adam_r

typical BMW driver holding up everyone!

interesting.... shall i post some pictures up as i may be missing something ?

Im also an accord owner.. allbeit a saloon version. there are new tie rods that you can purchase that are fully adjustable, but they cost around £150 for the pair. the accord 7th gen is notorious for the rear camber issues, and as far as im aware its to make the car handle better and stop the back end stepping out. can you confirm that tony ?

you fail Tony.... its the drifting gone wrong vid!

I remember a while back, Tony explained what the pretty coloured lines where for on a tyre when they where new. I recently purchased some tyres (faken ZE912's) and none of the 4 have these lines on them. Is there any reason why they have not been put on.. or is it only a select few that do ?

Thanks to you both. I understand most of that, but to whom should I advise him to pray? . . . . . . LOL, type when i was posting on my phone... i meant spray you sarky bugger

i find praying a small amoount of WD40 on the area, and slowly taking your nail to the glue/ foam slowly pulls it off. obviously make sure you clean the wd40 off afterwards

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Falken/ZE912.htm (reviews of the falken ze912 - they say snow traction isnt the best though) http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m62b0s291p12906 <- where i got the tyres, they are classed as an all season tyre

thats fair enough . I kept my old 16" alloy wheels for my 'winter' wheels. managed to get some all season tyres for £188 delivered from camskill which im quite chuffed about. Since im near the sea on the south coast we dont get as much snow as you lot up 'norf'.. last year we got about +6" so it was not that bad... so im hoping the Falken ze912's will do the job. just out of interest ER, have you got a breaker near you ? normally they sell steelies very cheaply.. so could be a good place to look ?

dont know how far it is for you ER: birmingham: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-ESCORT-FOCUS-MO...=item19c0ccbf37 in aldershot: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SET-15-FORD-MONDEO-A...=item27b66235ca http://motors-parts.shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html...6.c0.m270.l1313

This is a very interesting topic! i would like your input on a situation i experianced at a track day (cadwell). We run a rover 600 ti, not the most amazing car in the world but it was cheap, its fast and does the job. Now, before our track day we fitted a brand new set of good quality discs and pads.. and we ran them in for about 500 -1000 miles using them on the road, obviously increasing brake severity the 'older' the pads and discs got. at Cadwell we experianced something i would call 'warping'. after a few laps and the discs got hotter, on appying the brakes the car would start to shudder.. come off the brakes and the shudder went. Then as the brakes where used more the intensity of the shudder increased to physical (large) movements of the steering wheel, the brake pedal pulsing (not abs) and the whole car shaking to a point we thought it would fall to bits! we drove around for a few laps to let the brakes cool, using them as little as possible.. back in the pits and let the car cool down (in gear so no pad was touching the discs) this happened on the next 2 outings but suddenly seemed to get better and better until it had more or less gone away, and now we dont seem to experiance this at all. can anyone explain what was going on with our brakes ?

didnt think of that tony, 17" on a '5 could cause some handling issues

masher.. can i ask why you will be going for 205/40/17 tyres ? the most common tyre size for 17 is 225/45/17, you will find a huge price difference between the two!

ahaha very funny

Not wanting to have a 'go' at you but you are VERY silly for driving on alloy wheels that dont have the correct spigot size (without the adapter). this puts a huge amount of stress on the bolts and i have known wheels to come off due to this, where the wheel bolts shear. Have you had the tracking / geo done since you fitted the new wheels ? its silly to say but you might have knocked something slightly ? What tyres do you have fitted ? Sorry i cant be of much help but im pretty sure your feeling is down to a tyre or tracking issue.

cheers... I always fit my cars with tyres that easily out perform the speed / capabilities of the car, like a Y rated tyre but my car only has a 'top speed' of 145 (apparently). If i where to fit winter tyres on that where rated to 118mph, would i be breaking any laws / rules ? I bearly go over 80 anyway, and with it getting colder my speeds reduce too. would it be ok to fit these rated tyres ?

i have found a place where i can buy 4 Avon Ice touring (205/55/16 91T) for £220, my only problem is i dont know what the 91T means

No wonder they all hate the americans if they drive like that!

if winter tyres where a little cheaper then i would not blink an eye to get some fitted, but as of now they still cost upwards of a set of 'summer' tyres

AWD is much better for forward traction in the snow... all cars suck at trying to reduce their speed in the snow. this point made me laugh last year when i saw this type of thing happen right before me. Was out in the accord taking my father to a meeting and mr scooby doo was showing traffic how quickly he could pull away from a standstill before other cars could. soon enough we caught up with the 'offending' vehicle who had promptly drivven a little too fast towards a T junction and ended up going throughsome ones garden wall and finding a nice grassy parking sport in their front garden.

Something needs to be dont in motorsport about these so called marshals. Seriously, if that was me a few burns to help saves someones life is nothing in the big scheme of things. the douche bag who starts spraying the back of the car (first one on scene) should be shot for pure incompetance.

Christian just make sure you teach / show Tony how to wash the car properly and to maintain the finish that you have now given to the lotus. also make sure you remove all chamois and horrible sponges from his ownership!

i changed the GB oil on my accord earlier this year. Very simple to do if your ok with working on your engine. Look in the haynes manual to locate filler cap on top of the GB Then find the GB oil drain plug Undo filler cap, then undo drain plug. (leave to drain) I then put .5 litre of GB oil through the filler cap and let it drain (acting as a flush) Locate 'inspection' bolt, this is normally an inch or two above the bottom of the GB, ( mine was near the NS drive shaft ) Fit oil drain plug back in to GB. Undo 'inspection' bolt / plug. fill GB with reccomended GB oil until the oil is comming out of the 'inspection' hole. wait for oil to stop comming out of the hole then refit plug / bolt re-fit oil filler cap. job done the above is what i did on my accord, and have done on several civics etc. im pretty sure ford will have the same set up. HTH

Tony, as S2IM has stated above, could you provide prices. thats the tyre size I will be looking at too as it works out cheaper buying a 205 width tyre instead of a 195! (more common size i guess?)

crap... i mean scrap yard