Goodyear Billboards - I couldn't resist

[750hp]

Gary, I have a number of photos of your car saved on my computer for inspiration. At some stage in the future I would like to paint my Arntz another colour, and your colour is my current favourite. I love what you've done with the paint on your wheels too!

Wazza, I've been in touch with Ron on a number of occasions since he bought the pin drives and billboards. It's a big change going back from 18s isn't it I gave him a hard time about making the lettering paint so shiny. I've stuck with the fading, scratched paint with overspray as they are delivered. Ron's car is always shiny, so it stands to reason that he'd want to make everything look as tidy as possible.

Regarding the offsets for my front wheels, I was walking through the Queen St Mall at midnight and the spray paint artist was at work. I showed him a photo of my car to do a cartoon rendering, but said to move the front wheels in a bit. If only the fix was so cheap and easy in real life!

[gsharapa]

Nice painting Craig!

[spookypt]

Craig, stout.. love it.

With the industry changing quite radically with the onset of AP and more older imported left hookers landing on our shores we certainly seem to be seeing a lot more "period style" cars around. The 15 inch wheels etc etc certainly is making their presence felt. Personally I love them.

At the risk of asking a question that may or may not have been answered already... reading the Avon website it states the Avon CR6ZZ is EXEMPT from the EU tyre labelling regulation EC1222/2009 and is designed to be fitted only to vehicles registered for the first time before 1 October 1990. (I'm not sure how that relates to DOT??)

But what are the insurance ramifications if any of running these or the Billboard tyres seen on Ronny's, Box or your car? I know Bernie has 2 sets, for show and DOT for road use...

Certainly, without doubt the direction I'd go for a street cobra of 40... and what I'd want to do. But curious as to views and opinions...... and dare I say it .....legal liability?

Spookypt

[Paintwerks]

Originally Posted by spookypt

But what are the insurance ramifications if any of running these or the Billboard tyres seen on Ronny's, Box or your car? I know Bernie has 2 sets, for show and DOT for road use...

Certainly, without doubt the direction I'd go for a street cobra of 40... and what I'd want to do. But curious as to views and opinions...... and dare I say it .....legal liability?

Spookypt

Spooky, I agree with you completely. I also want to know about the legalities of running Billboards on Australian roads because I'd love a set too!

[Donunder]

Originally Posted by Paintwerks

I also want to know about the legalities of running Billboards on Australian roads because I'd love a set too!

Who cares????

If you want to read all the agonising and hand-wringing you can stand concerning this subject, hop over to the US forum -- there are pages and pages and pages about are they legal? do they understeer? do they flat-spot? do the sidewalls crack? does the writing fade? yada yada yada ad infinitum. To repeat -- who bloody cares???

They're not everyone's cup of tea, and there is the perception (unconfirmed by all accounts) that some insurance companies in the US have reservations about them, BUT if you like 'em, if you want 'em and if you feel that their looks performance handling whatever, outpoint the whining of the nervous nellies, then just buy a set!!

Bloody hell -- life's too short!