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Old 10-20-2008 | 07:24 AM
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Tread depth should be considered as well
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Old 10-20-2008 | 08:11 AM
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I had the non-Star Specs in 235/255 sizing and they were great up until they got down to the 2/32 depth. Excellent grip levels and very easy to recover from a slide.
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Old 10-20-2008 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Voodoo_S2K,Oct 16 2008, 12:38 PM
My rear grip dropped off badly when I got down to the wear indicators.
I don't have the z1's, but on the Dunlop SportMaxx, I notice the same thing happening. I'm pretty much on the wear bars and they just don't grip anymore.
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Old 10-20-2008 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by tekstar,Oct 15 2008, 01:40 PM
Great writeup blue
Try to run 34-35 hot, top up, 255 all around, and go for sub-2:05.

Speaking of BW, I should be back out there.
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Old 10-20-2008 | 06:13 PM
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Looking for someone who went from RE050A pole positions to the z2 star specs.
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Old 10-20-2008 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by tof,Oct 20 2008, 05:13 PM
Looking for someone who went from RE050A pole positions to the z2 star specs.
no one has ever tried z2 star spec yet
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Old 10-20-2008 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaku,Oct 20 2008, 05:25 PM
no one has ever tried z2 star spec yet
doh...typo
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Old 10-20-2008 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by tof,Oct 20 2008, 05:13 PM
Looking for someone who went from RE050A pole positions to the z2 star specs.
I went from REO50A's to Star Specs, does that count?
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Old 10-20-2008 | 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by nuklearmaniac86,Oct 18 2008, 09:53 PM
You haven't broken them in yet. Give them a little less then 500miles and you'll wonder why you haven't gotten them earlier. From what I can tell about responsiveness, these tires have a stiffer if not just as stiff of a sidewall as the Bridgestones. What size tires did you get and what alignment are you running?
This is the first time Ive changed my tires. My RE050 lasted 24kmiles, probably have 2-3k miles thread left on it too, but I just couldnt wait anylonger so I installed the Z1 SS along with my new wheel.
I still like the stockies better and hoping this will get better after break in period. Excellent grip on my second day. I tried to whip the back end and these rubber sticks like a mothaf@cker! lol. Didnt even set off the VSA..
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Old 10-21-2008 | 01:09 AM
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time to run some r comps!
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