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Old 31st May 2011, 09:06 PM
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Im after decent wear and not costing the earth. Dont mind a bit more road noise if the wear is better. Currently on 255/40/19.

Oh and is there a limit on A8's as to the difference in trwad between front and back tyres?

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Old 31st May 2011, 09:45 PM
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Up to 1% difference in rolling diameter for quattros, does not matter if front wheel drive.
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Old 1st June 2011, 03:54 AM
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i want to change to 275/35/20 from 255/35/20 but im scared to because of the difference.

go for falken 452's they are pretty cheap, good tyre, last a good time.

ive got them all round on my d3.
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Old 1st June 2011, 06:32 AM
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Falken 452s would be my suggestion as well. I have a set on the Projekt.
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Old 1st June 2011, 06:46 AM
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Great, thanks guys. And what sort of mileage would i be looking at?
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Old 1st June 2011, 03:50 PM
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i dont really hang around and i think from memory i got about 15k???

got around 20k on the ps2's but they are double the price.
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Old 17th October 2012, 06:57 AM
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Best tyres are those which don't get slipped even it is raining.
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Best tyres are those which don't get slipped even it is raining.
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