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    New PS2 but old DOT ?

    agreed .... good post !!!!
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    New PS2 but old DOT ?

    the DOT date code is required to be on all tires and is typically only put on 1 side not both
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    New PS2 but old DOT ?

    While I see that my customers service department is checking the dates codes in other warehouses for you I think that the "age" issue on your tires is much less significant than you may have been lead to believe found this little nugget while surfing the net ...
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    New PS2 but old DOT ?

    We were NOT involved in the testing ... Car and Driver used our test track with their own test drivers, data collection, test parameters and criteria. I don't know that I would put much if any faith in a wikipedia entry as the entries can be editted by the users. I have a niece in highschool...
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    New PS2 but old DOT ?

    I guess I should try to help set the record straight. Nitto tires: The Tire Rack focuses on brands that are used as Original Equipment (O.E.) on many of the world's finest vehicles. Of the three brands you inquired about, only Toyo has any, although limited, O.E. fitments on vehicles sold in...
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    Breaking News: HRE Wheels Now Available Nationwide ThroughTireRack.com

    Yes, we have teamed up with HRE wheels. For more than 30 years, HRE has been dedicated to achieving the pinnacle in style and performance. You may already know that HRE is respected as one of the finest manufacturers in the wheel industry and offer products which are engineered to meet or...
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    Breaking News: HRE Wheels Now Available Nationwide ThroughTireRack.com

    HRE PERFORMANCE WHEELS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH TIRERACK.com San Diego, Calif. (February 15, 2011) - HRE Performance Wheels today announced that Tire Rack, one of the nation’s largest online retail tire and wheel dealers would be offering premium forged HRE wheels to its customers. This new...
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    sadly I must report that we have been informed ...

    My post is not about the next Gen Viper OE fitment it's about ALL Viper OE sizes from the first Viper with 17's to the current model is the 18/19 set up. There will be no Viper appropriate sizes in the new Pilot Super Sport upon it's North American launch this spring.
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    sadly I must report that we have been informed ...

    the new Michelin Pilot Super Sport will not be available OE Viper sizes until next year ... Michelin believes that the OE C1, Viper Tuned tire, will suffice for the time being.
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    Kumho Ecsta XS

    just read this today on Tyrepress dot com hopefully they will get back to normal manufacturing, inventory and supply levels with this move
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    Kumho Ecsta XS

    Some of them are on the water (have already been shipped from the manufacturing facility via container ship) ... so, there is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel and before you go there NO it is not a train
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    Kumho Ecsta XS

    We are being told by Kumho that the 335/35-17 is in production. I have a message into them to see if we can get an ETA ... will post back when I hear more
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    looking for that 1 specific needle in the 'SoCal' haystack ... details inside

    I need to find a 2001 - 2002 Viper with a StopTech BBK of front and rear (including parking brake caliper) for a little R&D with the boys over at StopTech. They have redesigned their rear parking brake calipers used in conjunction with the StopTech big brake kit and would like to test the new...
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    Calling all SoCal Viper owners ... not really just need one ... details inside

    I need to find a 2001 - 2002 Viper with a StopTech BBK of front and rear (including parking brake caliper) for a little R&D with the boys over at StopTech. They have redesigned their rear parking brake calipers used in conjunction with the StopTech big brake kit and would like to test the new...
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    Michelins new Pilor Super Sport

    the easiest to increase tread life in the shoulder add more negative camber
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    Michelins new Pilor Super Sport

    race tires and street tires are completely different animals but, you will be surprised how much grip the Super Sport has ... it really make the line between race and street tires blurry.
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    Michelins new Pilor Super Sport

    tread wear UTQG numbers are no longer and accurate indicator for amount of traction and haven't been for quite some time. If that was the case the Pirelli P Zero Asymmetrico with the 140 would have more grip than the Ecsta XS with a 180 and it is no even close in terms of shear traction.
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    Michelins new Pilor Super Sport

    the differences are many .. .everything from the rubber compound, internal belt package and even the manufacturing processes used ... better performance and better wear what's not to like
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    Michelins new Pilor Super Sport

    North America release of the new Michelin Pilot Super Sport line is May 1, 2011. We are trying to get Michelin to move the date up to April 1st though. The Pilot Super Sport is Michelin's Max Performance Summer tire initially introduced as Original Equipment on several...
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    Volk Racing Wheels

    Volk has yet to produce anything for a Viper Ray's Engineering who produce the Volk brand of wheels was never affiliated with SSR
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    Car and Driver tests the low cost offering against the PS2

    The Kumho finished second from last in the wet AutoX ... that hurt it's overall ranking ... as you can see it was best in the dry in both skid pad and autoX
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    Car and Driver tests the low cost offering against the PS2

    This is a cut and paste from a C&D tire test from the summer of 2009. I have been asked it several times so, I thought I would post up the information here Could any of these nine low cost offerings knock off the Pilot Sport PS2? The Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 in the test size of 225/45-17 costs...
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