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Old 06 March 2001, 09:58 AM
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Has someone an experience with Yokohama A539?
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Old 06 March 2001, 04:24 PM
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Thats what my one and only turbo came fitted with and although I don't have any thing else to compare them too I'm quite happy.

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Arn't the A539s the cut slicks?? Designed for track use, but 'just' (dry) road legal?

I thought the AVS were the wet biased road tyres?
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More info on the A539:
Old 07 March 2001, 12:17 PM
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i fitted them to my scoob last year, brilliant in the wet, very good in the dry, no noticable noise, so far done 8k, about 3-4 mm left, paid £380 for 4
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Old 07 March 2001, 04:08 PM
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I have a collegue who won't have anything else, good grip in wet and dry and they lasted him 15k (he has had S02, P-zeros etc) previously and none lasted more than 10k!

Quite pricey though I think!
Old 09 March 2001, 08:51 AM
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I stand corrected the A032R is the 'just road legal' cut slick. The A539 is the replacment for the A520. It is a dry biased tyre though, and (apparently) doesn't give anything like the wet grip of SO2s/F1s/T1-Ss etc

The AVS is the Yoko flagship, and the 'Wet Grip' tyre.
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I'm very happy with the new A539 on my Legacy, ideal tire for this type of car (2.0 AWD); for my Impreza Turbo, I prefer the PZERO! I think the sidewalls of an A539 are too soft to be used on a sportscar.

Thanks to all!
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My experience of the A520 is

Soft compound yet good wear rate
excellent dry grip
Not too good in the wet
Too much movement in the sidewalls

All IMO and I believe the A539s are similar

Justin
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Hi all,

I fitted Yokohamas on the front and they make a lot of noise under certain circumstances.
I won't buy them again.

Ciao,

Peter
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I had A539s when I got my 17" alloys. I was pretty happy with them until I changed to Toyo Proxes... huge difference
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