Aspec DB cannot make it

[Regboyboy]

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[King]

where u buy from?

thks

[Vit4wd]

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Yesterday was raining cats and dogs.....mondy using aspec DB...reali feels v.slippery and aquaplane quite a number of times

 

any comments bro?

 

It also depends on the wheel alignment & whether the tyre has been inflated properly.

 

The Aspec DB grooves are of a straight line, shouldn't have any probelms in the wet, unlike those "flower" type of pattern found in more basic tyres that are good only for dry roads.

[Soya]

actually, good wet tyres are usually of diagonal thread pattern to channel water away from the contact patch, not straight grooves.

[Konspire]

i don't knoe if this is good or not, recently changed to firenza tyres as my aspec db is botaked on one side. so i have front with firenza, went up to kl and it was raining on the highway. thing is, i saw a lot of water going/splashing towards outside of my front tyres, never seen b4 on my aspec db. gripping seems to be feeling good. no aqua planning feeling and overall handling i felt good. the splashing was obvious cause it was quite high as i can see it while driving. but i tried the max to 130-140km/h. i don't know if i can judge by that.

[Car_guru]

Bro, where you change the G3? $69 is a good price...

[Mondeost220]

if im nt wrong..if the tyres is overly inflated...the tyres tend to lose traction more easily..whereas if the tyres are under inflated...under braking...itz beta compared to a fully inflated tyre

[Aspri]

From a shop with a not so good reputation - Yap Bros at Paya Ubi.

[Mondeost220]

[Mondeost220]

mine's 205....nt really veri wide lehz

[Mondeost220]

dun scare me lehz..nwadays raining i dun dare go out

[Mondeost220]

was previously using continential tyres...even though soft tyre walls..but still feels beta whn cornering compared to aspecDB..

[Mondeost220]

agree...slippery upslope is the worst

if gt traction control...tink the traction control oso must be thinking "wat a shitty set of tyres"

[Mondeost220]

been using for abt 3 to 4 mths

nearly spin out of control at jurong town hall whn i just changed it...scared the sxxt out of me

[Mondeost220]

michelin MXT?is dat quite an old model tyre?

[Mondeost220]

the problem is to channel water away from the contact patch..the thread must also be thick enuff...the threads on the aspecDB is too fine..

[Flaser]

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i don't knoe if this is good or not, recently changed to firenza tyres as my aspec db is botaked on one side. so i have front with firenza, went up to kl and it was raining on the highway. thing is, i saw a lot of water going/splashing towards outside of my front tyres, never seen b4 on my aspec db. gripping seems to be feeling good. no aqua planning feeling and overall handling i felt good. the splashing was obvious cause it was quite high as i can see it while driving. but i tried the max to 130-140km/h. i don't know if i can judge by that.

 

 

So I'm not the only who has good experience with Firenza.

 

Hopefully more people could try it out and concur with this finding. I haven't got the chance to really use the firenza in extreme conditions as yet, but nowadays when it's raining, I would purposely look for puddles of water to drive over and make the big splashes!

 

I think after these few days of driving in heavy rain, I would say the tyres do inspire confidence.

[Super7]

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one of my friend who drive passat ,brought the AspecDB,he is a light-pressure turbo car.

so i ask him wet weather be beri carefull

this AspecdB seems to be quite popular, saw lots of it being sold at autobac recently.....