New Tyres

k12chu · Post by **k12chu** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:29 am

now that i have managed to replace the damaged alloy wheel, its time to buy a new front left tyre. am currently running on standard (bridgestone) tyres. was thinking of replacing all 4 tyres. was actually thinking of upsizing the tyre.
what would be the ideal replacement for bridgestone potenza? am not looking at a dedicated track oriented tyre as i'll be using the elise as my daily mode of transport. at the same time, i'd prefer something which will give some decent performance on the track as well.
also like to know how much it would cost me and where i can pick up a set from.

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:23 am

Well first of you are bringing the car round to mine tonight to see if there is any other damage, unless uldis has already cast his eye over it.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:27 am

thinfourth wrote:Well first of you are bringing the car round to mine tonight to see if there is any other damage, unless uldis has already cast his eye over it.

"I await the slaggin"

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:58 am

It will be a long wait

I've been an hands on engineer/mechanic for years i have better eye then you will also i have a clock gauge to check for runout.

i am sure you are way better at graphic design then i ever will be

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:50 am

IIRC - these are a good bet on the S2

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http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp ... Neova+AD07

MMC ought to be able to get you a set, with the 10% S_E discount

Uldis · Post by **Uldis** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:01 pm

thinfourth wrote:Well first of you are bringing the car round to mine tonight to see if there is any other damage, unless uldis has already cast his eye over it.

I'll check it out tonight.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:20 pm

The wheel was totally buckled.
No obvious unusual movement in the hub.
Disc spun round like it should without any noticeable friction.
Only conern is the brake caliper took a whack especially from the drive home caused by the spoke of the wheel.

k12chu · Post by **k12chu** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:54 pm

thinfourth wrote:Well first of you are bringing the car round to mine tonight to see if there is any other damage, unless uldis has already cast his eye over it.

if only i could drive the car

with the current setup i just could shave the whole brake caliper by the time i drive to ur place. shall fix the new wheel and see how different things r.

k12chu · Post by **k12chu** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:57 pm

Uldis wrote:
thinfourth wrote:Well first of you are bringing the car round to mine tonight to see if there is any other damage, unless uldis has already cast his eye over it.

I'll check it out tonight.

shall see u this evening. hope u havent forgotten the jack n toolkit

k12chu · Post by **k12chu** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:58 pm

Gareth wrote:The wheel was totally buckled.
No obvious unusual movement in the hub.
Disc spun round like it should without any noticeable friction.
Only conern is the brake caliper took a whack especially from the drive home caused by the spoke of the wheel.

wanna drop in as well this evenin?

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:31 pm

k12chu wrote:
Gareth wrote:The wheel was totally buckled.
No obvious unusual movement in the hub.
Disc spun round like it should without any noticeable friction.
Only conern is the brake caliper took a whack especially from the drive home caused by the spoke of the wheel.
wanna drop in as well this evenin?

Sorry, tied up this evening

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:57 pm

I'll bring my clock what time?

jj · Post by jj » Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:17 pm

Gareth wrote: Sorry, tied up this evening

Alllllright. You or her?

Uldis · Post by **Uldis** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:54 pm

thinfourth wrote:I'll bring my clock what time?

7:15 pm

k12chu · Post by **k12chu** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:01 pm

OK. see u all at 7:15. staying over for dinner? or a pizza?