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JAYh
05-16-2005, 05:18 PM
What do you guys think will be more competitive this season: old, used (40% tread depth) A032R hard compounds, or brand new Falken Azenis ST215s (the older style)?

Both are 14".

Opinionate away!

- J
gatherer
05-16-2005, 05:33 PM
neither.... V710s all the way....:p

as for which of the 2 would win in a shoot out I dunno mount both of them and headf out to your local autocross and try them out
BangHatch
05-16-2005, 05:35 PM
would it be a fair comparison between the a032 - an R compound tire vs the azenis - a 'R' looking street tire?
max attack
05-16-2005, 06:14 PM
Jay I'd be tempted to give the nod to fresh azenis,the azenis offer their best grip when relatively cold while the aged/heat cycled 32r's are past their prime.
Getting the top layer scrubbed off the 32r's and giving them a tire treatment might bring them back to life a bit but I have no experience with tire treatments.
Wedge
05-16-2005, 07:01 PM
Bah! I ran ALL of last year on old, used, hard-compound A032's (and will continue to use them for the first part of this year). And they are holding up just fine! Those things are great. They never wear out! I'm keeping them til I see steel.
JAYh
05-16-2005, 08:25 PM
Thanks for the input guys. Reason I'm asking is I have the chance to buy a set of wheels with either tyre included - I'm trying to figure out which set. I should mention that these will get street driven so "hard core" rubber like the V710s is probably a bad idea. (And yes, I know what the Yokos sound like on the street.)

- J
BangHatch
05-16-2005, 08:47 PM
Originally posted by Wedge
Bah! I ran ALL of last year on old, used, hard-compound A032's (and will continue to use them for the first part of this year). And they are holding up just fine! Those things are great. They never wear out! I'm keeping them til I see steel.

are you sure you want to run them this far?
hehehe these are a032RS

http://img1.yoxio.com/img/165867.jpg (http://img1.yoxio.com/view/165867.htm)
Wedge
05-16-2005, 09:26 PM
Originally posted by BangHatch
are you sure you want to run them this far?
hehehe these are a032RS

http://img1.yoxio.com/img/165867.jpg (http://img1.yoxio.com/view/165867.htm)

Well... maybe not quite THAT far....
soloZ
05-16-2005, 11:15 PM
Originally posted by BangHatch
are you sure you want to run them this far?
hehehe these are a032RS

http://img1.yoxio.com/img/165867.jpg (http://img1.yoxio.com/view/165867.htm)


That looks like an extremely hard and long brake application. I had A008rsc2 last year and I have been told by older autocrossers that those tires were about ten years old and mine may have been around that age, they were great when it was hot out and the tire could heat up but they sucked everywhere else.
Marsh
05-17-2005, 12:17 AM
Well, having driven twice on the 3 year old A032R Hard compounds that Reg gave me with his rims, I'm inclined to lean towards the Yokos.

I'm going through the same debate right now. I was going to order some Azenis as my summer/rain tires, but now that the 710's aren't coming until mid June I'm thinking A032R's and find ANOTHER set of rims for summer... sigh...
soloZ
05-17-2005, 08:41 AM
Oh by the way I get my new 048's today :D