...me, again!!!

 

Right let's talk about tyres and stock Z alloys shall we?

 

Because my rears were slicks about a month ago I had some cheap and shitty Marshalls fitted on the back. Reason? Coz I've got 18's on order for when the car goes in to PPS so bugger all point in putting Bridgestones on!

 

So all is fine, until about a week ago. I was driving back to de Wales...Aiiiiiiiiiiiii...from darn sarf and noticed some nastey wheel wobble starting to develop through the stearing wheel.

 

Carried on driving around, anyway, yesterday I came back down to work(270 mile journey) and fuck me! I thought the stearing rack and the front wheels were gonna drop off on me.

 

So I'm thinking brakes! So I run the car over to Shit Fit over the road. Matey rings me up and says nowt wrong with the brakes but you might wanna do summat about that massive bulge on the left tyre!

 

FFS! So they quote me for a set of Avons as their cheapest tyre at 140 squids a pop...fuck off basically!

 

So off down to F1 then for another pair of Marshall cheapo budget death traps instead. Anyway, I look at the tyre size 245/45/ZR16 and head off in to see the guy on reception. He quotes me 86 squids each. Ehhhhhhh, that can't be right I say, how come more for a smaller tyre???

 

So I say OK I'll have them, getting them tomorrow.

 

So I ring da Macca up and telling him how relieved I am that me troubles are nowt more serious than a new cheap pair of tyres.

 

He says, yeah, 245's on the back and 225's on the front! BING! I go round town, get back to work and phone him up again, turns out I've got my rears on the front and the fronts on the fucking rear!!!

 

No wonder my car has not handled to cleverly since I got it! No wonder everytime I turn full lock I can hear scraping! So not only were my rears on round the wrong way which I've now rectified I need to swap the fronts for the rears entirely tomorrow!

 

Whoever owned this car before me was a complete and utter dick! What must have happened I reckon is that the rears wore down, he swapped the fronts with the rears not realising they are different sizes.

 

So all you wheel police aren't doing a thorough enough job, check front and rear tyre sizes on all Z's at Billing! LMFAO

 

Not entirely my fault either, you don't really check your tyre sizes unless you need to replace them!

 

 

 

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lol i have had this as well but noticed the problem

 

[This message has been edited by 300z (edited 09-04-2002).]

Not just happened to me then!

 

To think I've maxed the limiter on that setup on mine, doesn't bare thinking about! Oh and racing that Porch the other week doing 130+

 

 

 

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Shoulda come to me Tim, I have a couple of spare wheels/tyres you could have used - with your beloved Marshalls on them - lol

 

And I woulda put them on the right way around ...

Originally posted by TT Tim:

Click!

 

ROFLMFAO

 

Just about sums it up that mate!

 

Was watching something about the Muppet Show on telly over the weekend. I never knew that Jim Henson couldn't get the show on in the States! We let him put it on over here though...LOL

 

 

 

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Originally posted by AndyP:

Shoulda come to me Tim, I have a couple of spare wheels/tyres you could have used - with your beloved Marshalls on them - lol

 

And I woulda put them on the right way around ...

 

Cheers for the offer mate, but gonna get these tyres on tomorrow, I told Mr Duff while I was up at his getting my zorst done that the handling was dodgey! Now I know why! LOL

 

 

 

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Tim I am still pissing myself bud How can you drive about with 245s on the front and 225s on the rear and not notice it FFS LMFFFAO .?????YOU ARE A REAL MUPPET .

It's no wonder you keep flying into hedgebacks FFS.......

 

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I dunno mate, just assumed that they were right! But you know what they say about assumption Iain??? ROFL

 

 

 

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Hey not just me mate, NO other fucker noticed either! Take into account my car was down at SE for months, had been to Middlehurst, Arriva Nissan in Peterborough! My car was road tested supposedly by SE before I got it back...Hmmmmmmmmmm!!!

 

 

 

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Yea and don't forget Muffman he did work too

 

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Originally posted by MAC 1:

Yea and don't forget Muffman he did work too

 

LOL

 

Whole list of companies and people I could name that have had the opportunity to spot that! ROFL

 

 

 

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To be fair though, to look at the car from the side it's nigh impossible to see any difference!

 

OK you'd certainly know it with your 18's but with the stock wheels there ain't that much difference. I just assumed that all Z's at 10 years plus handled like crap because of reading about bushes being fucked, HICAS knackered all the time etc.

 

Oh well, and I reckon that may have eliminated my vibration aswell!!! Will see tomorrow on the drive home. I dunno, anymore fucking surprises round the corner with this bloody car???

 

 

 

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On the plus side Timmy, I bet it 'ran on rails' when you put it in reverse!!!

Dave

Originally posted by DaveW:

On the plus side Timmy, I bet it 'ran on rails' when you put it in reverse!!!

Dave

 

LMFAO

 

Looking forward to tomorrow now mate!

 

 

 

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It'll never handle like it's on rails with Marshalls on it (trust me - they were on mine when I bought it).

 

You should have got cheap and nasty Falkens or something.

Originally posted by AndyP:

It'll never handle like it's on rails with Marshalls on it (trust me - they were on mine when I bought it).

 

You should have got cheap and nasty Falkens or something.

 

Not arsed matey, April 22nd it will be away for a month or so anyway. When it comes out it will have lovely Azev 18"ers with BF Goodrich Profilers instead...bye bye stock, scabby Z wheels! You're history! LOL

 

 

 

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Timmy, Timmy, Timmy,

 

ROFL!

Even i couldnt manage that when im pissed!

 

Actually i think the award should go to my mate brett- He's a dead ringer for GONZO!!!

 

Also his saxaphone playing is pretty good too!!!

 

LUKE DUKESTER

 

Hardcore zed owner- just off to fill the engine with crisp and dry and polish the body with brasso!!!

 

 

NOT!

Timmy, that is unbeliveable!!!!!!!! It just goes to show you can't trust anyone to do their job properly What's the saying? If you need a job done properly, do it yourself??

 

Totaly not amused by your dangerous situation

 

Regards

 

Robert.

 

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Cheers Rob, I know it does seem funny but as you just pointed out it hasn't been that funny driving it like this!!!

 

 

 

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Another thing though, I have Marshall tyres fitted, are they really that bad?? Tends to wheelspin a lot in the rain, but dry road grip is good.

 

Rob

 

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HMMMMMM wonder if he'll notice when i put his 10x18's on the front????

Loads of flat sheep in Wales lol.

LMAO

 

Looney!

 

 

 

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Originally posted by MAC 1:

Yea and don't forget Muffman he did work too

 

 

Hmmmm, so what does that say for SE - I had timmys car in the pouring rain, in half dark contitions working UNDERNEATH the fuckin thing for around 4 hours - SE had the car for 9 months or whatever..... Need I say anymore.

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

 

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Well seeing as we're posting excuses Duffer, the car was also in my garage for a day while I fitted the TC and I didn't notice. So my excuse is um ... well for the Friday night Tim was 'helping' (read talking and making tea) and the Saturday, I had a hangover ...

Originally posted by AndyP:

Well seeing as we're posting excuses Duffer, the car was also in my garage for a day while I fitted the TC and I didn't notice. So my excuse is um ... well for the Friday night Tim was 'helping' (read talking and making tea) and the Saturday, I had a hangover ...

Duffmans excuse is he spends 99% of his life hungover enough said .

 

 

 

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