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    13 inch tyres

    what are the chosen tyres for 13's now that uniroyals are unavailable. 888's are also unavailable and im not paying for the top yokos so whats everyone using. i was eyeing up falkens, any good?

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

    Yoko a048s are only a fiver dearer than r888's mate, good tyres too.

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

    Quote Originally Posted by Brigsy View Post
    Yoko a048s are only a fiver dearer than r888's mate, good tyres too.
    £92 a corner plus fit
    888's were 70 ish plus fit but you get 5 or 10% off with camskill

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    federal are doing a tyre now that is like a 888 iv forgetting the name i think its sumthing like a rsr but look it up they are hard to come by but cheep as chips and i know alot of lads that are using them,

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

    The Falkens are a budget to mid-range tyre, but there not too bad for the price. I'm at work tomorrow morning so I could see what's available if you want.

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

    Quote Originally Posted by jamie_8 View Post
    The Falkens are a budget to mid-range tyre, but there not too bad for the price. I'm at work tomorrow morning so I could see what's available if you want.
    it would be much appreciated please jamie. i want somthing decent but not paying £400 a set.

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

    Quote Originally Posted by 16vturbo View Post
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    federal are doing a tyre now that is like a 888 iv forgetting the name i think its sumthing like a rsr but look it up they are hard to come by but cheep as chips and i know alot of lads that are using them,
    smallest size they do is 15".

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

    Quote Originally Posted by car.crash View Post
    it would be much appreciated please jamie. i want somthing decent but not paying £400 a set.
    no worries. I'll let you know tomorrow or monday

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamie_8 View Post
    smallest size they do is 15".
    shame they are a realy good tyre aswell iv always ran 888's but i was considering changeing to them now they arent easy to get hold ov. their are still places selling 888's but its gotta be a toyo franchies so they are still out their just they are as expensive as yoko's now. tell ya what i use for the road is toyo t1r's i ran the same 1/4 time on them as i did on 888's. iv have heard that toyo is bringin a new t1r out road pattern/tyre but the same compound as a 888

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

    t1r's are not available in 13's and 888's are out of stock untill mid march.

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

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    shame they are a realy good tyre aswell iv always ran 888's but i was considering changeing to them now they arent easy to get hold ov. their are still places selling 888's but its gotta be a toyo franchies so they are still out their just they are as expensive as yoko's now. tell ya what i use for the road is toyo t1r's i ran the same 1/4 time on them as i did on 888's. iv have heard that toyo is bringin a new t1r out road pattern/tyre but the same compound as a 888
    They brought the r1r out a year or so ago which is supposed to have 95% of the grip of the 888's in the dry, but much better in the wet, but again these are only available in limited sizes. I think the new Mitsubishi Evos come out the factory with them

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

    I'm in much need of finding a good alternative but still nothing i can find is any good. I need some weblinks fed to me on a plate.

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    Re: 13 inch tyres

    From experiance of trying most options on track and feedback from others using they tend to go

    starting best
    slicks
    048's
    888's
    all other options

    I have used the R1R's on a vx and good half way between road tyre wet performance and 888 dry but not sure they are in 13 size? I always ran the 888's on the vx as they were a lot cheaper and laster a bit better than 048's but not anymore and getting 888's is a pain hence trying to get you to use R1R

    I am building up 3 sets of wheel / tyre combo for the track beast and will
    I will be running a full set of wets, full set of 048's and full set of slicks

    In the future may go wider at the back for a 8inc and 6inc front but bigger fish to fry before worrying about that one!

    DG

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