"Speed" (raggedrides)
10/15/2020 at 16:33 • Filed to: None
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"Speed" (raggedrides)
10/15/2020 at 16:33 • Filed to: None | 1
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A GT500 post earlier gave me an itch to search Autotrader.com for other Shelbys, Hellcats, ZL1's and Z/28's. This one was priced the lowest, but I couldn’t help but notice how narrow the tires looked.
Even worse than I thought... This Z/28 is rolling on Nankangs.
I’m guessing it came in on toasted Trofeos and the dealer slapped the cheapest rubber they could to get it out the door.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Speed
10/15/2020 at 16:46 |
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Laaame.
E90M3
> Speed
10/15/2020 at 16:48 |
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Tires isn’t something I’d ever really thought about when buying a car until after I got my 3. It turned out to be fine, but still one of the things I will look into before making another purchase.
camaroboy68ss
> Speed
10/15/2020 at 16:53 |
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oh its just tires, based on the title I thought someone had gutted this for the LS7
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Speed
> camaroboy68ss
10/15/2020 at 17:07 |
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If something happened to the mill and these guys got ahold of it, they’d probably swap in a 4.8 and send it.
Future next gen S2000 owner
> Speed
10/15/2020 at 17:07 |
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Methinks you are right. OEM rubber can’t be cheap. I wonder if those are speed rated high enough.
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Speed
> E90M3
10/15/2020 at 17:09 |
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If I was buying a Daewoo, Nankang it up, but something like this or your M3? HELL NAW unless it’s going cheap enough for me to budget new rubber.
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Speed
> Future next gen S2000 owner
10/15/2020 at 17:14 |
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The Pirelli Trofeo R’s are nuts and the treadwear is atrocious. If I owned one I’d go with steel rotors in place of the carbons and trade out the Trofeos for Michelin Pilot Super Sport. They’re also expensive, but at least they’ll last awhile on the street.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> camaroboy68ss
10/15/2020 at 17:22 |
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A 1.4 from the Sonic RS would be hilarious. Drive everywhere at 75% pedal down.
WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
> camaroboy68ss
10/15/2020 at 18:02 |
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Might be the wheels too. If I recall correctly, the wheels and tires stuck out way further than that on a stock one. To me it points to something fishier. Maybe it’s nothing, but expensive cars with cheap owners is never a good combo.
Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com
> Speed
10/15/2020 at 18:18 |
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This
reminded me
that my 650 came with junk Dunlop 222's from the factory, god they were a horrible tire and were going to last forever.
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camaroboy68ss
> WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
10/15/2020 at 18:40 |
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that black part sticking out is a fender extension, you have to have it with the splitter. the wheels do look off as stock units were glossy and had bowtie or Z28 center caps
longtimelurkingtdiguy
> Speed
10/15/2020 at 20:11 |
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Yeah, the OEM tires on this are so soft, they make 200TW autocross tires look like 80,000 mile all seasons. It's a big reason this thing was able to put up the track times it did.
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Speed
> camaroboy68ss
10/15/2020 at 20:48 |
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Absolutely eagle eyed observation here. I was so focused on the tires I missed that entirely. There’s also the “Z28” engraved near the lip on the right side. Definitely not OEM. I wonder if the originals were damaged or stolen.
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Speed
> WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
10/15/2020 at 21:04 |
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that looks absolutely delicious. I think you’re right. It has those black splitter things, but just below them you can see the wheels would be flush with the flares or barely sticking out.
Danny Korecki
> Speed
10/15/2020 at 23:08 |
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Why do the wheels look like knockoffs too?
The Z/28 came with some of the best OEM wheels ever made in my opinion and for some reason they look like knockoffs in those pics, but might just be the tires making them look weird combined with the picture being not as sharp as it could be.
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Danny Korecki
> E90M3
10/15/2020 at 23:09 |
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what did your M3 comes with?
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Danny Korecki
> Speed
10/15/2020 at 23:10 |
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glad I am not the only one, I thought they looked like knockoffs.
The Z/28 came with some of the best OEM wheels ever made in my opinion and for some reason they look like knockoffs in those pics, but might just be the tires making them look weird combined with the picture being not as sharp as it could be.
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Speed
> Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com
10/16/2020 at 07:14 |
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I’ve had a few sets like that. They’re like vampires. They suck and live forever.
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E90M3
> Danny Korecki
10/16/2020 at 08:41 |
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Bridgestone Potenzas, which I ended up detesting. I’ve got Michelin PS4s on now.
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E90M3
> Speed
10/16/2020 at 08:42 |
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Completely agree, I’ve lucked out with my car purchases, but it’s one thing I will look at next time.
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Danny Korecki
> E90M3
10/16/2020 at 09:17 |
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I roll around with PS4S on my M3 as well. It came with P Zeros, then I put PSSs on, then I needed new tires and went with PS4S but I was cross shopping the Potenzas.
I honestly thought they put like Federals or some like sub-$100 a tire on the car or something lol
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Future next gen S2000 owner
> Speed
10/16/2020 at 11:02 |
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I think if the dealer put Pilot Super Sports on it, people wouldn’t care. That is a somewhat competitive tire and not some cheap garbage like the Nankangs.