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wheels are wheels.

No, fake wheels will break as soon as you drive within 3km of a pothole, killing all people in and around the car.

You should really be safe and use a 30+ year old, repaired, period correct (but not for your car) ex-racetrack 80's Jap rim for maximum safety.

Lol a mate on facebook just completely snapped his Work wheels. No comment on what happened though

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I went cheapo tyres again (probs do skids anyways), actually a fan of Achilles ATR sport.. for what you pay they are actually decent and I reckon better than a lot of the 'branded' tyres for 1.5 - 2x the cost out there. $160each down from $205 rears they're really holding up well going from 245 to 275 of the same tyre pretty big difference.

Also noticed I got some pretty bad inside wear on my old tyres from a little bit of camber + daily. Meh, I think I might drop it down about another 1cm - thoughts?

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Edited by UNR33L

One you try some AD08s or RS3s you won't say that...you don't get twice the grip from twice the price, but the grip difference, wet weather grip, comfort and stability of your ride over bumps and just coming out of slip lanes is much notice wow

Red centre caps pay homage to the wrap around tail lights

Leigh I'm sure you considered this when choosing wheels

Lol, I do want to get rid of those taillights and put some G6 / GT black edition taillights on, look much better than the chrome in the xr6/xr8/gt/gs/ ones.

Like dis:

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One you try some AD08s or RS3s you won't say that...you don't get twice the grip from twice the price, but the grip difference, wet weather grip, comfort and stability of your ride over bumps and just coming out of slip lanes is much notice wow

NT05s were good, but good enough to be over double the price to what I got now I'm not so sure about :\ AD08s in 19s I'm looking at like 2 grand fark that for tyres I'll burn through in a year

I know Hamish is a NT05 fanboy

Edited by UNR33L

They were great with my car at 325rwkw but that was turbo and very different delivery. They probably had a split second to grip unlike the early blown 8 torque

+1

Also brand new ling longs > second hand Michelins if you don't have much cash left for tyres

As long as the second hand quality tyre has majority of its tread left why would it be better than a brand new cheap set?

You wont get the same lifespan out of the second hand set but you will have much better handling instead. & with our cars setup for traffic light runs & tourist road runs rather than efficient running costs I would prefer the quality second hand set.

However Im rolling on the ATR's which came with the rims so yeah...

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