jeeeez

Mr bennett · Post by **Mr bennett** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:46 pm

jeezus christ ive just has my rear control arms replaced and four new tyres
ouch!!!

guess how much folks

Post by **Andrew Regens** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:08 am

GBP550.

Mr bennett · Post by **Mr bennett** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:25 am

close Andrew very close

i cannot belive how much those control arms are!! why is this, are they in demand!??

Plus i have replaced the rock hard conti death tyre with some toyos 185s on the front and 205s on the rear , some folks recommend 195s on the front ive gone for 185s is this wise?

adrianclifford · Post by **adrianclifford** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:10 am

MGRover recommended 195's rather than 185's, I guess they know best. I don't know of anybody trying 185's so maybe your views would be interesting.

gwp · Post by **gwp** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:03 am

If I remeber correctly mine has 185 on the front and 205 on the back, these are the original 15" VVC wheels. As far as I know these are the tyre sizes that were originally fitted on the car - 1998 model.

adrianclifford · Post by **adrianclifford** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:34 am

Ah Graham, you could be correct there, I forgot about 15" wheels, originally my F had those but I changed them to 205's all round soon after I bought it, then on to 17's.

Reckless Rat · Post by **Reckless Rat** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:34 pm

The difference between the 185s and the 195s for the 15" rim is aspect ratio - the 185 is a 55% aspect ratio tyre whereas the 195 is a 50% aspect ratio, the same as the rear 205-50 x 15" - their diameter is the same, although the 195 is 10mm wider.

To be honest I have noticed an improvement in handling since changing to the 195s on the front - they turn in a lot better. May be due to the softer compound, but the lower aspect and slightly wider footprint must help a bit too.

Post by **Andrew Regens** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:53 pm

Mr bennett wrote:close Andrew very close

i cannot belive how much those control arms are!! why is this, are they in demand!??

Plus i have replaced the rock hard conti death tyre with some toyos 185s on the front and 205s on the rear , some folks recommend 195s on the front ive gone for 185s is this wise?

I hope you have had a four wheel alignment done at the same time. With the tyres and control arms the car should handle like a dream, so find the nice twisty MG roads, drop the roof turn up the music and have some fun.

Mr bennett · Post by **Mr bennett** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:39 pm

Andrew Regens wrote:
Mr bennett wrote:close Andrew very close

i cannot belive how much those control arms are!! why is this, are they in demand!??

Plus i have replaced the rock hard conti death tyre with some toyos 185s on the front and 205s on the rear , some folks recommend 195s on the front ive gone for 185s is this wise?

I hope you have had a four wheel alignment done at the same time. With the tyres and control arms the car should handle like a dream, so find the nice twisty MG roads, drop the roof turn up the music and have some fun.

Yes Andy gonna take her for a long 1 over to wales on the mountain roads ,, the ride on pot hole infested English roads is so much better.
The Garage done the 4 wheel track for me so thats all in order , will give u all a verdict on the front after a good run.
time to enjoy!

Mr bennett · Post by **Mr bennett** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:32 pm

oh dear i looked at the water in the header tank and around the inside lip there is brown gunk and i can see oil in the water

, why is it that these things go together???

ah well was gonna have the belts done anyways!!!! lol

so its double jeezus from me. another 500 hundred quid!

look on the bright side though she is 11 years old and more tlc wont go amiss.

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