alloys

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

yes they are the new clio alloys and the tyres came with them

Site Subscriber Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1139

but hav YOU balanced the new wheels? if so r they wearing away at the sides as in those pics u posted, and r those pics, pics of the tyres that r on the Clio alloys (baldy/worn)

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

no they are not the tyres on the clio alloys ,they are the 13inch ones i took off the car .
the tyres on clio alloys have about 4mm thread on them
and no i did not have the new alloys balanced

Site Subscriber Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1139

well get the tracking done and c how the tyres r after a couple of weeks/months depending on how u drive.

Do u feel the car pulling to oneside wen u let the steering wheel go?

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i do with the new wheels ,it pulls to the left when i put my foot down .not when i llet the steering wheel go though

Site Subscriber Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1139

emmm?.....i still think its the tracking i recomend it wen u put new wheels on anyway especially wen they r a different size.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

tracking will certainly be done but i am not sure if balancing is needed as well .will find out tomorrow hopefully

Site Subscriber Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1139

Dought they will but ask them in the place u take ur car but dont let them do it go to a scrapy 2 wheels for a Â£5 m8!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

blah blah

if the car shakes get them balance if it doesn't then assume they are still balanced fine.

get the tracking sorted.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

sorted the tracking today ,23 quid is not too bad . they guy in the garage said they were way out the balance.
and he also told me that i put wrong whells in the front passenger and driver sides ,they need to be swapped as one of them is a rotation tyre (whatever that means ? .he said that tyre is meant to rotate only one direction and the front wheels need to be swapped .
no shaking on the steering .i will check it at 50-60 miles an hour on the road .

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yes rotationalt tyres are sided, look at my nice new toyos

these go on the passenger side, if I sdtuck it on the drivers side then handlign and water dispertion would be bad.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i see ,
nice tyres chris .how much did you pay for one?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

31 quidish from mytyres.co.uk Toyo Proxes T1S's 195/50 15 V (149mph rated) standard 16V spec tyres.

so under 130 for the tyres and then 20 quid to have them fitted, new valves and balanced.

I fit the wheels to the car myself as I trust no one and tyre places just use trolley jacks and fold the floors.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

in the garage i had the tracking done ,i asked the guy about tyre prices ,he said the economy 15 inch (cheap ,shayt) is about 45 quid ,thats why i asked you ,i will buy them off internet as well .much cheaper

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

dont get Falkens, theyre bollocks.

Site Subscriber Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1139

Part worns that wat i say, a lot cheaper!

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

the problems persists now ,
the car is pulling to the right after the tracking done and the front wheels swapped . (it was pulling to the left before i took it to the garage for trackng ,the guy done the tracking and told me to swap 2 front tyres as one of them was a rotation tyre )
any ideas ??

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

this is why you don;t go to garages to get the tracking done. They will have only set up the front toe angle without any consideration to anything else.

The toe may be right for the front wheels at the angle they were but the car may be bent, or the subframe slightly askew so it will never track true.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

been to the same guy in the morning and asked whats going on ,he told me .3 wheels i have has got michelin energy tyres 1 with 4 mm 2 with 3.5mm of thread.
the last wheel has got a nankaang make tyre on it and its a rotational tyre as well . they fella said that nankaang tyre is an economy tyre (shit in other words )
so i came home and swapped all tyres all over again .
2 michelin energy tyres with 3.5 mm thread are in front now and the other energy tyre plus the nankaang crap tyre are in the back minding the rotation of the rotation tyre .
been out for a ride after ,feels much better .no problems at all
so i reckon the car did not need tracking at all in the first place my poor quids blown for nothing .

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

Neal 19 16v wrote:

dont get Falkens, theyre bollocks.

i got them, didnt i notice u had them as well on urs? not amazing r they

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

yeah mine are ZE512s, have to be real careful just to avoid wheelspins all the time