gus the bus Posted April 14, 2006 Posted April 14, 2006 Just to post a wee thanks to DPH tyres in sunny Bathgate for sorting me out with a luverly set of new rubber today. Giving the Falken ZE512's competition tyres a wee go (recommended by a friend in the tyre industry![Y]) and took them for a scrub in run and have to say they are better than the Bridgestones I had on and..........................they also fitted my centre section and decat pipe FOC[H][]. Top blokes[]
STi_Bandit Posted April 14, 2006 Posted April 14, 2006 Nice Gus, iam just getting BF Goodrige "g-force" on the rear now hehe, how does the car sound with the centre section removed have you unleashed the flat four burble and cruising with your windows down [] Martin
gus the bus Posted April 14, 2006 Author Posted April 14, 2006 Very subtle difference I would say but was concentrating more on the tyres tbh[:$] I'll give it a BIG run on Sunday and let you know[]
STi_Bandit Posted April 14, 2006 Posted April 14, 2006 Look forward to hearing it, [] and a full write up report of the tyres. The tyres were gripping like buggery the day so nice n dry getting the hang maybe of AWD also Martin
gus the bus Posted April 14, 2006 Author Posted April 14, 2006 Martin, Where you getting the BF's from? I'm sure Swifts in Whitburn or was it Auchinlea[:$] were doing them for £83 per tyre fitted n balanced. Well worth trying them buddy! Gus
STi_Bandit Posted April 14, 2006 Posted April 14, 2006 Gus, you should get msn so i can bug you there [] phoned swifts and it was £105 per tyre, but they had none in stock just now. Martin
gus the bus Posted April 14, 2006 Author Posted April 14, 2006 Wasn't them then[:$] Deffo someone gave me a price of £83. I've got it written on my extensive price list[:$][] MSN maybe soon! Boab n Oobster keep reminding me[:$][]
STi_Bandit Posted April 14, 2006 Posted April 14, 2006 I phone round need to get my finger out n do it go on Gus_the_bus AT hotmail.co.uk you know you want it oh yeah did you rember to phone boab.[]
gus the bus Posted April 14, 2006 Author Posted April 14, 2006 I phone round need to get my finger out n do it oh yeah did you rember to phone boab.[] Eh no! but he's away to Dumfries anyway[] Try Auchinlea Tyres in Cleland (Newhouse then) sure it must have been them for the £83.
STi_Bandit Posted April 15, 2006 Posted April 15, 2006 Cool ill give them a try, the two fronts are pretty good anyway so no point replacing them :-) Martin
G.T. Posted April 15, 2006 Posted April 15, 2006 matin if you need tyres pm vicki her fella works for kwikfit and he will give you a right good deal on tyres
wrxmania Posted April 15, 2006 Posted April 15, 2006 Great Gus - hope they are better [] Had 512's before - thought they were OK and lasted a long time - quite a hard compound IIRC.
gus the bus Posted April 15, 2006 Author Posted April 15, 2006 Much better Brian[Y]. Latest pattern 512's which are meant to be better than the originals (improved side wall reinforcement, reduced noise and better in wet is what they are quoting) but I havent had 512's before so cant compare. Deffo far better than the RE040's IMHO. I'm happy[].........and free fitting on my exhaust too. £280 notes all in. Gus
wrxmania Posted April 15, 2006 Posted April 15, 2006 I spent the whole day out in the garage until 10 tonight clearing out all the junk and rubbish, and finally I can look in without stuff attacking me and all the racks are cleared, tools sorted, workbench cleared etc [] Although the drain in the pit is a wee bit flooded - and we have a FROG in the pit - WHAT [] Need to be taking it to the river tomorrow, poor thing. Also, had to fix the front bumper on the Primera as a fox run across the M8 last night in front of me and smashed all the valace, fog light, and the under bonnet cover [] Not quite the same now, with oodles of black paint, and black flexible silicone filler [] Nevermind... Brian []
gus the bus Posted April 15, 2006 Author Posted April 15, 2006 The joys of holidays eh? Garage clearout for me on Sunday[].....got to be done tho after seeing Fees tidy garage in the pics[][:$][] Gus
STi_Bandit Posted April 15, 2006 Posted April 15, 2006 Yeah ill have to tidy the garage too though need to get six bikes out of the way first and all the spares and tools sorted for this seasons racing. Oh joy trying to get the scoob to a race and a soild bulkhead Martin
wrxmania Posted April 15, 2006 Posted April 15, 2006 The joys of holidays eh? Garage clearout for me on Sunday[].....got to be done tho after seeing Fees tidy garage in the pics[][:$][] Gus Here you go Gus - some tidy garage pictures [] Brian []
spooks Posted April 15, 2006 Posted April 15, 2006 Sorry to hear you had to tidy up Brian [] [] even sorrier to hear of the car [] Meant to call yesterday but as per usual day got away from me. Gus, so what ya doing with your RE040's [] Spooks
gus the bus Posted April 16, 2006 Author Posted April 16, 2006 Gus, so what ya doing with your RE040's [] Spooks Selling them to you[][][]
craig mac Posted April 16, 2006 Posted April 16, 2006 Gus I ran falkens on my classic and loved them[], They great tyres and lasted longer than both my bridgstones, and Toyos gripped like sheet to a blunket min Craig
gus the bus Posted April 16, 2006 Author Posted April 16, 2006 Gus I ran falkens on my classic and loved them[], gripped like sheet to a blunket min Craig Aye, seems to be the case so far[]
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