Miata Mailing List: April 1995, Message #34
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   From: Jay Andriot 
Subject: RE: Hippy Hippy Shakes
   Date: Sun, 2 Apr 1995 13:39:11 -0400


---------------Original Message---------------
Jay Andriot notes the problems with out of round Dunlop D-60 A2s on BBS
wheels.  This is sort of apples and oranges, since I have D-60 M2s on the
stock Miata alloys - but have had no shakes or out of round problems with
them.  However, note my other post on this subject - I bought them locally.
I dunno why this should be, but I've had better luck quality wise buying
tires locally, than via mail order.  Even if it came out the same, I'd still
buy locally, since it's so much easier to take care of a problem.
 
                                                --Jack M. & KANSEI--



----------End of Original Message----------
Jack,

The BBS's weren't out of round, they are very round.
The problem lie solely with the D60 A2's. I bought
the Dunlaps locally, in fact the batch of tires was
so bad that we went through 9 tires before we found
2 that were round and 2 that were close to round. It
was those two tires that caused the dreaded Miata skake.
The AVSi that are now on the BBS wheels are a delight.
My comfort level is up by 15 mph, the down side is
my chance of getting a speeding ticket is also up.

Jay Andriot