Sport Cup shelf life - Page 2

Equinox · 25-06-2012, 12:07 PM

Bmw selling them on ebay ?? Where ??

**alexk** · 25-06-2012, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sailorbaz

Whereabouts? Sorry, tried searching for them but no luck,

Here it is

http://www.ebay.de/itm/235-35-19-87Y...ht_1208wt_1152

They are cheap.
I am just concerned that soon they will be 10 years old

chicken · 25-06-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Niel333

I am, where are you from?

Im from Cape Town, but live in London.

i was just looking for a set that was road worthy, mine have canvas popping out.

Im changing to 18" wheel, and just wanted some rubber on my 19's but wanted cups to match the fronts, not sure if thats just ocd or not, lol

shane@mbtech · 25-06-2012, 10:38 PM

I agree with Shimmy

I don't think they will delaminate, I just think they might go "off", and not grip as well as a fresh cup.

But they would have to be cheap, very cheap.

**shimmy** · 25-06-2012, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by lawsy

I agree with Shimmy

I don't think they will laminate, I just think they might go "off", and not grip as well as a fresh cup.

Caveat emptor

shane@mbtech · 25-06-2012, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

Caveat emptor

Exactly, buyer beware.

conleth m3 · 26-06-2012, 01:27 PM

i ran 39th wk 2003 cups on the rear for a while up until feb this year. no problems with them, wore evenly, gave decent grip but not as much as the newer ones i replaced them with.

Niel333 · 28-06-2012, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lawsy

But they would have to be cheap, very cheap.

They are halfprice? Sounds ok to me then.

NZ_M3 · 29-06-2012, 01:36 AM

STAY AWAY from them.

Not worth the money saved. It's your car and your life (and possibly somebody else's life you are risking here).

I wish I took photos of my 10 year old cups (barely used) to show you guys but these tyres delaminate JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TYRE would after a certain period.

The tyres I had have had less than two track day outings with nearly 80% of the tread still remaining (these were heat cycled also at the track) and the rest of the time sat in a dry room, away from the sun. When I pulled them off two out of the four tyres had extreme delamination going on with one tyre having roughly no more than 10cm of rubber holding onto the tyre wall on the inside. The rest all showed signs of cracking near or around the joint between the tyre wall and the tread.

**alexk** · 29-06-2012, 08:09 AM

Strange then why BMW Munich is selling so old tyres.

They should offer a set of fresh cups for CSL owners only @ 800 EUR

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shane@mbtech CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: warrington Posts: 5,419 Casino cash: $19783	I agree with Shimmy I don't think they will delaminate, I just think they might go "off", and not grip as well as a fresh cup. But they would have to be cheap, very cheap. Last edited by shane@mbtech; 25-06-2012 at 11:28 PM.

29-06-2012, 08:09 AM	#20
alexk Driving it like I nicked it Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,784 Casino cash: $29969	Strange then why BMW Munich is selling so old tyres. They should offer a set of fresh cups for CSL owners only @ 800 EUR __________________ www.clubcsl.com - I am a BMW Motorsport fan ! My youtube channel is here

26-06-2012, 01:27 PM	#17
conleth m3 S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 218 Casino cash: $9386	i ran 39th wk 2003 cups on the rear for a while up until feb this year. no problems with them, wore evenly, gave decent grip but not as much as the newer ones i replaced them with.

29-06-2012, 01:36 AM	#19
NZ_M3 S5, Sport On, DSC M-track Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,434 Casino cash: $13579	STAY AWAY from them. Not worth the money saved. It's your car and your life (and possibly somebody else's life you are risking here). I wish I took photos of my 10 year old cups (barely used) to show you guys but these tyres delaminate JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TYRE would after a certain period. The tyres I had have had less than two track day outings with nearly 80% of the tread still remaining (these were heat cycled also at the track) and the rest of the time sat in a dry room, away from the sun. When I pulled them off two out of the four tyres had extreme delamination going on with one tyre having roughly no more than 10cm of rubber holding onto the tyre wall on the inside. The rest all showed signs of cracking near or around the joint between the tyre wall and the tread.