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Hey everyone,

I have Falken crap on my stock R33 currently, and they dont grip at all. I have some oldish G-Grid 2's spare, and was wondering if I changed to these, would I get better grip? I would love to get some 901's, but I cant afford it right now! :cry:

What do you guys think?

Cheers.

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two40 Grand Master

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My advice, save untill you can afford 901's. Plenty of grip there.

You can buy two for the front now, this way you won't destroy them if you like to have sideways fun, and then buy the rear two.

It's better to buy all together though. Can bargain better this way.

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That you Zubin?? If so, HELLO!!! :)

I had G-grids on my previous car, and I loved them! (but that was a Laser and a whole different story LOL)

If your Falken's are crap, why not try the the G-grids? If they're just sitting there (and if you can't afford 901's) then it can't hurt!!

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Do they do Dunlops cheap, Hustlr?

I will need new tyres soon and I'm definately getting FM901s.

Actually do they do good tyre & rim packages? I'm looking to upgrade to 17's at the same time.

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OK... the reason why i say my Falkens are crap (NOTE not ALL Falken) is because:

a) I understeer 8O in the wet around corners at any moderate speed

B) traction is completely non-existant in the wet. :lol:

c) when giving it some, the transition from 1st to 2nd (in the dry) makes the back step out heaps. And my car is STOCK.

In the past 20,000 k's they dont seem to have worn at all, so i guess thats an ok thing. What pressure do you guys run.... i found that @ approx 36psi (warm) i got better grip than @ 30-32psi.

I will see if i can change to the g-grid II's and see what change there is...

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I did the whole "which tyre should i buy" thing about 5 months ago. I came up with either Dunlop FM901 or Bridgestone Potenza RE711. I ended up getting the dunlops due to price and they are awesome haven't tried the bridgestones have to wait till next time. I paid $235 each for 215/45R17

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I got a set of FM901s a few weeks ago from Mathews Tyres Chatswood

235/45 17

255/40 17

$1010 plus ~$30 for some super duper balance job....

They are noisier (road rumble) than the pirelli/michelin combo I had on but grip seems pretty good. I had one delaminate at Wakefield when they were 5 days and ~400 km old. It had a groovy beat to it while I limped back to the pits... :lol:

Mathews were not very helpful at first but after some "discussion" they got on to Dunlop and found a place in Goulburn to look after me.

Took the stuffed tyre to Beaurepaires Brookvale and they had a new one for me next day no charge.

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