Nathan,
That was me. It may be a combination of things that caused the
badly chunking:
- I wasn't very smooth and slid/skidded a little bit
- the tires are too new/tread blocks too tall
- too much pressure at 50psi (was advised by an expert)
- did I mention I wasn't smooth on course?
I'm wondering if an autox course w/ lots of tight turns
and hairpins would beat up a tire more than a track?
Surely there are more opportunities (no fear of barriers)
to spin out on an autox course than on a track???
Son, the chunk king :-)
90 GLI
At 05:47 PM 1/10/00 -0800, Nathan Johnston wrote:
Many of the listers (myself included) run the Dunlop SP8000s on our 14"
rims. They're available in a 195-55. And while someone recently reported
that his SP8000s were chunking up on him, I've had no problems with mine
(and that includes a track day of over 120 minutes).
Best,
Nathan
'85 GTI 16v , grippy dunlop feet
At 8:27 PM -0500 1/10/00, smerkur wrote:
Funny about those 15" BBS wheels. I have a receipt from the original
owner of my '91 GTi from when he traded back the dealer the 15" rims and
tires for some 14" teardrops shortly after he bought the car. Trouble is,
the 205-55 Pirelli P600's he has on there are just about gone, and noone
makes that size in a street tire anymore. Guess I'll have to resort to
the stock size (185-60) unless anyone's got a plus size they've been
successful with?
Neil
'91 GTi ----- Original Message ----- From:
<<mailto:[email protected]>mailto:[email protected]>Neil Hartman
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Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 1:16 PM
Subject: wheel help needed quickly
Well,
I need to ditch the 15" BBS from the GLI. Last year it was 3 bent rims
and this year we are already working on fixing our 2nd. So I am going to
the j-yard to pick up a set of 14" bottle cap type alloys.
Here's the question. Do the 14" wheels with the 4 lugs have the same
bolt pattern spacing as the 15"?
Would just like to be sure before picking them up!
Thanks
Neil
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