Finally booked in to change the front tyres on my car. I picked it up a week ago and noticed it had mismatched winter tyres on the front (Semperit and Fulda tyres, neither of which I've ever heard of) and normal Goodyears on the rear. I'm not really sure having winters and regulars on a car is a particularly good idea so I'm ditching the winters to go with 4 Goodyears.
What have you done to your car today?
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Picked up a bargaintastic hard top
It'll need a repaint during the summer but that'll only cost me time
It'll need a repaint during the summer but that'll only cost me time
Replaced the front wheel bearings/hubs on the MXEunosMiata5Roadster, only to discover that despite the whack up a curb, they weren't the cause of my bearing noise... Still, only took 20 minutes a side.
So its either the back ones, the diff, or something to do with the wheels... Will swap the wheels first, then do the diff oil, then if theres still the noise, will have to tackle the rear bearings which are more of a PITA. Boooo!
So its either the back ones, the diff, or something to do with the wheels... Will swap the wheels first, then do the diff oil, then if theres still the noise, will have to tackle the rear bearings which are more of a PITA. Boooo!
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It hardly moves during the winter months, outside of going to the OCUK meet, Curborough and Dyno day I haven't driven it any more than about 100 miles.
The combination of tyres and power make it too much of a chore to drive when it's cold/damp/wet
I bought 4 new tyres, the PZeros the car had were too deathly even in the wet. So, I've done the sensible thing and gone with some different summer tyres! PS4S's are to be fitted although they have much much much improved wet performance. Not sure what to do with half decent PZeros to be honest 
Seeing as that's half the cost of the brand new PS4Ss, that'd be pretty epic
I'll probably get some tread measurements make sure everything is good once they're off and whack them on Facebook, I'd rather not use eBay.
Yep. Theres a buzzing part worn tyre market on eBay though. I used to use it all the time.
Pleased to say both cars have matched sets of new tyres now though
I'll stick them up and see if anyone bites...
235/35 R19
Not that I would sell them outside of the MM anyway (lol, is there even a category for that?)
would have had them off you if they were 18's!
WEPR manifold kit arrived (this thing is a piece of artwork) complete with external wastegate and yobbo pipe. Also picked up a genuine TD04L with 30K miles on it which I welded the wastegate shut on and rotated to fit my pipework.
I bought 4 new tyres, the PZeros the car had were too deathly even in the wet. So, I've done the sensible thing and gone with some different summer tyres! PS4S's are to be fitted although they have much much much improved wet performance. Not sure what to do with half decent PZeros to be honest
I found pzeros to be woeful in the past however the 981 has some on and they're fantastic. I don't know if the porsche specific ones have something in the compound but they are like a different brand. Don't blame you for ditching them at all though.
Is the 981 AWD? If so Id wager that helps. Plus it's probably got much wider tyres, and will have cleverer assists and better chassis dynamics etc. I bet if you put some PS4S' on or something it will still be much better even if its good now.
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They don't do an AWD Boxster.
My PZeros are the HN ones developed for the i30N only, much like Porsche specific ones.
They're still ****
I had them on my Abarth in the past, in March they slipped down a hill on snow... lol