mauricewalsh
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Dec 14, 2011 10:48:14 GMT
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be a survivor not a victim
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fieldy
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Dec 14, 2011 10:57:36 GMT
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Interesting....
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Frankenhealey
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And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death
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Dec 14, 2011 11:01:17 GMT
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here |
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Dec 14, 2011 11:37:00 GMT
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allow them in but only for burnouts!
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Jowey
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Dec 14, 2011 11:43:53 GMT
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I'm suprised these haven't arrived sooner.
Plenty of concept cars are shown with crazy colored tires and its the in thing in the bmx/cycling world .. which means they'd probably sell big to the sceney vw types.
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2000 Mercedes E55 //AMG
1998 Alfa Reomeo GTV 24v
1997 Alfa Romeo Spider 16v
1996 Alfa Romeo Spider 16v
1996 Suzki Swift 1.0 GLS
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Dec 14, 2011 12:03:12 GMT
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Might be wrong here, but these were due to be released in the States a few years back.
Some Govenrment types (no idea who) put the stops on them, worried that gangs would equip their vehicles with them in their own colours, and leave coloured burnouts in rival's territory.
Essentially, they were worried a gang war would result if these were bought out...!
No idea if they actually succeeded in banning them, or if simply no-one was interested.....
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Last Edit: Dec 14, 2011 12:03:32 GMT by Maxxxer
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Dec 14, 2011 12:06:01 GMT
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If they were good tyres and I could afford them, I'd probably get a set, and while I'm a VW owner, I'm far from being a sceney one  |
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Dec 14, 2011 12:15:47 GMT
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Khumo (IIRC) did a range of coloured burnout tyres. Last I checked there was only yellow left in stock at Summit in the USA. (they did red, blue, yellow, purple and maybe green?)
They were black coloured but with bands of colour in the tread which gave the smoke its colour.
They were quite expensive and only in limited sizes so I guess lack of public interest killed them off.
Just because these tyres are coloured doesn't mean they will burnout other than black.
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Last Edit: Dec 14, 2011 14:37:29 GMT by akku
1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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col
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Dec 14, 2011 12:21:17 GMT
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white tyres would be pretty cool.... but those colours are oh so tacky
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Dec 14, 2011 12:57:15 GMT
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Khumo (IIRC) did a range of coloured burnout tyres. Last I checked there was only yellow left in stock at Summit in the USA. Then I'm against the idea  With my luck at the moment, I'd probably leave a big yellow '11' in the road my house, then get a parking ticket the next day  |
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Dec 14, 2011 12:58:29 GMT
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I really don't like the idea of coloured tyres, but I guess for the right application it could certainly look different at the very least. I don't think I'll be rolling any on my cars in the foreseeable future. Akku, you're right about Khumo producing the tyres, but they didn't have coloured bands...rather a special type of pigment within part of the tread. In every other respect, the tyres look standard black with standard tread. They looked like this when going some:  Lavender anyone??  Blue? Two tone: A friend of mine had some BF Goodrich tyres that had some blue bands running around the tread. The blue was moulded right the way through the tread so it was always visible. According to him they also did the tyres with red, green or yellow bands. Looked really cool but they were expensive and a little bit pointless (they came on a set of wheels he bought for his Delica) - I'll try and find some photos... |
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bryn
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Dec 14, 2011 13:46:54 GMT
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I find it amusing that we love wild Japanese Bosuzuka cars, yet baulk at the thought of a coloured tyre... I wouldn't worry they'll never take off, but having watched a drift event where the two cars wore different coloured tyres, it looked amazing. Marangoni do them too  |
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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Jowey
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Dec 14, 2011 13:52:52 GMT
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I have some tan colored tires on some powder coated white rims on my single speed commuter bike.  looks quite classy on a satin black frame with a tan saddle surely it'd all transfer quite nicely to the automotive world as well ? |
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1998 Alfa Reomeo GTV 24v
1997 Alfa Romeo Spider 16v
1996 Alfa Romeo Spider 16v
1996 Suzki Swift 1.0 GLS
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Dec 14, 2011 14:01:07 GMT
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snakeskin tyres any good?  |
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Dec 14, 2011 14:05:41 GMT
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nothing new under the sun...  I'm sure you could make them look good on the right car, although the ones pictured look a bit.. pastelly ;D |
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Last Edit: Dec 14, 2011 14:30:22 GMT by dude
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Dec 14, 2011 14:23:54 GMT
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Slammed matt black generic barge (E32, Omega, Gloria ect ect) + matt black wheels + bright green tyres = Win? snakeskin tyres any good? Mmmmmm Camo tyres now there's an idea! |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Dec 14, 2011 14:35:01 GMT
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I may have been confused about the band in the tread area with the BFGs. I am aware (although expressed it badly) that the band was not what makes the colour smoke but I thought they had them for identification purposes
That Lavendar tyre you posted Bruce, I think thats one of the scented ones from their aromatherapy range rather than a coloured smoke one.
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Last Edit: Dec 14, 2011 14:38:04 GMT by akku
1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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bxer
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Dec 14, 2011 15:02:34 GMT
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One of these:  Would be fantastic with a red, yellow, green and blue tyre on each corner ;D |
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Jowey
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Dec 14, 2011 15:27:37 GMT
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One of these: Would be fantastic with a red, yellow, green and blue tyre on each corner ;D now that is a mark of genius |
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1998 Alfa Reomeo GTV 24v
1997 Alfa Romeo Spider 16v
1996 Alfa Romeo Spider 16v
1996 Suzki Swift 1.0 GLS
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MWF
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Dec 14, 2011 15:53:22 GMT
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Well I like 'em and can't wait to see what people do with them.
Maybe one day you'll be able to get a set custom printed to your own spec, people could do some really cool stuff.
I think that's more in the RR spirit.
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