Yesterday when poking around underneath I saw I had a couple of small slashes in the NS/F tyre, and a bit In between the tread blocks where the carcass is actually starting to rupture! This in on an Insa Turbo Traction Trac, 265/75R16.

Now as I'm a bit broke and can't really afford a pair of the same or a full set of something else, I swapped on a spare set of 205/80R16 event (bfg at lookalikes) and after nearly dropping the car on myself, I went for a drive...
My disco has a +2" terrafirma medium duty lift on it to help with the 265/75's but even with that it felt tiny running on the 205/80's! On the plus side however, it's LOADS quieter, the steering self centres again and there is a slight improvement in acceleration..
Only trouble is it just looks wrong
When did become vain?!

The handling feels similar but I miss the height from the tall tyres, and the clearance that they give will be missed come the winter when the farms turn to clag, but surely I can get the balance back with some tall tyres? Maybe 235/85's will be a better bet?
I hope so, I'm sad now that I've got a teeny rubber polo on each corner

Chav!!

Coming from an Essex boy innit!

Got to say I'm also a it disappointed with the quality/longevity of the insa turbos too - there's a lot of perishing on the surface of the tyre In between the read blocks, presumably that's why the split started.
The insa turbos have done me very well, but I don't think I'll be buying remoulds again - think cooper stt pro's might be the next choice..

paul58 said:

hi tomcat yes done all that my tank is ok ,but the the bad fuel has already got through to my injectors,going to remove them and test them on the bench to see what i,ve got,may be able to let them soak in injector cleaner to free the off ,if not it looks like new injectors.

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Saltlick said:

Coming from an Essex boy innit!

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I walked into that one! Haha