Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: TheBoy on 14 August 2011, 11:52:49
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Or as chrisgixer calls them, Clown Tyres.
Note the profile - only the centre area is in contact with the road
(http://theboy.omegaowners.com/oofpics/The_Grey_Dart/NoddyTyre1.JPG)
Edges down to the canvas
(http://theboy.omegaowners.com/oofpics/The_Grey_Dart/NoddyTyre2.JPG)
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I should add, the centre has just shy of 5mm tread ;)
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How long did they last? 1,500 miles maybe? ::)
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They're scary! :o :o :o
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What the...........
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I can say you/(previous owner) have/had camber problem :P
except the inner edge those tires are good imo.. :-/
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I can say you/(previous owner) have/had camber problem :P
except the inner edge those tires are good imo.. :-/
Camber is fine - it was a bit out when I got it, but one of the first jobs was to get it WIM'd
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I should add, the centre has just shy of 5mm tread ;)
Not that I mind the fact they still have 5mm in the middle (which to me, means rapidly approaching end of life), I'll just be glad to get shot of them.
They are Michelin Pilot Sport 2's, which everyone knows are utter rubbish.
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My beemer had tyres like this, that was due to drifting ;D
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My beemer had tyres like this, that was due to drifting ;D
You implying TB could be hard on his tyres!? :o
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Just rotated mine. Bit late by the looks of it.
< Rear. Drivers side. Front >
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/0c5563eb.jpg)
<Front pass side. Rear>
(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/91c21db2.jpg)
Drivers side worn considerably more for some reason. Probably due to my favorite left hand slip rd on the way home.... And NOT at all to do with all the Curry Pies and Pasties of the driver... Before somebody pipes up. :D
Outside edge is to the bottom of the screen on both pics. Drivers side front in the top pic shows outside edge wear on the most worn side.
Thing to note is the wear across the tread, rears are flat in the middle, fronts are rounded on the edges, as you can see the two profiles are far from a mirror image. These are now starting to tramline, or rather have been getting progressively worse for the last fortnight but have only now had a chance to swap the fronts to the rear. It now steers straight again. :y
Hoping these will last until the Autumn when I'll fit winter tyres on the old oe wheels. Although one is barely legal.
Oh, and Re Falkens, and ESP the 912. Having driven TB's clown car with the pictured tyres fitted you can imagine how badly that handled. It was poor to say the least. But that was nothing compared to the Falken 912 which had more tread more evenly spread across the width. They where half worn, less the legal limit.
I guess possibly the worst possible combination would be Elite suspension with Falkens and an impatient driver in a hurry. The Michelins above where bad to drive on, but Falkens where far worse with a lot more tread, and far mire even tread left.... IMO.
Firmer less wallowy suspension does limit the effects evident in TB's pics due to less suspension travel, and hence less camber deflection due to the Omegas suspension design.
TB needs irmscher springs and B4 shocks for his clown car. ;D
We'll make a silver bullet out of it yet. :y
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TB needs irmscher springs and B4 shocks for his clown car. ;D
We'll make a silver bullet out of it yet. :y
Thats proving more challenging than I thought... ...might have to see if anyone has any 2nd hand sets for now :'(
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TB needs irmscher springs and B4 shocks for his clown car. ;D
We'll make a silver bullet out of it yet. :y
Thats proving more challenging than I thought... ...might have to see if anyone has any 2nd hand sets for now :'(
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TB needs irmscher springs and B4 shocks for his clown car. ;D
We'll make a silver bullet out of it yet. :y
Thats proving more challenging than I thought... ...might have to see if anyone has any 2nd hand sets for now :'(
Yes... I've started looking for estate springs in the last couple of weeks and that's proving hard. But I just don't like the idea of 2nd hand springs so may have to go for a different make :-/ :-/
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TB needs irmscher springs and B4 shocks for his clown car. ;D
We'll make a silver bullet out of it yet. :y
Thats proving more challenging than I thought... ...might have to see if anyone has any 2nd hand sets for now :'(
You could, of course, give this setup (http://www.weitec-suspension.co.uk/sport-suspension.php) a try so I know before the time comes to do mine ::) ::) Get good reviews AFAICT :-/ :-/
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TB needs irmscher springs and B4 shocks for his clown car. ;D
We'll make a silver bullet out of it yet. :y
Thats proving more challenging than I thought... ...might have to see if anyone has any 2nd hand sets for now :'(
You could, of course, give this setup (http://www.weitec-suspension.co.uk/sport-suspension.php) a try so I know before the time comes to do mine ::) ::) Get good reviews AFAICT :-/ :-/
Do they do them for Opel? ::)
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TB needs irmscher springs and B4 shocks for his clown car. ;D
We'll make a silver bullet out of it yet. :y
Thats proving more challenging than I thought... ...might have to see if anyone has any 2nd hand sets for now :'(
You could, of course, give this setup (http://www.weitec-suspension.co.uk/sport-suspension.php) a try so I know before the time comes to do mine ::) ::) Get good reviews AFAICT :-/ :-/
Do they do them for Opel? ::)
Yep :y