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Yokohama BluEarth® Winter V905 (225/45 R17)

Decent compromise for winter roads but cannot beat legendary Sava Eskimo S3+. Full specification at manufacturer’s web. PLEASE READ WARNINGS BEFORE YOU PROCEED !!! IF YOU FIND INFORMATIONS USEFUL, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATION. price around 100€ durability - second winter and over 10,000km so far. Tires still not worn enough tire [...]

Yokohama Advan Neova AD08R (225/45 R17)

My favorite tire and best road-legal tire money can buy. Full specification at manufacturer's web. PLEASE READ WARNINGS BEFORE YOU PROCEED !!! IF YOU FIND INFORMATIONS USEFUL, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATION. price about 120€ durability up to 13,000 km on sport suspension tire compound ACC steel reinforcement in sidewalls little or [...]

BHG – Tire reviews

Tires and suspension is most important part of car because all your engine upgrades are useless if you crash in first corner! Tire reviews is part of BHG series. I have tried many tires and most of them are crap no matter what manufacturer you think is best. Reality is [...]

OZ Racing/MSW 85 17 x 7J alloy rims and Yokohama Advan Neova AD08R

I faced two challenges - imminent structural failure of ATS Streetrally alloy rims and premium tires made from PET bottles, old shoes and who knows what else they use...challenge was to find something optimal in price range for puny mortals. PLEASE READ WARNINGS BEFORE YOU PROCEED !!! IF YOU FIND [...]

Yokohama C.Drive 2 (225/45 R17) for spirited driving

I used to have Yokohama C.Drive on my Subaru Impreza GTL - while just premium tyre and not pure sport tyre, it is great poor man's sport tyre. It used to be used by track guys. It is surprisingly cheap and still have wet and dry grip close to sport [...]

ATS Streetrally alloy rims 17″ x 7J ET45

From very beginning, I've got an issue with front brakes overheating as mentioned in my post. Unfortunately, I've bought my car without alloy rims and there lies main problem - steel rims are heat shield. SUMMARY rims used on Prodrive Mini WRC weight around 8kg per rim size 17" x [...]