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Evening all I agreed to buy some wheels back in January from a guy in Ipswich who backed out when he found out the postage costs and still hasn't sent my money back. The wheels are 15" valver/19 speedline jobs with used 195/50/15 yokohamas on them. I agreed to pay £40 plus £30 postage...

I'm at Donny with crashzone on the 11 March if you fancy wearing them out there.

Ding. Brembo HCs, braided lines, DoT5.1 and DS2500s work well for me. Chris - I'm off to the ring for three days at the end of April. First time there so I won't be going too hard but it sounds like spare pads are needed! How many sets do you reckon?

The title's been moderated! How are we supposed to have a high quality informative debate on this issue now?

Made me laugh - at least I could brake in a straight line. Might have been a different ending otherwise!

I'm back there for some more on the 11th - I'll keep the camera on...

Re: Noises from my rear end hey burt - you start your own thread for your problems!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfMCDihIkis

Re: Noises from my rear end at least it's not an emissions problem...

(tangent alert) Mark - are you selling those lovely wheels again yet?

.....are bloody good. The cooked knackered OMP 971 pads which I took off were cheap but only lasted one trackday and about 2000 miles. DS2500s have much more bite and should cope with track days better. That is all.

Evening all In the last week or two I've acquired a creaking noise from my rear end at low speeds. My car is a 172 cup. I've heard the rear dampers are a weak spot but they aren't leaking. Any ideas? Cheers Tom.

Thanks all.

Hmmm - maybe I'll reconsider then...

ta. is there anywhere on the engine you can't jack? thin parts of sump etc?

I live just off Forest Rd in Lboro so you'll see me around. Only moved here a few months ago. Standard spec silver cup, usually pretty grubby and heading to/from Nottingham or Birmingham. Give me a wave!

Sounds good - just jack up the car, undo the old bone, bolt on the new one with no need for any support for the engine? Might do it at the same time as the pads at that rate.

mine's so grubby it could be mistaken for a darker colour...

Aux belt isn't actually going to damage anything if it breaks AFAIK, you'll just fail to proceed. I was in a similar situation and just got the belt carefully checked instead. It was fine, so I'll just get it done next time if it needs it.

woof

I've got a new dogbone for my 172 and now it just needs fitting. Is it easy enough to do as a DIY job in half a day, or should I just get someone else to do it? Cheers Tom.

Fred - you're needed here! (PS - are the DS2500s in yet?)

Well I think that's good news, but why leave the outers as ordinary flexis? Doesn't that kind of defeat the point of replacing the other four?

OK I've got four braided hoses fitted to my 172 but that still leaves the outer rears as ordinary flexis - am I two short? Cheers as always Tom.

I googled for the Colways and got that price but can't find it again now! I'll look again but they seem to get mixed reviews from people who reckon they're a rally stage tyre so they melt too quickly on track. Maxsport RB5 are quite cheap - about £45 plus VAT from demon thieves so it should be...

Thanks - I'll drop him a line. Which Kumhos are they? Kumho Ecstas are probably worth buying for the name alone.

OK - I now have two sets of wheels: 16" for road and wet track use. I've got Toyo T1-Rs on these. 15" for track use, but need to be road legal so I can get to/from the track I'm looking for tyre suggestions for the 15" set. Ideally I'd like to get some cheapo track tyres like maxsport...

Thanks!

Perfect. They're the ones and that's exactly what I wanted to hear. I was thinking about bright green though... Cheers.

I guess these should fit OK, but what is the offset of the older wheels? Will I need to use spacers or anything to get a similar offset to the Turinis? If so, where would I get the spacers? Thanks as always Tom.