Coloured tyres (smoke)

[NORTI]

Found these....

http://www.motorway-tyres.com.au/innovation/

Seem they will be releasing them soon. few questions I have....

Will they be legal for road use? - I think not lol, plus what 'legal' reason would you have for having them on the road, they would be no different to normal tyres I would imagine, except when doing burnouts lol

The cost.... will they be comparitive to use for burnout comps, or just waaayyyy too exxy to warrant using them at all. Might only be used by 'burnout demos' as such??

I watched a vid of red so long ago.... but IMO BLUE 4 THE WIN!!!! lol

I want some


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy-Jjrp2sdc


So would you get these? or would you get them if they werent too expensive? or not at all? Or hell yeah who cares about cost?? lol

[coolvxss]

Yeah a couple cars at summernats had them in the burnout comp, At first i thought i was just too drunk and seeing things. But it realy was a coloured burnout haha. It looked awsome. 1st time ive seen them. And im pretty sure they still left black marks??? But that being said. i was drunk and wasnt paying much attention at the burnouts. More attention on miss summernats and other babes flashin

[calais_304]

i'd get some for shtis and giggles, lol be funny to see someone try and deny doing a burnout....but your the only one getting around with green tires...and the marks on the road are green! .

i wouldn't so much use them for daily driving only for fun.

[NORTI]

will they leave coloured marks?? thats even more fun!!!

[fu2]

top gear had a section on one of there shows with them, different but really expencive

[AirStrike]

will they leave coloured marks?? thats even more fun!!!

No they leave normal black ones. Its basically a coloured powder mixed into the tire.

[STEALTHY™]

They don't leave colours marks. They are like normal black tyres, but with a small colour put thru the compound (the way it was described was like a thin strip put thru one of the tread lines)

Thats what makes them coloured.
I havn't seen them personally besides the vid, so i couldn't say if the tread is visibly different, but from the sides, there black still, and your marks will still be black.


I'm ordering some green ones as soon as my tyre guy can get em.....

[AirStrike]

They don't leave colours marks. They are like normal black tyres, but with a small colour put thru the compound (the way it was described was like a thin strip put thru one of the tread lines)

Thats what makes them coloured.
I havn't seen them personally besides the vid, so i couldn't say if the tread is visibly different, but from the sides, there black still, and your marks will still be black.


I'm ordering some green ones as soon as my tyre guy can get em.....

Correct, I looked at a HQ 1 tonner at Springnats that had blue ones and the very center had a blue stripe around 10mm thick.

[Spaced]

Yeah I read about this in a rice car magazine a two years ago, they were invented for drifting no price unfortunately cause the teams were going to be sponsored I think Toyo origally invented them

[Troy711]

Correct, I looked at a HQ 1 tonner at Springnats that had blue ones and the very center had a blue stripe around 10mm thick.

james scarlett (of BLOWNZ fame) had blue ones on his POS HZ at summernats. im pretty sure the tyres were fully blue. i think they left a faint blue mark too. i have a good video of it if anyone cares

[STEALTHY™]

you can't say 'i have a vid' and not post it, of course we want to see it.

You sure he didn't just paint them himself?

[minux]

The ones i have seen developed by kumho have no visible color on the tyre and pure street legal, the heat in the rubber sets off a chemical reaction which allows the colored smoke.

Believe they will be available to buy in oz over the next few months.

[_Mukas_]

ill be getting some for sure... even if they just sit in the garage for a few months till i get my new ride...

[AirStrike]

james scarlett (of BLOWNZ fame) had blue ones on his POS HZ at summernats. im pretty sure the tyres were fully blue. i think they left a faint blue mark too. i have a good video of it if anyone cares

I saw that one along with the tonner I was talking about, and both had black tyres.

[Troy711]

I saw that one along with the tonner I was talking about, and both had black tyres.

they could have been black with blue tread... but im pretty sure it was all blue.

[Troy711]

you can't say 'i have a vid' and not post it, of course we want to see it.

You sure he didn't just paint them himself?

just uploading to youtube now.. along with 2 other good vids ill post here

[Doctor Bob]

these are the Khumo ones

[NORTI]

those are $2k each!!!!!!!!!!

[NORTI]

they also have lavender & rosemary SCENTED tyres too, aswell as red, blue & green for drifters. They were using them on their sponsored cars, but due to homologation rules they have had to release 2500 for the public.

[Troy711]

i must have done womething wrong with the videos, ill fix it tomorrow after work. i would do it now but ive got dinner with my girls parents

[VN_Luke]

plus what 'legal' reason would you have for having them on the road

you'd be able to see a skidding/sliding car from a mile away.

[NickVR]

They had a thing on Triple M (Discussing if they should be banned) this morning about it. A guy that owns or runs a tyre place at reynella run up, he said that they cost between $700-$900 each and they will only fit them to racing wheels or if they fit them to normal wheels they won't do it with them on the car. You have to give them the wheels off the car otherwise they won't fit them and no they are not legal.

[NORTI]

hmmm Reynella hey? lol might have to have a little looky

[badaz]

I watched a commie (I think) at the summernats with them on and were leaving fairly good blue lines on the road. My cuz got some for his pursuit ute for next year blue ute with blue smoke it should look great

[jNINE]

those are $2k each!!!!!!!!!!

Nah.. they are not that much - we can get them in (we're Kumho motorsport distributors) but they still aren't cheap!