Has anyone Yokohamas A021s 185/70/13 on their +2?

PostPost by: terryp » Sat Jun 18, 2011 6:48 am

Hello
Back to tyre choices ........
I currently have Goodyear 185/70/13's on the car and like the look / size of the tyre. The car has a Lotus chassis and standard suspension with ride height adjustment at the front. there has been a slight tyre rub on the front arches towards the front but I don't find this a problem
The question is has anyone Yokohamas tyres in the same size and do they fit as I understand that some tyres can be slightly wider or narrower even though the tyre size is the same.

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PostPost by: spridget » Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:24 pm

Hi Terry,

I've got Yokohama on my car they are 185/70 R13. Don't know if they are A021S. They look good and drive fine
I 'll try to make picture of them.

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PostPost by: terryp » Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:45 pm

Thanks Franck!

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PostPost by: spridget » Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:50 pm

Hi Terry
A few pictures about my Yokohama tyres. Sorry for delay, my car is currently in another garage due to living room painting, so my garage is full of goods :cry:

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The +2 will be back shortly :)
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PostPost by: terryp » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:00 pm

Thanks Franck
Tyres now on order, unfortunately taking up valuable baked bean space in our October trip to the UK :wink:

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PostPost by: tcsoar » Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:49 pm

Terry,

The perfect excuse for using the +2 on your uk trip. You can have the tyres fitted there and then and still have space for the Beans :mrgreen:

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PostPost by: Foxie » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:22 pm

terryp wrote:Hello
The question is has anyone Yokohamas tyres in the same size and do they fit as I understand that some tyres can be slightly wider or narrower even though the tyre size is the same.
Terry


I have Yokohama A021s 185/60/14s. They are on Spyder Minilite copies. I have Spyder IRS, and adjustable height shocks, adjusted to give 6.5" to the lower edge of the sills. No problems with clearance, except a little contact once when a wheel fell over a kerb on full lock.

They are excellent wet or dry :D

I also have Toyo Proxies, same size. Stickier on the track in the dry, but straight line stability on the road not so good. Not great in the wet :shock:
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PostPost by: peterako » Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:37 pm

Se?n's wheels look fab!

The 14" and 185/60 really suit the +2!

I'll be in Terenure tomorrow, you going Se?n?

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PostPost by: Foxie » Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:36 pm

peterako wrote:I'll be in Terenure tomorrow, you going Se?n?

Peter


That's a negative :|

You obviously haven't seen my post here, near the bottom:

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PostPost by: peterako » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:57 am

Sorry to hear that Se?n.

Was the only Lotus (except an M100) yesterday. Over 1000 cars.

Back on this thread:

Noticed that one of my rear tyres will soon need changing....so may have a look at some Yoko's.

Would be interested to hear how you get on Terry!

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PostPost by: terryp » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:02 am

Peter
I won't know until October as we are picking the tyres up then, but will keep you in touch.
We are on holiday at the moment ....Jon is looking after our Pool!!!!

All the best
Terry
Thanks to Sean / Chris also , we are going Yokahomas!
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PostPost by: Foxie » Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:19 pm

peterako wrote:Sorry to hear that Se?n.

No prob, couldn't have happened in a better place, even got trailered home by Wexford Classic Club.
Replacement diff on the way :mrgreen:

Was the only Lotus (except an M100) yesterday. Over 1000 cars.

Glad to here we were well represented :D
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PostPost by: peterako » Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:57 am

'Well represented' may be a bit kind (to me) :)

But at least there were two 'real' Lotus there.

Plenty of flavours of 7's at the kit car stand.

It took my 12 year old getting hungry to drag me away from drooling over them!

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PostPost by: peterako » Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:59 am

terryp wrote:Peter
I won't know until October as we are picking the tyres up then, but will keep you in touch.
We are on holiday at the moment ....Jon is looking after our Pool!!!!

All the best
Terry
Thanks to Sean / Chris also , we are going Yokahomas!


May beat you to it.

I'm probably going to order some tyres today for teh back of the car.

Really must talk to Jon about your place!
Yet again we have left booking any holiday very late this year!!

'Hope you're enjoying your holiday.

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PostPost by: innesw » Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:16 pm

Hi,
Terry and Peter, how have you guys been coping with the 185/70 R13s Yoko's? Trawling through t'interweb for some new shoes after the alloys get polished up, cheers.

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