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doogie
 Post subject: BLING tyres
PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:13 pm 
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Got a new pair of Dunlop DO1J 165/50/12's today, about the closest thing to bling tyres you can get, pity the won't look like this after i do a tarmac motorkhana on them on Sunday :cry:
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How sticky are they???

Suppose it sticks like flies to sh@T :!:

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Nice... very nice...
You don't know if they come in 10's do Ya?
Me likey like

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they only come in 12's, dunlop formula R's come in 10's

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very much like the Yoko A048R spec, avaliable in 12" now i have found :-)

Yummy tell your mummy :-)

what price were they mate?, if you don`t mind me asking? & are they Dept Of TPT approved?

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There a legal road tyre they have a wear indicator, price, weeeellllll one of my good mates works for dunlop motorsport, they retail at $180 each, but i got them for much less :lol:

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Are u sure the profile is 165/50/R12????? I just looked up the Dunlop Website and it states the spec is 165/55/R12 with a RRP of $165ea......???

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Doogie...What's your opinion/verdict with the D01J's
I guess you have given them a workout by now??
Thanks.

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There my 2nd set now & they are great, but i only use them for tarmac motorkhana's so i have no knowledge of them as a road tyre.

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who cares how they work they look awesome. :P

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When there's 1-2 seconds in a class win in a motorkhana, i care about how tyres work, not how they look, but then again beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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2 S's & a clubman wrote:
When there's 1-2 seconds in a class win in a motorkhana, i care about how tyres work, not how they look, but then again beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Doogie

Soooo-What are you going to use in the dirt/dust/bog/tumbleweed at Hay??

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Got me 1 of these bloody D01J's thingys! Gotta get a few more tho! Just bought 1 to check clearance with the front of my wheel arch due to my ride height.

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For Hay i will again be using my A539 Yokohama's, pretty good tyres for Hay i think, well last years results in the khana & Hay hero's should back up that they are good tyres :lol:

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Doogie will agree with me and I would say Hanra willl also agrre that Dav at dunlop motorsport in Sydney is spot on with his info :wink:

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