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putting a 195/50/15 spare on my car, all other tyres are 195/45/15?? obvs ill put it on the back, but will i notice the difference in driving?

Went to help a mate out this evening, and had to swing by his mates house, who competes in the formula2000 with his own team. I took some snaps of the car, and the workshop, sorry for the quality of my phone pics, workshop wasnt very big! Now the more eagle eyed enthusiast will...

Contisport contact 2, 195/45/15 £332 fully fitted. 1.Already tested by a mate, and they seem fantastic, 2.Extra point for being 45 profile (i prefer the look) 3.Though they cost more, i have 3 budget 195/45/15 in the garage in case of emergency, and may save my skin if im having a tight month...

Without commenting on value for money, what are the best tyres to go for?? on a modded valver that does mainly country road blasts, looking at contisport 2's, but at £370 for a set, i thought id do some shopping first, so what can people recommend? spending <£100 per corner? thanks alex

So far the following has been removed spare wheel and cage boot carpet Rear Seats Rear Door Cards Parcel Shelf and everything that holds it up, head lining sunvisors/grab handles rear seatbelts B pillar covers Front seatbelts A pillar Covers lower dash console Kick pannels (that run underneith...

parked down a side road near tarpots, didnt get the reg as i was hanging out my arse, but did notice the cliosport sticker!

I heat wrapped my williams manifold and downpipe! ive never done any heat wrapping before so i think it went very well! ive done it so i can do away with all the grotty heat sheilds because they look hideous! plus it may have some small benifits! so i thought what the hell!

So i picked up a williams manifold, downpipe and Ktec decat for my valver, for looks more than anything else before it goes on im going to: give it a clean, sand some of the corrosion off, Change all the gaskets Heat wrap the manifold and downpipe. Just wondered if anyone could shed some...

Went out, got some pics, got stuck! froze, came home! pics :)

ok ive found that my alarm is a concept 300, G4 and ive found my pin aswell! my old fob looked like this and called a 904100 some of the ads on ebay dont list it as being compatable with a cept300, others do, and some just say Gen4/5. are all the fobs that look like this exactly the...

Right in a bit of a pickle. Got home from an overly larey night out to find that ive lost my keys. which includes my car key and alarm fob. How easy are mk1 keys to replace? (no remote locking needed, just the key really) and how can i replace my clifford alarm fob?? i have no idea what...

after stipping the centre console out of my car, i want to retain the cigarette lighter and lock switchers, theyre fixed to a plate thats made of the same stuff as the dash, but i cant figure out a way to glue it on!! i tried supperglue, but because the pannel is facing the driver, its at...

i saw this in another thread now 40% of the car (the mods) look dire to me, but i actually quite liked the race number, makes it look like a track car?! what are peoples views on this?? could a valver (stripped, caged, buckets) pull one off?? or will it just look stupid?? opinions and...

since getting my car, the steering and suspension just hasnt felt quite right, ive been replacing/upgrading parts in the hope that it will cure it, so far! new top mounts, new ball jounts, new drop links new (powerflex) wishbone bushes New shock absorbers, its has got progressively better...

So i got my clio (valver) early september, and it had some serious leaking issues left right and centre, (one wheel arch, pretty serious sunroof leak and ariel leak) i fixed them all, and no more water came in, but today i went about stripping my headlining out, and the metal ceiling is...

Since so many of us go lakeside at the weekends, and all manage to miss each other. perhaps we should set up a mini meet, over Tesco carpart, say 7/8/9pm?? ill leave that up to public prefrence!! ill be there :D and hope to see some others 1. Clio142

A friend of mine has just passed his test and on the hunt for a first car! hes 18 and lives in a good area, £2688 a year for a 1.2 clio, and thats after having a look around!! im all for poor little rich kids paying over the odds for nice cars, but its possibly the most basic car anyone...

Are they REALLY worth the money?? i mean it all comes from the same hole in the ground, and many of them are refined in the same places. The only difference is in whats added by the different companies! and im sure a lot of them are just over marketed bull turd! on an old 100k miler, is it...

So after a month of owning my valver, ive finally got it how i want it, (£700 odd pounds later :( ) so i want to give it a good service! (promped by watching last nights top gear with the avantime dropping 40bhp after 6 years!!) so what should be on my list of things to change?? ive...

as titled http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=230542399187&Category=36631&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D1 could be a bargain

I have a set of yoko Sdrives, with 3mm or so left of tread, im probs not going to be in a possition to buy much more than T1Rs or paradas atm. if i put them on the rear, how many miles should they last?? before theyre on the limit?? stripped out car, and i never do any handbrakes!

Got my cut down plate this morning and fitted it, i love the look, fits so much more flush with the bumper. just hope i dont get too much unwanted attention for it! My front end finally looks the way i want it, and i couldnt be happier!

between 195/45/15 and 195/50/15, i currently have 195/45/15 all round, but need to replace the back tyres only, and i notice, that my budget will go a LOT further buying 50s (which is what valver came on standard) question is, if i just buy 50's at the rear, ill still have 45s at the front...

can i remove the wishbones without taking anything else off?? except the wheels of course! i dont want to be removing everything!! could i not simply take the balljoint off the wishbone, and move it out the way, then take the wishbone off the subframe?! do i have to remove the anti-roll bar...

If anyone has a spare minute, could they shop me wheels black, and white, and anthracite and any other colour that might work?? would be much apprecitated!

could never remember your username dude! But you were behind me after i left southend Renault and went down cherry orchard way, not sure if you knew it was me, nut you gave me a thumps up either way :P 449 valver! cars looking good! looked a lot lower!

I just wondered if it is worth replacing the springs on my valver?? theyre supposidly 60mm eibach springs, the paint is starting to flake off! so no evidence of brand can be found, Do springs go limp after time? and not have the same loading strength (or whatever) that they should?? or will...

On a valver! have spax adjustables on the rear, need to change my front shocks! i intend to do a wide track conversion in the summer, at which point ill get coilies, but until then, i want to upgrade my front shocks for around £150 for the two, both spax and apex fall around that area...

Oh joys, a knocking noise! were my thoughts on the way to college thismorning! ill describe the knock!! it seems to come and go, it doesnt sound like an engine knock, and you can kind of feel it through the pedal! it does it over sharp bumps, single knock or maybe two knocks, but it also does...

Oh joys, and knocking noise! were my thoughts on the way to college thismorning! ill describe the knock!! it seems to come and go, it doesnt sound like an engine knock, and you can kind of feel it through the pedal! it does it over sharp bumps, single knock or maybe two knocks, but it also...