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Hanra
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Now this is one subject that i cant give and comments on.... Driving Mini's in the wet.....!

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Makes me cry when there are really only 2 choices for 165/60R12's. Falkens and A048R's. One is too shite, the other is too sticky (I drive the car too much!).

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Yoko A539's?

Or are they No longer available?

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some say they are, some say they arnt. (a539's)

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Don't complain about the 165/60R12 choices, at least you have a performance option. There is no such option for 145/70R12.

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speedy wrote:
Don't complain about the 165/60R12 choices, at least you have a performance option. There is no such option for 145/70R12.

Cheesecutters... :shock:
Just bin them and fit 165/60R12 then... :lol: 8)

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drmini in aust wrote:
speedy wrote:
Don't complain about the 165/60R12 choices, at least you have a performance option. There is no such option for 145/70R12.

Cheesecutters... :shock:
Just bin them and fit 165/60R12 then... :lol: 8)


Can't do it legally, and flares went out of fashion in the 70s. :P :D

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i've got a couple of brand new falkens, could be fun :wink:

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I had falkens on all round, only cos they came with the wheels. then one day i was driving home on a wet road. long story short (mostly cos its hard to describe) i went up a gutter at a 45 deg angle but with wheels turned so the wheel rim hit the gutter, broke a big chunk off the wheel. which is why i have 3 'tessas and one steely. gotta get my hands on another wheel...

falkens are shite in the wet, really slippy. but they ahve barely worn down in the year and a half/ 2 years i've had them on there...

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Dylan's Clubby wrote:
I had falkens on all round, only cos they came with the wheels. then one day i was driving home on a wet road. long story short (mostly cos its hard to describe) i went up a gutter at a 45 deg angle but with wheels turned so the wheel rim hit the gutter, broke a big chunk off the wheel. which is why i have 3 'tessas and one steely. gotta get my hands on another wheel...

falkens are shite in the wet, but they ahve barely worn down in the year
and a half/ 2 years i've had them on there...



Don't be throwing that wheel out, it can be repaired for about 40 bucks.
I've had a few wheels repaired and it works a treat and is really hard to spot even in bare aluminium. Just gotta find a guy in Melb. who does them.

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mick might have something to do with rideing a thou in crap weather lol
that thing of yours they are injected yeah
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Mick wrote:
Dylan's Clubby wrote:
I had falkens on all round, only cos they came with the wheels. then one day i was driving home on a wet road. long story short (mostly cos its hard to describe) i went up a gutter at a 45 deg angle but with wheels turned so the wheel rim hit the gutter, broke a big chunk off the wheel. which is why i have 3 'tessas and one steely. gotta get my hands on another wheel...

falkens are shite in the wet, but they ahve barely worn down in the year
and a half/ 2 years i've had them on there...



Don't be throwing that wheel out, it can be repaired for about 40 bucks.
I've had a few wheels repaired and it works a treat and is really hard to spot even in bare aluminium. Just gotta find a guy in Melb. who does them.


yeah havent thrown it out but got rid of the chunk that the wheel lost. i kept it to practice painting them when i finally get around to it :D

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