[s-cars] Need one Dunlop

[Lee Levitt]

Larry,

Agreed!

I not only autocross them but if I were at a DE in the rain, I'd 
be running them on the track.

I'm doing my best to wear out an old set of Dunlop R compound 
tires so I can mount my new G-Force slicks. The Direzza will see 
less autocross time...although on Saturday with iffy weather, I 
mounted and then unmounted the old Dunlops before I took a run. 
Probably should have left them on...the course was damp but not 
really wet and the Direzzas didn't heat up at all.

In any event, a new tire was $160 + shaving from TireRack. My 
local guy said the following: "2 years ago you paid $210 per tire 
for the Direzzas. Prices have gone up and now they're $220."

Oh really? Consumer commodity pricing going up? And they couldn't 
shave them for me. Doh. (and this is the *good* shop in Boston).

Lee

On Thu Jun 17 11:12:45 CDT 2010, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Lee autocrosses those tires.  Sidewalls flex. Alot. Worse so, 
> (and heavily
> loaded if on course, particularly if they are grippy tires like 
> the Z1 SS)
> if the tires are being worked hard.  I doubt a patch could safely 
> hold, AND
> it would be difficult (without a destructive investigation, which 
> negates
> the purpose) to determine the integrity of the sidewall belts 
> from a
> sidewall puncture. Not worth the risk, IMHO.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:06 AM, David Giannandrea <
> david.giannandrea at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> Although the tire shops will always recommend a new tire when 
>> the sidewall
>> is punctured, I have never had a problem with patching them. 
>> Especially in
>> your case with the tire 50% gone, the patch doesn't have to last 
>> a
>> lifetime.
>> 
>> Patch it.
>> 
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