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Posted By : Steven Leckey, 11-Mar-2004,
09:33pm
Hi guys where can I get Yokohama ao32r tyres from like the tssc race boys have. Thanks
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Posted By : Jon Wolfe, 11-Mar-2004,
10:09pm
Demon Tweeks in Cheshire or Adams and Page in High Wycombe.
Plus other places but those are the main two.
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Posted By : David Styles,
12-Mar-2004, 11:06am
My Demon Tweeks catalogue says that Yokohama do an A048R too...
but it comes in harder compounds.... looks nearly the same as a 32R. Might be better for a roadcar application ?
btw.... why would you want 32R's on a road car ?
I did some tyre research for my road car, which goes on track days...
and I have no complaints about my set of Pirelli P3000's on a track, and the car is good for the road too !
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Posted By : Michael Davis,
12-Mar-2004, 12:28pm
the 048R I believe has a lot more surface area i.e. more rubber and less grooves than the 032R. Kind of a "semi-slick" tyre. Still road legal
(and specifically banned from the TSSC championship)
I run Goodyear GT2s on the road car. Nice tyres, got a bit hot and "marbley" (if that's a word) at the track day last year though!
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Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 12-Mar-2004,
09:31am
A little note on this...
The Yokohama A032R, although is street legal, is also listed as a competition tyre and will not normally be supplied to your normal tyre suppliers. You
can buy them through racing suppliers like Jon has already said but they are about £80 a corner and they are very soft (racing compound).
I would not expect them to last very long on a road car.
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Posted By : Michael Davis,
12-Mar-2004, 09:39am
My local "Hi-Q" tyre depot place reckoned they could get hold of these tyres when I enquired last year sometime. Quoted me £68 per
corner fitted (bear in mind that price is from over a year ago).
I was really trying to get an idea how much they cost at the time.
It is possible that they confused my request with some other tyre but it appeared that they had them listed (under special order) on their computer
system.
Since I have to order some of these too in the very near future, what are peoples thoughts on the compounds, I believe they are available in "soft"
and "super soft". Are the extra-super-sticky ones worth it or do they just wear out quicker with no benefit?
Mik
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Posted By : Andy Vowell,
12-Mar-2004, 10:03am
£55.95 +vat from Adams and Page
Free fitting if you go to High Wycombe
Free postage if you order all four, £3 a tyre if you don't (next day delivery.
High street type tyre suppliers can get them on special order, but don't hold your breath as you wait as I think the motorsport suppliers get
first dibs and the supply line is by the container fron Japan, and not particulary regular. A kit car racer friend of mine waited almost 3
months to get them through Bathwick Tyres.
MiK. I run on just Softs, seems to work just fine and lasts 1½ seasons.
Cheers
AndyV