Jump to content

Wheels Dilemma!


Guest Gilto

Recommended Posts

  • Gandalf the Grey, Maiar of Manwë and Varda, Team HgAg/Sneaky
  • Member
  • Member For: 21y 7m 20d
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: The Shire, Middle Earth
Geea, we had a Merc. Silver turbo at work, with standard 17" wheels sprayed matt black, looked sh!thot. :o

Any chance of a pic? ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Great rack
  • Donating Members
  • Member For: 21y 10m 24d
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Geelong Vic.
Geea, we had a Merc. Silver turbo at work, with standard 17" wheels sprayed matt black, looked sh!thot. :nod:

Any chance of a pic? ;)

No, the car has gone now. Sorry

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • FORD FORD FORD
  • Donating Members
  • Member For: 21y 11m 2d
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Victoria Point In Brissy's eastern side

Had Gold Simmions when my ZJ was Black, looked sweet. Can't believe you can have 275 at the front of a BA XR, why can't you swap sides on directinal tyres. Tyres off Rim, swap Rims, refit, job done.

Scotty

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest cul08r
  • Guests

Scotty,

I guess it's all a matter of time vs money vs outside factors. I personally don't waste my monet going to a tyre place for a rotate, when I have a trolley jack and can do it in the garage.

If I get them balanced, I might get a rotate done as well. But personally, the less times a tyre is pulled on and off my 19s the better. Those machines can damage rims and paint, and some places employ apprentices and they can be careless with wheels. Also, each time you fit a tyre, the bead is stretched and can fracture under load (cornering).

And another thing. (phew, last one!) How much extra time does it take when you're waiting for ya car to be rotated. That's driving time son. I used to try to rotate tyres about every 5,000ks, so that's six times for avg 30,000ks on a set of half decent tyres.

I guess it's personal though. maybe if I had a hotrod I would...

Andrew

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Member
  • Member For: 21y 5m 8d

Howzit Gilto ? Go and see Bob & Tom at Bridgestone Tyre Centre in Smithfield Sydney. These guys have had quite a few BA's through their doors. Anything from wheels, suspension, air filters, etc. Last time I was there they had some 19" ROH's with tyres for approx. $2700. Don't quote me on the price, drop in and check them out. They should look after you if you mention FORDXR6TURBO.com.

Good luck.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
  • Create New...
'