90 20v Sport Speedlines

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Originally Posted by SwallownAmazon

Problem I now have is that tyres of the correct 205/50 x 15 size are becoming a bit scarce except for cheap Chinese rubbish or Yokos at £115 each! Fortunately I have a friend "in the business" here and he has found some Hankooks at a far-flung branch of his company and is getting them for me next week.

All the more reason if you want to really enjoy your car to go to a 16" Wheel or bigger. Premium Tyre manufacturers are not developing they're best stuff for 15" 16" inch wheels and less because there's no call for them. 16" is now getting hard to get good stuff. All the development in tyres is now in 17" size and above. If you want the best of all worlds,get some 17" Boleros (4 stud) and the choice of good rubber is at your finger tips. I recommend Goodyears Assymetric 2's superb tyre and can be bought for a relative bargain price. We bought a set for the A2 205/40 17" @ £57 each, a no brainer.

[John.]

Originally Posted by sinbin5t

Nice find John

Not really Bruce, these sizes ARE still easily available!

........and don't forget the Speedline wheel is a lot lighter than "other options"!

I must quote "it's a no brainer"!

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Originally Posted by John.

I must quote "it's a no brainer"!

Cheeky!

[John.]

PS This photobucket hosting pic is getting too much.

[sinbin5t]

Originally Posted by John.

Not really Bruce, these sizes ARE still easily available!

........and don't forget the Speedline wheel is a lot lighter than "other options"!

I must quote "it's a no brainer"!

[John.]

Originally Posted by vorsprung durch technik

Cheeky!

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[sinbin5t]

Originally Posted by vorsprung durch technik

Cheeky!

Payback.

[sinbin5t]

Originally Posted by John.

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[John.]

By the way, I'm about to do a budget overhaul on the Speedlines(with cheepo tyres) that are on the 90.........whilst they're off the car I'm going to put the Good-Year shod Boleros on.
I'm interested to see what difference there is given that tyre footprint/size/profile/compound and wheel size/weight/dimensions are all changing

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Originally Posted by John.

By the way, I'm about to do a budget overhaul on the Speedlines(with cheepo tyres) that are on the 90.........whilst they're off the car I'm going to put the Good-Year shod Boleros on.
I'm interested to see what difference there is given that tyre footprint/size/profile/compound and wheel size/weight/dimensions are all changing

Remember when i asked you 3 years ago?, if you felt the extra weight when you changed from the 15" C Quattro
wheels to the Boleros with the Asymmetric 2's You replied soemthing like,no they feel fine.