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| Author: | shadow blue [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:31 pm ] |
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hi ,, what tyres should I buy for my standard 62 mini, someone said the slick looking yoko's would be best but still not sure... can anyone help please.. |
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| Author: | jess [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:32 pm ] |
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Have you checked out the tyre page? http://www.ausmini.com/tyres/ |
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| Author: | Harley [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:36 pm ] |
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Best depends on size and budget. |
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| Author: | minidrifter [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:37 pm ] |
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for the money i would go with yokohama A008's, but as i found out recently they are NLA in australia, and they dont know when the next shipment is arriving. the slick yokos are A032's, your looking at roughly $215+ a tyre for them. |
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| Author: | 1018cc [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:41 pm ] |
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The Dunlop D93J's are a very good tyre for around A008 money, albeit they won't last that long (same as A032R's). Either way I am very happy with my semi-slick tyres 
Dunlop Aquajets would probably look more 'period' on your car, but they won't grip as well. |
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| Author: | simon k [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:41 pm ] |
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shadow blue wrote: standard 62 mini
by standard, I'd assume you're running the standard 3.5" rims - just get whatever 145 series tyres you can get - Kumho's aren't bad, there are a few brands, all about the same $50 mark none of them are performance tyres, but a stocko 850 doesn't really need them, does it |
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| Author: | Spaceboy [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:50 pm ] |
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like simon says for an 850 go with some kumho's, they're probably the only ones easily available in 145 R10 |
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| Author: | sgc [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:55 pm ] |
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simon k wrote: I'd assume you're running the standard 3.5" rims - just get whatever 145 series tyres you can get
Nah, where's your sense of adventure. In my younger and stupider days I ran 165/70 Falken's on those wheels, it was great if you ignored the smell of burning rubber from the tyres rubbing on the dampers in a corner 
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| Author: | Betty [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:09 pm ] |
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I would go A008s.. i have them on my car at the moment and i cant fault them! and p.s minidrifter, i bought a set of A008s a few months back.. so yes, they are available... just depend on where you go I suppose? |
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| Author: | minidrifter [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:15 pm ] |
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really? i had to by falken falkens like 2 weeks ago cause bob jane said there were none in aus, i think i may have been conned 
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| Author: | peter1 [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:17 pm ] |
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Betty wrote: I would go A008s.. i have them on my car at the moment and i cant fault them!
and p.s minidrifter, i bought a set of A008s a few months back.. so yes, they are available... just depend on where you go I suppose? Correct Betty - they are indeed available if you shop around. They might not be at every shop, but the big chains can source them from other shops around the country. Expect to pay around $140, but IMO they are a super tyre, reasonably good wearing and hang on good. 
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| Author: | Spaceboy [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:18 pm ] |
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a008's are a bit of overkill on an 850, and they wont fit the standard rims. |
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| Author: | Drekkus [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:20 pm ] |
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minidrifter wrote: really? i had to by falken falkens like 2 weeks ago cause bob jane said there were none in aus, i think i may have been conned
Bob Jane told me the same thing a couple of months ago so I grabbed the last set that Minisports had. |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:22 pm ] |
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For stock 1962 3.5" rims you want 145/10s, not 165/70s. Pick any one, they are all crap really.
That said, they are all better than the original fitment 5.20x10 crossplies...
re A008s, I got some a month or 2 ago from Tiny but he had to wait for the boat to come in. They are still out there...
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| Author: | Spaceboy [ Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:31 pm ] |
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008's are going the way of 539's 
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