***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

Gona be getting two of these for the astra on friday, two front tyres are worn down to nothing, i'm nearly ashamed I've let it run that long but not to fear!

You didn't notice my racing slicks on the carina I take it :P

Ded_Zebra

toastedpickles wrote: »

Gona be getting two of these for the astra on friday, two front tyres are worn down to nothing, i'm nearly ashamed I've let it run that long but not to fear!

If you're going to buy Nankangs at least get NS2's. They're supposed to be OK. You could probably get rain experts for the same money which are very very good

toastedpickles

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

You didn't notice my racing slicks on the carina I take it :P

I did :P But the thought of them going to crap or blowing is slowly starting to creep up on me and it's not nice

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

I did :P But the thought of them going to crap or blowing is slowly starting to creep up on me and it's not nice

Haha.
Yeah I have the carina off the road until I get around to servicing it. I'll have to pickup some part worns or something for it - they are beyond illegal at this stage they are plain dangerous :P (mine are anyway)
I would say that they are below 0.5mm (and are 0.0mm in a lot of places :P )

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

If you're going to buy Nankangs at least get NS2's. They're supposed to be OK. You could probably get rain experts for the same money which are very very good

The problem I would have with buying online is where do you get the tyres fitted afterwards?

toastedpickles

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

If you're going to buy Nankangs at least get NS2's. They're supposed to be OK. You could probably get rain experts for the same money which are very very good

If I can then great but I'm only going to be using them for around three weeks, if i could get part worns, even better

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

The problem I would have with buying online is where do you get the tyres fitted afterwards?

Heffernans do it for €20

joujoujou

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

The problem I would have with buying online is where do you get the tyres fitted afterwards?

Indy garage is the place. :]

Supergurrier

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

The problem I would have with buying online is where do you get the tyres fitted afterwards?

90% of places will do it if you already have them bought.

Shure there is almost 100 in it for fitting balancing and alignment should you opt for it.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

toastedpickles wrote: »

Heffernans do it for €20

Excellent.
I never bought tyres online as I didnt think people would fit them afterwards.
Any tyre fitting places in Dublin seemed offended when I asked :pac:

toastedpickles

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Excellent.
I never bought tyres online as I didnt think people would fit them afterwards.
Any tyre fitting places in Dublin seemed offended when I asked :pac:

Nah them guys are really good, any time i've needed work done they have it done before i even sit down :pac: it's rare you get such a good vibe off a place like that, like you can chat with them while theyre working and stuff, obviously not in the garage but you can stand out at the doors :pac:

dgt

I saw a man in a hat in a silver Audi A3 driving through Navan earlier.... Was that you young Tossy?

YbFocus

Don't think I've ever posted this up lads and I don't think it suits the youtube thread as a proper motor videos only kind of place.

This is another of the friend's videos, same as where the Volvo one came from!

You never know just who you may be ringing from donedeal

Supergurrier

Well off to bed, in to Ford dealers @ half 8 in the morning for software update then.

-Remap
-Rear window tinting (Possibly cinema while i am waiting on it being done)
-Round 2 of rear diffuser fitting

Wahey (i have no life)

YbFocus

Supergurrier wrote: »

Well off to bed, in to Ford dealers @ half 8 in the morning for software update then.

-Remap
-Rear window tinting (Possibly cinema while i am waiting on it being done)
-Round 2 of rear diffuser fitting

Wahey (i have no life)

This will turn out like Andrew Gallaghers Focus in England
Just don't know when to stop

By the way man I came across a set of rear coilovers at home but I don't think they will transfer between the normal focaii and the st's
Other than that ya could've had them!

Supergurrier

YbFocus wrote: »

This will turn out like Andrew Gallaghers Focus in England
Just don't know when to stop

By the way man I came across a set of rear coilovers at home but I don't think they will transfer between the normal focaii and the st's
Other than that ya could've had them!

Haha its ok even with the rear sitting 10-15mm higher than the front the catback still griunds on some speedbumps so im happy enough atm.

Thanks alot for thinking of me though

YbFocus

Supergurrier wrote: »

Haha its ok even with the rear sitting 10-15mm higher than the front the catback still griunds on some speedbumps so im happy enough atm.

Thanks alot for thinking of me though

No hassle man thought I had a whole pile of bits but the Father tossed them!

... Ah sure he doesn't want this stuff he doesn’t have a focus anymore...

:rolleyes:

challengemaster

Saw this on facebook, thought of OSI :pac:

Foxhole Norman

Quick question for ye that are more in the know about cars than I am. The Yaris develops an annoying vibration when travelling at speeds around 130kph. Would this suggest that the tracking is out or worn tires or something different entirely?

toastedpickles

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Quick question for ye that are more in the know about cars than I am. The Yaris develops an annoying vibration when travelling at speeds around 130kph. Would this suggest that the tracking is out or worn tires or something different entirely?

might just need to get them balanced, i had that with my car and when they were balanced it was fine, cheap to do and all

dgt

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Quick question for ye that are more in the know about cars than I am. The Yaris develops an annoying vibration when travelling at speeds around 130kph. Would this suggest that the tracking is out or worn tires or something different entirely?

See what condition the tyres are in first

Foxhole Norman

dgt wrote: »

See what condition the tyres are in first

Thread on them is alright but I think the rears are almost near their use by date(about a year or so left).

toastedpickles wrote: »

might just need to get them balanced, i had that with my car and when they were balanced it was fine, cheap to do and all

Yeah I think the current plan will be to get 4 new tires thrown on as well as get it tracked and balanced and see if that sorts it, shouldn't cost too much all in.

Cogsy88

U could hav a buckled wheel or could be a wheel bearing.

dgt

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Thread on them is alright but I think the rears are almost near their use by date(about a year or so left).

Should have a pic somewhere but one rear tyre on the fathers van went into an s shape ie it bulged out significantly one day despite having plenty of thread

Jack it up and just rotate the wheel, see what its like

Big Nasty

If it's wheel imbalance it should be most noticeable at 55-60mph.

vectra

Cogsy88 wrote: »

U could hav a buckled wheel or could be a wheel bearing.

Or a ball joint.

Supergurrier

Haha went into Mr waffle there for a snack while waiting for car and ordered three waffles with maple syrup and a tea(thinking they would be fairly small).

Almost 17 quid and her wan comes out with three plates with waffles the size of my face and enough maple syrup to bathe in.

/challenge accepted

pajor

Supergurrier wrote: »

Haha went into Mr waffle there for a snack while waiting for car and ordered three waffles with maple syrup and a tea(thinking they would be fairly small).

Almost 17 quid and her wan comes out with three plates with waffles the size of my face and enough maple syrup to bathe in.

/challenge accepted

'The healthy way to start your day.' :pac:

Nom nom.

CianRyan

Me Waffle?
I think I may just drive to Galway.

pajor

CianRyan wrote: »

Me Waffle?
I think I may just drive to Galway.

There's a new waffle stand in the Jervis centre that I'm keen to try.

Supergurrier

CianRyan wrote: »

Me Waffle?
I think I may just drive to Galway.

Haha I have a few friends who used to want KFC so bad they used to get the train to athlone back the day.

That's a lot of hassle to get crap chicken