Originally Posted by RETed (Post 108713)

TTT is right - lower the number should give you more lip.

The only other thing I can think of is that one of you is running the "DDC" lip design?
Work offered the DDC lip back then - it's a funky design that countersunk the bolts into a curved outer lip.
The advantages of the DDC lip is that it was stronger, but it takes away from the deep-lip look.


-Ted

Originally Posted by RETed (Post 108712)

Have zero experience with the B.F. Goodrich stuff, as the only I have personally run was 1st gen Comp T/A's a LONG time ago...

The Nitto NT-555's are CRAP.
Dunno if you know this, but Nitto is the sister company of Toyo.
Toyo "hands down" all their old or second-tier technology to Nitto.
The "NT-555R" is an exception, as these are the old Nitto drag radials - same compound as the Toyo RA-1's.
I have no experience with the new NT-01's.

The Grid's are CRAP.
I've had these, and they are disappointing.
Looking at the prices in Japan, these are not top-tier tires.

Zero experience with Cooper and don't intend to try anything American made anytime soon...

Now, don't take my words personally.
I try to run the best tires on my cars.
I've run Toyo RA-1's and currently have Bridgestone S-03 Pole Positions.
I have a set of Yokohama Advan AD-07's in my room waiting to be mounted.
This gives you an idea of what I think are "good" tires.
All of these are either competition tires or top-tire tires at one time.

Other tires I have direct experience in the past...
Bridgestone RE-71's - best at the time, but super soft compound
Dunlop SP-8000's - liked them a lot for the price and dry performance, but not the best
Yokohama AVS intermediates - didn't care too much for them, but a lot of other people did; I like the Dunlop SP-8000's as a slight edge of the AVSi's
(Above are all discontinued.)
Micheline Pilot Sport SX - nice tire but really expensive!


-Ted

Originally Posted by FC3S Murray (Post 108727)

I was comparing some Work Equip pics on RBwheels today and there seems to be two slight different styles of the 5 straight spoke design(not the curved one resembling the Meisters). The "style" that Rotarybeat purchased has a slightly longer spoke design and a thinner lip "face" the bolts go against. My Equips have more lip "area" and the spokes seem slightly shorter.

Check out pictures...mine is the 1st , rotarybeat 2nd

Notice how rotarybeat's equips bolt heads are very close to the lip face edge.Our wheels use the same bolts. hmmmmm

Originally Posted by RETed (Post 108820)

Ah, never saw those in a long time...
Yeah, the Work Equip model was redesigned at one point.
The 1st pic is an early version of the Equip.
The 2nd pic is a later (more popular / easily available) version of the Equip.

Side note, even the Work Meisters were redesigned at one point with the two versions slightly different looking.


-Ted