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Old May 18, 2005 | 09:34 AM
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Default New rear shoes for the vert........

Gotta be better than the bald *** Yokos that are on there and we will see how good they are for auto xing and drag racing







For some reason we have this VERY poor wear ratio front to rear on all 3 of our C5s..........I need to talk to Dave Hill about that
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Old May 18, 2005 | 10:54 AM
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sweet, let me know how they handle.... I'm going to be needing tires real soon and was leaning towards some of the higher end bfg's..... how much do those go for?
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Old May 18, 2005 | 12:22 PM
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sweet, let me know how they handle.... I'm going to be needing tires real soon and was leaning towards some of the higher end bfg's..... how much do those go for?
Will do.................I have these in a 275/35/18 on the front of the 97' and like them. These are ~$285 ea., a good value for the size IMHEO.
I have the Yoko AVS sports on there now but they are about $50 more each so I will try these
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Old May 19, 2005 | 05:36 AM
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That's an awesome-looking tread! Good luck with them!

FWIW, I liked the Yokohama AVS Sports when I had them on the car, but I "barely" got 12K out of them before they were all used up.
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Old May 19, 2005 | 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by XTrooper
That's an awesome-looking tread! Good luck with them!
FWIW, I liked the Yokohama AVS Sports when I had them on the car, but I "barely" got 12K out of them before they were all used up.
We got the car with 22K and now after 24K the 5/32nds it came with is down to..............2

They stuck pretty good last night but........the 60' & autoxing will tell the tale next week in Bowling Green
the Yokos are a 180 TW, and these a 300, but........they sure feel sticky
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Old May 23, 2005 | 10:21 AM
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And about 3/8" wider than the Yoko's.........








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