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Thanks Buster. Ill try him again next set of tyres, but last time i got a price off him for the 540s they were like $10 cheaper each then the Dunlops. So was quoted something like $420 each for 235/45/17 (may have been 235/40/17)

Decided to stick wih Dunlops as i have nothing but praise for the guys who sell them in Sydney.

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has anyone used 540's in 16inch? say 225/50 on a std rim? Im wondering if they will perform better than a 17 or 18inch street tyre in terms of ->do you get sidewall flex/rolling on hard cornering as you would with a 16inch street tyre?

Im tempted in fitting them to std rims for track, as the 16in tyres seem heaps cheaper.

cheers

I've not used either 540s or 16" track tyres, but I do use dunlop d01js in 17s....and one of the major improvements in R tyres is less sidewall flex due to much stiffer sidewalls.....so, 16s should still be great. The only real improvement from low profile tyres eg 17s, 18s, is due to stiffer sidewalls.

Sly, i was (and will do when i need new tyres) going to do this on the stockers, but apparently the stocky rim is only 6" wide. It is more ideally suited to a 205/55 16 and they're available in 540s. They should hold on as well as a 17" when warm.

I'm guessing that of you run reasonable pressure you won't get much roll.

205's eh? sounds a bit small but if they are cheap it would be ok! do you know what these can be had for ronin?

are std rims only 6 inch wide? i thought maybe 6 1/2... ive got 225/50 street tyres on stockies that look fine, do bridgestone make 225/50 16 540's?

cheers!

Yes they do make 225/50/16 as it is this size that my boss uses on his vn comodore race car.

I know you guys are talking about circuit racing but how would these tyres go for drag racing?

With 200rwkw in an r32 using 245/40/18s with about 50 % tread iam having big traction problems and cannot get my times down to where they should be.

My plan is for when i go to the creek in about a month to fit 2 540s (used ones from the race car) to my stock rims to go on the back using about 20 psi in them.

Will this improve my launches ect.... ???

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