The Battleship,Williams, sentenced to death!

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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by SteveP » 26 Apr 2009 09:14 am

I didn't think A539's were that good, not seen any good reviews on them tbh. Although I've never bought a set of 13's so maybe theres a choice limitation?
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by magnumpi » 26 Apr 2009 01:09 pm

Are they not? TBH i just pressumed being Yoko's they would be fairly reasonable, plus the tread looks quite cool, but i suppose that is irrelevant if they don't grip for toffee.

As mentioned they use them in Locost racing, my mate was given his by a guy who fixes up Caterhams, and a set of Minilites to go with them the jammy git, so maybe they are only any good on light weight machines?

Anyone got any other recomendations then for tyres?


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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by foggyjames » 26 Apr 2009 01:27 pm

Cue Steve ranting about how it's...
1) A genius car
2) From the pre-VAG era (I think?)
and
3) How that's a 1990 model year, as demonstrated by the seat trim, unique to...

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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by Chris_C » 26 Apr 2009 05:13 pm

539's are a good tyre, the motorclub used to use them a lot before they became disco'd. They only take about 10 heat cycles for hardcore racing, but after that they are still good for road use with more grip than most. Other than that, look for RE720's (or at least, their replacement...) and Eagle F1's (or again, their replacement, as they too I've heard a rumour are getting disco'd)
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by volvosneverdie » 26 Apr 2009 07:06 pm

skoda trick bits ftw dude!!!!!!

looks better on the 300 than it ever would on the Skoda.
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by SteveP » 27 Apr 2009 09:47 am

foggyjames wrote:Cue Steve ranting about how it's...
1) A genius car
2) From the pre-VAG era (I think?)
and
3) How that's a 1990 model year, as demonstrated by the seat trim, unique to...
Looks like a 1994 actually :lol:

Kinda pre-VW, the original design was but the later ones were built under VW ownership.

Ok, that's enough :wink: :D

You wont get Re720's in 13's, I'd look at the Continental Contact range
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by garth » 27 Apr 2009 02:27 pm

I have use 539's on road rallies and they're really good on the dry, but get some mud and game over. We hit both sides of the car within 1/4 mile a few years ago. As with everything it depends on how much you want to spend and what you want them to do. If i had plenty of money I'd stick AO21R on the front, and nankans on the back.
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by WooDooUK » 27 Apr 2009 03:16 pm

NanKang NS-1 FTW! had them fitted to my mk2 escy :lol:

I highly rate the A539s in wet and dry, dont know about mud tho :)

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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by xtrmjks » 28 Apr 2009 08:15 am

I use Toyo T1R's, good allround!!
or 888's (££££!!)
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by SteveP » 28 Apr 2009 08:51 am

T1R's are excellent, and very good value in 195/50/15
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by jtbo » 28 Apr 2009 09:53 am

What is use of tyres then?

For gravel:
http://www.rallirengas.fi/sorarenkaat.php

For tarmac (note that there are also wet weather compounds available):
http://www.rallirengas.fi/asfaltti.php

These are also road legal and fit to era of 300 quite well:
http://www.rallirengas.fi/historic.php

Those all are good options if you are looking tyre that is capable for serious motorsports use.

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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by Chris_C » 28 Apr 2009 10:51 am

I think I'm the one person in the world who doesn't like T1R's ;) Useless in the wet compared to F1's, and not quite as good in the dry, and only a fiver different per corner.

888's.... hmmm :lol: They arn't too bad if you get a common size, but the "caution, these tyres will explode below 0deg" sticker scares me :lol:
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by jtbo » 28 Apr 2009 11:12 am

Problem with those 888's is that they certainly don't like from puddle of water.
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by magnumpi » 29 Apr 2009 12:23 am

Well i need to know what tyres are best in 13's, and need to know fast as my lowering bits arived today- Cheers dai.
In response to question, just general road use and maybe the odd track day, just don't like feeling like the back end is on ice!


My mate works in a tyre place and can get Yoko's in 185/60 for around £48 per corner, or he said if i want grip go for Toyo's, which are apparently a road leagal semi slick, which you can get in soft/medium/hard, but around £80 per corner, are these what you guys are talking about?

All i know is my mismatched temporary rear tyres are frikkin leathal in the rain :lol:
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Re: The Battleship, now with Williams powahz

Post by volvosneverdie » 29 Apr 2009 12:34 am

Rain + Valver = pain man.

Rain + willaims x odd ropey tyres = wooooooah nellie!

Toyos are the bomb, but proxes dont come cheap. if you NEED that kind of sh!t, splash the cash man. If you need anything less, settle for the second best.
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