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not giving a plug to any1 here,but tyre power campbelltown have a socalled uprated retread which has a new way of bonding the tread to the doner sidewall.whiich i ahve used on my car as a set of rears only.

they have a 140kph speed rating and they were allright as a thrasher tyre.they did do good at drifting tho when the tread was all but bald it started to come off in chunks.where as a proper tyre will run a little lower before it starts to separate.it did live up to its task of not coming apart at the sidewall join tho.

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Trust33,

I have came across those so called better retreads but found their price to be the same as a cheap nasty new tyre.

225/50/16 was around 110 from memory. A set of federal 535's can be picked up for $120 a tyre, 535's are directional and for their price quite an impressive everyday commodore tyre. Obviously don't hang on with any reasonable amount of power.

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i've used retreads on my old ep82 starlet for about 2 years. haven't had any problems with them. gone for a hills run a couple of times in them; still nothing.

i've had normal tyres blown on me before but not retreads.

but these days for the price of a retread you can get cheap new tyres. considering the tyre size is small.

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retreads are just plain stupid!

i work in a tyre shop and have seen some of the retreads that come in. why would you bother getting retreads when you can get a full set of second hand tyres.... normally fitted as well for $200. and thats in a 16 or 17 depending on where you buy.

hell brand new tyres arent that expensive when you consider they look after your LIFE!

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They were 245/40/18" Nankang NS2's.

The rims were a touch more heavy than the stock rim but didn't appear all that heavy for such a big rim.

The scary thing was the federals I have on the stock rims are a cheapo directional 535. The 245 NS2 had more issues in second than my cheapo federals and wet weather for the ns2's was extremely poor.

First gear with both of the tyres even with the new tight diff is useless. :thumbsup:

Im starting to think the arse end being jacked up 10-12mm due to the noltec subframe bushes is causing issues with weight transfer to the rear.

Attached a pic of the rims.. ugly things hey.. :rolleyes:

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lol a few people commented how they didn't look nice.

First time I saw them I thought.......... hrmm no. They look tacky.

First my other half.. then the old man and then mum.

Every one that saw them said exactly the same thing.. Only the bloke who owns them thought they looked good. :)

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