The upgraded GT - R is now fitted as standard with Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT 600 DSST CTT tires, for outstanding road - holding and precise response in all conditions thanks to stiffer
sidewalls which reduce deformation, improving steering response under hard cornering.
Not exact matches
Organic finishing sheds have pop holes down the length of the
sidewalls,
which allow the birds free entry and exit.
City Councilman Robert Jackson announced his allocation of $ 25,000 toward the cleanup of graffiti in his district Friday,
which his office said will seek to «keep all storefronts, roll - down gates,
sidewalls and street furniture graffiti - free.»
The tread also continues up the sides
which not only gives you more grip but also protects the rims and
sidewalls for longer life.
«As a result, we were able to make long and narrow gaps using atomic layer deposition (ALD),
which is a robust manufacturing technique for coating ultra-thin films to construct insulating gaps in the
sidewalls of patterned metals (see figure 1).
If you do not keep the overall diameter of your tire the same (wheel diameter +
sidewall height) you will be altering your final gear ratio
which will make your speedometer incorrect, alter your fuel mileage (better or worse depends on driving behavior and altered size), impacts your acceleration, what speed you can reach in
which gears, your effective power band, etc..
Note: While there's no belts on the side, there are
sidewall support
which will show cords.
There are 225/60 R18 tires here,
which leaves a good amount of
sidewall to soften blows from ruts and potholes.
Both beds feature tall
sidewalls, for deeper storage,
which give the Colorado best - in - class cargo volume.
Now I expect the ride to be a bit worse if you keep the standard 19 - inch wheels with the paper thin tire
sidewall, but I was lucky to have the optional 18 - inch wheels
which gained a tiny bit more
sidewall and made the ride a little bit more bearable.
Today's performance tires have shorter
sidewalls and far better / stickier compounds,
which means more grip and less give.
Upon closer inspection, you can see Ford has scrubbed almost all the markings off the
sidewall, what's visible are «305 / 30 / ZR20» on the front tires,
which are similar to the fronts on the current GT350R, (
which measure 305/3019).
The suspension is a little on the stiff side, but it's made up for with some thick tire
sidewalls,
which help the suspension soak up bumps and potholes.
These feed air into the wheel arch,
which then exits smoothly across the
sidewall of the tire.
Tires are 40 - series in front and 35 - series in back,
which means the rear tires have slightly shorter
sidewalls for a firmer response.
Some of that credit goes to the Goodyear Eagle Sport all - season tires,
which have thick
sidewalls (235/50 front, 265/45 rear) that don't get noisy until the upper end of highway speeds.
It sort of reminds me of how the Volkswagen Golf R was setup,
which is another sport compact that's quick, offers all - wheel drive, but is priced at about $ 10,000 more than the ST. Bump stiffness over road ruts is stiff,
which I'm thinking has more to do with the stiff
sidewalls on the performance - oriented Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 tires fitted on the car.
Added commercial flexibility is provided by the 20 standard integrated, reinforced cargo - mounting points,
which allow installation of racks and shelves without drilling into the
sidewalls, and six available floor mounted cargo hooks (standard on SV models) in the cargo area.
Raynal mentioned durability problems,
which is a good point because we had numerous tires develop blisters on the
sidewall with our long - term 550i xDrive and our 750Li before it.
Ride quality is harsher,
which I'm going to attribute to the stiff
sidewalls of the performance tires our test car had.
The wheels measure 18x10.5 front and 18x13 rear,
which allows him to run more rear rubber compared to the more common 19 - inch rear rollers that require rubber - band tires with minimal
sidewall.
That's why many of the tire chains we carry are low profile chains designed to exceed SAE Class S clearance restrictions,
which establishes minimum clearances (0.59», 15 mm from the tire
sidewall and 1.46», 37 mm from the treadface) between the tires and surrounding components like fenders, suspension parts, fuel and brake lines, etc..
Long drills are being used to bore cover holes into the
sidewall into
which cement will be pumped, to staunch...
The cones in the
sidewalls have holes,
which dehydrate the tip of the roots due to a sudden greater air density in the soil, resulting in the air - pruning.
Pumping up your tires to the maximum rating on their
sidewalls,
which may be higher than levels recommended in car manuals.
According to the patent, the flexible
sidewall displays could imbibe a single, or more, flexible layer,
which would possibly be mounted beneath a transparent screen — made perhaps of plastic or transparent glass.
The
sidewall display could also have a slight bend,
which would enable the «second portion» of the flexible screen to cover the edges of the device.
Additionally, the
sidewall screens would be customizable,
which would allow the most efficient use of the space depending on applications being run and tasks that need to be accomplished.
The patent, No. 8,723,824 as seen on the United States Patent and Trademark Office Website, is titled «electronic devices with
sidewall displays»
which is more accurately described within itself as being a method wrapping flexible displays around a device's
sidewalls.