Kev627

Kev627

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I've only had my Disco for a matter of weeks but I am already looking at changing the wide road tires the previous owner fitted and putting a semi decent set of off road/on road shoes on him ('Dave').

The only way I would be able to afford 5 shoes for him is by buying remoulds, which I have no problem with.

My missus does however!

She is always saying that remoulds are very dangerous to fit as they are much weaker than new tires and much more likely to go 'bang', particularly at speed of when bouncing off rocks when off road.


Is this really true?

I can't imagine that tires that are this dangerous are allowed to be sold but can anybody offer any tales good or bad about remoulds from personal experience to either prove me right or wrong?

Cheers, Kev
 
Can one of the mods please delete this thread as I corrected the spelling mistake in the header (bad not bed) and yet it created a new thread and hasn't deleted this one!


Cheers
 
Hello

I used colway mud terrains on my first disco and they were excellent and very cheap £168 for four fitted they don't last for ages I got about 15000 miles out of em on and off road and the side walls didn't get ripped/split unlike my present scorpions which cost £100 each so I am going to fit a set on my present disco next month.

Leekegs:)
 
slob said:
we gort any of them? i int seen any and ave bin a member fer a few weeks now
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There should be a couple about because otherwise I could make lots of really rude remarks about you using all sorts of swear words and even say that Landrovers are <whisper> rubbish.
 
we have a ****erator?? if any one comes on and starts being a **** them get told them is a **** by the ****erator
 
**** **** are you allowed to say **** on this thread I shall have to have a chat with Mr Daltry and Jimmy and ask them whether it 's allowed or not coz you'll be a bit of a **** if yur not allowed to say ****.
 
its ok is the context of explaining to someone what a ****erator is.. but you can't use **** as a decription of someone on this ere fred; yer ****
 
Kev627 said:
I've only had my Disco for a matter of weeks but I am already looking at changing the wide road tires the previous owner fitted and putting a semi decent set of off road/on road shoes on him ('Dave').

The only way I would be able to afford 5 shoes for him is by buying remoulds, which I have no problem with.

My missus does however!

She is always saying that remoulds are very dangerous to fit as they are much weaker than new tires and much more likely to go 'bang', particularly at speed of when bouncing off rocks when off road.


Is this really true?

I can't imagine that tires that are this dangerous are allowed to be sold but can anybody offer any tales good or bad about remoulds from personal experience to either prove me right or wrong?

Cheers, Kev
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Well I had a friend who got remoulds, they deteriorated when going 60MPH down the road, he almost lost control, the remould ripped off, or I think it just melted off the original tyre
 
and we've heard of new tyres going bang aswell and if yer friend says they wur doing 60 them wur probelly going faster
 
I wud not hesitate in fitting Colway remoulds to my Disco, as we used to use them on our Rally Escort back in the early nineties and nevrr had a problem with them over 2 seasons of competition, only reason I haven't i keep buying BFG's off ebay at the right money.
 
slob said:
and we've heard of new tyres going bang aswell and if yer friend says they wur doing 60 them wur probelly going faster
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Well, he is kind of a prick, but I didn't know him back then, he's my other half's friend, he probably might have been doing over, but I don't know, I weren't in the car at the time
 
FFS they used remoulds on passenger jets. So from 400mph to standstill in a half a mile or so. on ****e tyres that blow out at 60mph? well thats me crossing airflight off me preferred mode of transport.
 
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