3-piece 928 wheels for sale
10-27-2010, 05:30 PM
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Car looks good with the Classics though!
10-27-2010, 05:38 PM
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Those V700s aren't just street tires but pretty darn good DOT race tires. They do last forever and don't go away like other race tires. They were a FFR spec tire and are heavy enough for street use.
I've run just about every used race tire under the sun and V700s were my all time favorite because they just work well and inspire confidence.
I've run just about every used race tire under the sun and V700s were my all time favorite because they just work well and inspire confidence.
I have firends who buy slicks all summer, or mount/dismount cast-offs every-other weekend. The V700 does last all season long, and I have never felt I have given up much. As long as the tires are better than me, I guess I am the weakest link.
The day may come when I need race slicks all the time. but that hasnt happened yet.
...and I dont have to carry an extra set of rains with the V700's.
If someone buys the wheels, I also have a brand new set of V700's to sell. We can talk.
10-27-2010, 10:41 PM
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Nothing remotely close. The old split face wheels used a locking ring that went on after the tire, replacing the whole lip and bead are on one side so that heavier truck tires could be mounted without the damage from rolling them onto a standard J wheel. That ring would go on, lock in place if installed correctly, blow off and sometimes kill the installer if installed incorrectly. There was a training film from the 1960's where the trainer was showing how to install the ring. While the camera was running, he inflated the tire and the ring blew off and decapitated him. Very effective training film. There are now cages for doing the initial inflation, and those rims are not used on any normal cars and light trucks anymore. Most tire stores won't even touch them.
10-27-2010, 11:13 PM
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Nothing remotely close. The old split face wheels used a locking ring that went on after the tire, replacing the whole lip and bead are on one side so that heavier truck tires could be mounted without the damage from rolling them onto a standard J wheel. That ring would go on, lock in place if installed correctly, blow off and sometimes kill the installer if installed incorrectly. There was a training film from the 1960's where the trainer was showing how to install the ring. While the camera was running, he inflated the tire and the ring blew off and decapitated him. Very effective training film. There are now cages for doing the initial inflation, and those rims are not used on any normal cars and light trucks anymore. Most tire stores won't even touch them.
(I've heard well the horrors of the rim failures. Always chained them down when replacing those tires myself. Its nice not to see so many rims coming in that style now.)
