!! Can't really hear anything!!!Feel great on the front in the dry... Dunno about wet till it rains!!! Now I can hear the rear nankangs, but nowhere near as much as fronts ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 03/02/11 07:03 AM Share Posted 03/02/11 07:03 AM I dropped to 19's- kuhmo ku31's.they are all quiet at first. give it time to feather the tread...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil545 Member 47 Member For: 15y 2m Posted 04/02/11 05:45 AM Share Posted 04/02/11 05:45 AM Excellent to hear mate, im using achilles atm more so due to the cheapness and the fact they are 400 treadwear rated. They are ok in the wet as long as you right foot isnt applied when you go around a corner or roundabout lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyBurns Donating Members 641 Member For: 16y 8m 9d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 04/02/11 07:15 AM Share Posted 04/02/11 07:15 AM Achilles - Had 2 on the front both started cracking severely in the sidewall after 9000kms. This was not the first case I have heard of them doing it either. Altenzo - Quiet, fine in the dry, come wet they are downright dangerous, understeer while driving mildly. they will be gone very soon.Accelera - Had them on the rear, for a cheap tyre I was quite happy with them.These are just my opinions based on my experiences. Being the king of sh*t tyres I am getting decent tyres next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 20y 2m 9d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 10/02/11 02:32 PM Share Posted 10/02/11 02:32 PM ive got achilles on the fronts atm... for the cash their not to bad! As quiet as any other decent tyres ive ever bought. no complaints!Ive just lashed out $90ea brand new on some 19' "Fullrun" rears, I dare say they will cop a hiding weather their good or bad!! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worm A much better forum Silver Donating Members 3,808 Member For: 16y 3m 26d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 10/02/11 08:25 PM Share Posted 10/02/11 08:25 PM I thought you were getting 20's??? Change your mind?I had fullrun on the back of my 130rwkw EF xr8... 265/35/18... LOL sh*t in the dry and f*cking scary in the wet!!! No power, but could spin the Tyres with ease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 20y 2m 9d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 14/02/11 11:04 AM Share Posted 14/02/11 11:04 AM no I got the 20s..... then sent the mofo's back.the staggered pack DID NOT fit my car. I rolled till it was splitting, then bashed a few bits tighter.... the guard was STILL fouling on the top edge of the tyre, NOT THE SIDE, the fking top!!So no way in hell no matter how hard I had them rolled, were the staggered argents going to fit.I rang another tyre shop who sells the same staggered pack, they said they avoid fitting them to BA/F sedans at all costs. utes no worries as are all FG's.so all up, I paid to have my guards rolled for nothing, had to pay freight back to the nippers in melb and still no fking wheels.Oh well, new tyres on the 19's and it will be up for sale ina few months, im over cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worm A much better forum Silver Donating Members 3,808 Member For: 16y 3m 26d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 14/02/11 11:27 AM Share Posted 14/02/11 11:27 AM LOL I hear ya...I took off my 20's to go back to 18 inch GTPs...Rang around on Sat... Only place that had 245/40/18 in falken in stock with same tread patterm to match my rears was the Tyre Factory... Went in... Waited for 2 hours for them to come out and tell me they only have one tyre... Not two... I stayed calm (VERY unlike me :-)I say I'll come pick em up Monday... He says he can't get another one for same price. WTF? Anyway... He rings around and gets one (apparently)... I go back there at 5pm today after ringing them twice... And being told that they'd be done...Get in... No Tyres... "Mayyyyyte, I can't get them.. How about Lexani...?" How about f*ck off!!!Long story short... I left... With 20 customers knowing the blokes are *beep*... My money and my wheels... (no Tyres...)They ended up with 10 customers walking out... One commander phone ripped out of it's socket and thrown across the room... And if the little *beep* wasn't hiding behind the desk... They would have had a sales bloke missing some teeth...I'm not an angry bastard... Unless someone makes me angry... It's not my fault >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 15/02/11 01:48 AM Share Posted 15/02/11 01:48 AM With the power these cars can make. And the weight they have. You get what you pay for with your tyres. If the tyre has the slightest fault. Our cars will show it up strait away.My Kuhmo 31's are about 6/10's gone. And Iv'e got 10,000 so far out of them. I got 6,000 in total out of my Asy's. But it's been wet as hell for months and I have not done a track day this year yet, or on the Kuhmo's. There a good tyre for the price. Mine are still quite. Coarse chip brings out a fair bit of noise. But I am running 40psi in the wet in the front, so that does not help.They don't shine in any area. But perform very consistantly well across the board.Anything with an aggressive block pattern is going to be noisey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 27d Gender: Male Posted 15/02/11 05:28 AM Share Posted 15/02/11 05:28 AM you know what makes me laugh, we spend a sh*t load of cash to go fast and look good and we all skimp on one of the most important things, tyres me included. I would put tyres as the most important thing on the car, its all that keeps us in control in the wet and dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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