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Old 04-08-12, 10:02 AM
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hey sorry guys these are iPhone photos and i mean all of them are. You will get what you are talking about when you look at them all. the first two are of the tires are you guys asked then next one is a photo I took only a few minutes after the F18 crash in virginia beach. Enjoy guys
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Old 04-08-12, 10:30 AM
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Oh very nice , Thanks for sharing
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Wow, the F-18 blew your F over on it's side?!
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Originally Posted by 7No
Wow, the F-18 blew your F over on it's side?!
I would have been upset if it did but it almost took me out. It landed about a half a mile from where i was playing tennis so i ran over to it
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geeeez freakn crazy pic of the F-18....wow
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ya so i no longer have the right to complain about iPhone pictures from now on. But onto the tires they are sweet so much more grip everywhere for sure helps with the understeer i was having. When i go to launch i get a little wheel spin but thats probably cause the tires are still new but when i mean a little like hard to notice. I don't get crazy wheel hop like i used to have.
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i mounted these today! i think the rear has a very slight buldge. But i can't complain since it was pretty cheap for me.
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Ya there is some bulge, but it is not bad at all. The car looks a lot better with the upsized tires fills out some gaps for sure. So now that i have a few miles on these tires I would say they are a huge improvement over the stock potenzas. So much more dry grip. Around the bends the sidewalls seems to be harder and it does not understeer as much. The biggest improvement i have seen is in wet performance. The cars power seems so much more manageable and i was able to run my same 0-60 time in the soaking wet with these tires as I was able to run with the stock potenzas in dry conditions. These tires are very quiet also. If they wear well i will for sure get another set of them. I am running 37 PSI all the way around.

Genuine what are you running??

Do you all think 37 psi is too low?
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Originally Posted by zapa
Ya there is some bulge, but it is not bad at all. The car looks a lot better with the upsized tires fills out some gaps for sure. So now that i have a few miles on these tires I would say they are a huge improvement over the stock potenzas. So much more dry grip. Around the bends the sidewalls seems to be harder and it does not understeer as much. The biggest improvement i have seen is in wet performance. The cars power seems so much more manageable and i was able to run my same 0-60 time in the soaking wet with these tires as I was able to run with the stock potenzas in dry conditions. These tires are very quiet also. If they wear well i will for sure get another set of them. I am running 37 PSI all the way around.

Genuine what are you running??

Do you all think 37 psi is too low?
I'm running the recommenced tire psi. Think it was 36? Yeah the buldge isn't bad I'm already used to it. Only got 100 miles on these and I already love it. Can't wait for California summer!
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