Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

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Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby rab » Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:49 pm

Woo Who! :D I getting a set of Direzza ZII's.. The will be here 1/30... 8-)
Now there will be one less thing I can blame my bad driving on... :d
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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby Loren » Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:51 pm

Can't wait to hear how the new ZII stacks up to the old Star Spec.
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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby rab » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:01 pm

Here is the link to Tire Rack's early review:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/vid ... p?ttid=168

They seem to really like them...
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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby Jamie » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:48 pm

The big advantage from the test seems to be a bit more immediate and predictable handling. They used a heavy BMW as the test car, so I think the gap between the two on a Miata will be a bit less than the test.

They must have just received a fresh shipment -- I ordered tires last week, and they weren't sure when they'd have ZIIs in my size, so I ordered a set of Star Specs. Now they're showing ZIIs "in stock". I'll just have to drive around the difference.
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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby nc4me » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:04 am

rab wrote:Woo Who! :D I getting a set of Direzza ZII's.. The will be here 1/30... 8-)
Now there will be one less thing I can blame my bad driving on... :d
I'm jealous. Their website says my size won't be available till March. Oh well, at least I can check yours out at the next event.
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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby Lava Speed 05 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:03 am

No 225/45/15 size... so I would have to go 205/50/15. :roll:

Looks like RS-3 or drive these to the cords and try the BFG Rivals in March...

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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby rab » Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:36 pm

mounted balanced and ready to rumble....

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Here they are next to my old Kumho's
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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby Loren » Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:00 pm

Can you hear them? They're begging to be scrubbed in for a couple weeks before the autocross.
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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby rab » Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:35 pm

Going on the car tomorrow to be run around town...
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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby Lava Speed 05 » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:37 pm

So what did you think of these?


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Re: Woo who! I'm Getting in a set of ZII's

Postby rab » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:50 pm

They are very nice.
Great on the road and With the new sway-bar in had more grip than I had skill.
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