SF226 are still current I think.
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| Author: | 1071 [ Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:23 pm ] |
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Anyone know if (where) you can still get 165/70X10 Bridgestones???? Cheers, Ian |
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| Author: | tinymorris1969 [ Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:25 pm ] |
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yep. from any tyre place really |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:27 pm ] |
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SF226 are still current I think.
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| Author: | 1071 [ Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:37 pm ] |
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I asked the Bridgestone man in Canberra today and was told that there were none available, they couldn't get any and B don't make them any more. I shall try a few other dealers tomorrow. Cheers, Ian |
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| Author: | cush [ Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:38 pm ] |
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drmini in aust wrote: SF226 are still current I think.
and the probably the best value tyre too.. 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:40 pm ] |
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Might have to settle for Falkens then, they hang on just as bad.  Yes I've had both....
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| Author: | tinymorris1969 [ Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:47 pm ] |
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i got bridgeys and falken at the moment both handle like crap |
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| Author: | Archangel007 [ Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:36 am ] |
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tinymorris1969 wrote: i got bridgeys and falken at the moment both handle like crap
That's probably why I choose Dunlops
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| Author: | cush [ Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:37 am ] |
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tinymorris1969 wrote: i got bridgeys and falken at the moment both handle like crap
two of each on the left and right? |
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| Author: | CPOCSM [ Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:04 am ] |
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On tyres - I have a friend who imports tyres from Europe. He has found some 165/70/10 Uniroyals(spelling) but uis unsure of the type. He is looking for the rest(found 2 - knows he put 8 in the container...  ). He will let me know if he finds them
Are they any good? Hooroo |
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| Author: | bnicho [ Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:38 am ] |
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Get Yokie A008's Ian, don't last as long but much better grip! |
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| Author: | CPOCSM [ Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:43 am ] |
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I dont know - I think the 008's last ok - got 30000km out of mine...they are slicks now though...  . I wasnt kind with them either...
Hooroo |
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| Author: | Tadhg [ Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:56 pm ] |
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I had A008's on my first Mini. Bought them new. Mini had a bog stock 1100 - it couldn't spin the wheels with the A008's on. Sold the Mini 10 months later, the front left was pretty well bald!    Yes, I loved that car, and those tyres...
If I'd realized things were wearing that quickly, I would've been rotating the tyres each week!  And yes, it was worn perfectly evenly across the treads. Can't say how many km I got out of them - the Odometer was broken!  Had to get it fixed for RWC to sell it. But my next car - running with basically the same routine - only did 8,000km/year. So that's some indication as to how many km's I got out of my A008's!
The next car (non-Mini) chewed out its front A539's in 25,000km (I didn't corner hard enough - had 1.5ยบ negative camber on it - weird, I cornered much, much harder than I accelerated or braked  ). Now my next main car's tyres are pretty well gone in 31,000km. My wife's old car did 65,000km on its original tyres. Maybe I'm hard on tyres..?
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| Author: | Ziegech [ Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:04 pm ] |
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i have the SF226 tyres on my mini i only got them a few months ago. i think they are still around |
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| Author: | simon k [ Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:10 pm ] |
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1071 wrote: I asked the Bridgestone man in Canberra today and was told that there were none available, they couldn't get any and B don't make them any more.
I shall try a few other dealers tomorrow. Cheers, Ian reading between the lines there.... he just doesn't want to deal with anything other than commonwhores. I bet if you rang Bridgestone head office and told them, he'd get his arse kicked go somewhere else, everywhere should be able to get SF226's - Tyrepower in Wodonga got them for me overnight when I needed some they're an OK tyre, but I've got Formula R's on now, and fark - grip!! |
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