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fellas, for unforseen circumstances i'm pulling out. F*ck my life.. lol

to those that are going enjoy. if i dont break anything ill be at the next one for sure..

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Hey all! In a bit of a pickle. Chasing two 225-45-17 ku36's. Was meant to pick some up from Advance in richmond but none in stock and only one in the warehouse.... if anyone knows where in Melb or ne vic I can get some please pm me. Otherwise I may have a very odd wheel tyre combo for Deca!

Cheers, Glen.

Thanks guys!

I'll get on it first thing Monday morning. Looks like another trip to melb maybe on the cards haha!

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ot...36-t284228.html

or

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ku...ct-t302712.html

I think Option 1 will deliver for you. Might be able to get em in a few days to save yourself the trip.

to rain or not to rain, the weather forecast for next weekend says rain :yes:

so all you guy's with semi's have a back up plan ? i don't think slicks would be very good in the wet

yay i found the event schedule, why didn't i look there first

to rain or not to rain, the weather forecast for next weekend says rain :yes:

so all you guy's with semi's have a back up plan ? i don't think slicks would be very good in the wet

yay i found the event schedule, why didn't i look there first

semi's... what semis?

RB20's don't have that do they? :)

Hey Leon.

I went moto riding with Andy on the weekend. He told me you bought his car. Are you bringing that to DECA? See if it can handle more than 1 run?

yeah man... bought his car... well see how it goes next time as it still has some issues with the clutch!

Taking the red 180 this time and might put some 'for sale' stickers on it to see if i can move it along to someone else!

semi's... what semis?

pipe down you with your ladida streets :)

Jesse and Chris are out, Antony and Tom G are in.

Less than a week to go! A wet deca could be interesting... if it does rain all 4WDs are banned ;)

pipe down you with your ladida streets :)

Jesse and Chris are out, Antony and Tom G are in.

Less than a week to go! A wet deca could be interesting... if it does rain all 4WDs are banned ;)

4wd banned RAIN RAIN COME AGAIN

pipe down you with your ladida streets ;)

Jesse and Chris are out, Antony and Tom G are in.

Less than a week to go! A wet deca could be interesting... if it does rain all 4WDs are banned ;)

Thanks, but I'm out due to work. :)

semi's... what semis?

i didn't check out your new tyre's last time, but atleast you had grip unlike last aug.

pipe down you with your ladida streets ;)

Jesse and Chris are out, Antony and Tom G are in.

Less than a week to go! A wet deca could be interesting... if it does rain all 4WDs are banned ;)

im only using what crappy tyres i have, and unfortunetly i have 2 sets of old hard rubber which i feel the need to abuse and wear down.....slowly... :)

omg yeh i had a look at the skidpan layouts, and i like the inclusion of the roundabout in the mini wang !

looking forward to next weekend.

What would be worse? Random average street tyres, or KU36s in the wet, or would I be fine in either if careful?

If it's wet I'll just use this as a big learning experience!

No worries Tom, see you at the next one. Sam you are now in.

Kieran, you need to be careful no matter what tyres you run. and they need to have decent tread depth.

Keep in mind people cold brakes and tyres in the wet on track are very dicey and easy to lock up. its even more important to try and brake in a straight line to keep your weight evenly distributed. (on the back tracks). The skid pan is just rediculous when its wet. I say this as we would like to avoid cars going off as much as possible, obviously :)

The Kumhos have more tread, but both are roadworthy. I guess I'll stick with the kumhos as they're my daily tyres and this will be the best way to learn how my car will react on the street in the wet if I get into a slippery situation.

Like I said, I'm just going to go nice and easy and take this as a big learning experience rather than a race. :)

holly f**k forgot this was this saturday. soo much to do. well not that much. needs to do a full service and mount fire extinguisher.

also if it rains ill just stock to the skid pan and will just cruise around the wangs lol

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