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so the sidewalls are really that weak?
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Weaker sidewall than the stockers but not thaaat bad. I just went on a mountain run a couple of weeks ago and I can identify with nuts4nissan.
One thing is I didnt try the tires with stock suspension since im on KWV3s. Since I have had more miles on the hankooks, they are more predictable and I am more comfortable with the sidewall roll. Its something to get used to but really isnt too bad after a while. Very good street tire especially for the price, cant wait to see how good they are in the wet. No regrets I do want to try re-11's next time though.
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Anybody have steering wheel shake with these tires? I've had them balanced 3 different times, on two different machines (Hunter Road force) and two sets of wheels. I have very slight vibration at 65mph that I just can't get rid of. I am also using centering rings.
I'm trying to not drive the car until I get this sorted. My next balance is going to be an "on the car" balance in Long Beach. This is something that really bugs the **** out of me, and I don't want my ball joints wearing prematurely. My stockers were smooth. |
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I'm still going to take it in for on the car balancing. |
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Anyone else? Maybe its a certain size, as it seems my fronts were the worst. 275/35/19F 305/30/19R.
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This is the exact reason I kept stock sizes on my car. Nissan did a lot of testing and decided (for whatever reason) that the stock sizes were ideal. Does anybody that kept the stock size have this vibration? |
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They seem to have more initial bite than my stock Yoko Advan Sports (could be the larger contact patch since I went wider) but they seem to not hold quite as much. They are more noisy for sure but in this one turn I take almost daily I can only push to about 61/62 until I start getting some obvious push and a have even oversteered a smidge. On my Yokos I could easily manage another 5mph or so.
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Just had some downpours and my Hankooks performed very well in the rain. I'm talking flash floods, real rain. Even got on it a little bit to do some "testing"
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but yes V12's held up nice. i was guna make a side wall comment until i saw what was above. i agree the side walls look and feel weak. kinda concerns me if i get a lil rear end happy and break it loose too often... since thats how i cut my yokos.... grrrr Last edited by fuct; 09-13-2010 at 04:08 PM. |
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I was definitely impressed by the V12s wet weather performance!
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You get exactly what you pay for when it comes to tires. Advan 08, Re-11R, PS2 & 3, Toyo Proxes line and Corsa's. Everything else besides R rubber is inferior to the aforementioned tires, in every performance aspect, especially sidewall.
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