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Troy,

Westate Autobahn is there name, speak to Jawid

nope not them

its down the alley way from Westate Autobahn,

this place does mags bodykits and accessories such as boost controllers safc's etc

jaut down the road from the roundabout with the Gym equipment place on the corner.

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I have also been looking at Hankooks, anyone tell me much about these?  Ive heard they're slightly better than Falkens (the reason i like Falken's is ive had them on my GTS for a year and still have people asking if they're brand new - and i drive it A LOT)

got a pair of hankooks for $325ish each.. 18x265x35.. they're alot better than the sumitomos i had before.. dunno how they compare to falkens tho

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See Shane at Vic Park Tyre and Brake. Hes a good lad. He has a habit of cutting through the crap and telling you whats good and bad. Generally Falkens rate pretty highly in his books.

Ive had 3 sets of Falkens on 3 different cars, all good. But these Azenis ive got on my current 18's are starting to get a little loose despite only being 50 percent worn. A symptom my brother also seemed to get on the same set of tyres on his 180SX.

Better than Nankangs, Toyo's, Kuhmo's and most Dunlops any day of the week and thrice on Sundays tho!

Also never had a problem with most Yokohama's ive used.

Edit: Oh also had a set of Hankook Ventus Plus on my old SSS Pulsar... they had trouble keeping 100kw on the road, never mind 200! Useless.

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