Novi's Proletariat Garage

[thesameguy]

My friend Ty - formerly of Discount Tire & Wheel - told me the Fuzion was some lowest-rung Bridgestone (IIRC) with an aggressive tread pattern to appear to sport compact owners. All the look of grip without the actual, pesky grip to go with it.

[novicius]

Yep I believe it, the guy obviously bought them based solely on cost.

I feel like I flat-spotted them in the braking box tests -- that's the only place I can think of that put the singular spot of wear on the tires.

[Yeti]

lol, I put Fuzions on the 740 Turbo because....you guessed it...they were the cheapest tires I could find that looked like they would actually be round and hold air.

Even my tired, nearly 300k mile B230FT in that car could get those things spinning they were so hard.

[Godson]

Do you not have abs?

[novicius]

Yep -- what else would flat-spot those tires tho'?

[thesameguy]

ABS is typically disabled below about 15-25mph. Heavy car on bad tires at low speed.....

[novicius]

Snagged these puppies off of the Craigslist last night for $250.



I was really hoping that the tires would've been halfway decent but they're utterly dead: cords showing, drastically uneven wear and something that looks like a nailhead in 'em.

Ah well, looks like I'll be rockin' the Fuzions for a bit longer.

[dodint]

Oh, neat. For some reason I thought they had black spokes.

[novicius]

Sick burn.

The seller tried to claim that they're real Bullitt Mustang rims -- but from the info I've seen online, those rims should be 17x9 and the casing numbers on the back of the wheel say "17x8" so... whatevs. I'm fine if they're repros, I didn't pay $420+ for 'em.

[dodint]

No burn intended, I really thought they were black spokes w/machined lip. Like this:



Mount them already, gotta see this.