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[1275midget]

Anyone tried them?

Are they even legal on the road?

http://www2.yokohama...php?tyreID=1025

Is this posted in the right place?

who knows!

[Purple Tom]

Yes, yes, and kind of although its a toss-up between Technical and Mini Chat

What do you want to know about the tyres?

[Rosslin Racing]

they have a soft tyre wall but all the same stick to the roads well try the 048 it will kick the noodles out of the 032 much better choice for race tracks.
for the road i would use the 008 its a super all rounder even on a snowy hockenheim were a mini with these tryes killed 400hp cobras and a GT 40.

[1275midget]

thanks!

I was just debating wether to get some for the midget - mainly road use, so I guess if they're any good in the wet

got continental eco contacts on the front at the moment, they're very good but i wanted some different ones on the back so I could play with the handling a bit, though those yokos may be a bit too different

the majority of tyres in my size (175/70/13) are super-economy ones, and i wanted something a little stickier

[rozzer1275]

I tried them on 165 by 12, i think they were the 048, they were new out then and only availble 12" for mini and for lotus exige (apparantly made for lotus) they were a different tread pattern then, they are superb in the dry and ok in the wet, they are very soft not much tread wear, I remember the tyre place would not fit them until they had confimation from yoko that they were road legal.
a mini racer friend tried 032 in 10" and was not as impressed as i was.

[Jammy]

they have a soft tyre wall but all the same stick to the roads well try the 048 it will kick the noodles out of the 032 much better choice for race tracks.

At least here in the UK, for Mini wheels (10-13"), the A032R is the 10" version of the A048. You can get the A048 for 12" and 13" I believe, but you can't get the A032 in those sizes.

[Rosslin Racing]

on the Midget use the 008 you will be happy. 048 is not availble in 10" but then midgets dont use 10" wheels