Work vehicle- Hliux Vs C'Dore Wagon
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From: Noddy on 12 Mar 2010 05:07 " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com> wrote in message news:4b9a0aa1$0$5421$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > So yourve used them too have you!?? Had them on my Cherokee. Made by "Wrong Fu" in Korea. They stuck to the road like paint to silicon, but *Jesus* the things wore well :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Scotty on 12 Mar 2010 05:31 "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4b9a139d$0$66788$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... : : " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com> wrote in message : news:4b9a0aa1$0$5421$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... : : : > So yourve used them too have you!?? : : Had them on my Cherokee. : : Made by "Wrong Fu" in Korea. They stuck to the road like paint to silicon, : but *Jesus* the things wore well :) : : -- : Regards, : Noddy. : : : Ive tried (obviously not hard enough) to wear em out for ages. I figured that the best was to get rid of them was to ruin them so I flat spot the fronts at 120clicks, took it in to Toyota and told them that I had to do an emergency stop and they are flat spotted. they ripped em off and put the origional Dunlop LTs on. Boy, what a difference they made! I can actualy stop in the wet now without having to slide to a halt!
From: Scotty on 12 Mar 2010 05:35 " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com> wrote in message news:4b9a180e$0$12922$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... : : " : : Ive tried (obviously not hard enough) to wear em out for ages. I figured that the best was to get : rid of them was to ruin them so I flat spot the fronts at 120clicks, took it in to Toyota and told : them that I had to do an emergency stop and they are flat spotted. they ripped em off and put the : origional Dunlop LTs on. Boy, what a difference they made! : : I can actualy stop in the wet now without having to slide to a halt! : : PS: If anyone thought that Im crazy to ruin tyres like that.... They had done 70,000kms and around 5-6mm left on tread (7mm on rears!). Felt like hard plastic rather than rubber. The lease company wouldnt replace them unless they where worn out or damaged. Toyota wont fit those tyres (Checked prior to 'emergency stop"). The flat spots where pretty much teh only way to stuff them to the point they needed replacing without running up a curb or similar. That I felt would endanger myself with vehicle damage now or later. I think had I driven like a nanna they wouldve last at least 100,000kms.
From: Noddy on 13 Mar 2010 00:04 "Athol" <athol_SPIT_SPAM(a)idl.net.au> wrote in message news:1268448064.518540(a)idlwebserver.idl.com.au... > Did you also add shock absorbers? With instability like that, I'd give > very serious consideration to shockies, and might even consider adding a > sway bar if the trailer tended to wallow too much... I think that it is > amazing how much effort make to improve the handling of a car, but then > they chuck a box trailer on the back without even shockies on it. No, I didn't add shockers, but I did add heavier springs that don't bounce as much and a heavier axle. I still have the trailer (it's a home made 6x4 box tipper) but it's now relegated to being my "rubbish" trailer and I'm getting a new 12x6 tandem flat top and that will have rocker springs and shockers. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Clocky on 13 Mar 2010 18:01
Scotty wrote: > " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com> wrote in message > news:4b9a180e$0$12922$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... >> >> " >> >> Ive tried (obviously not hard enough) to wear em out for ages. I >> figured that the best was to get rid of them was to ruin them so I >> flat spot the fronts at 120clicks, took it in to Toyota and told >> them that I had to do an emergency stop and they are flat spotted. >> they ripped em off and put the origional Dunlop LTs on. Boy, what a >> difference they made! >> >> I can actualy stop in the wet now without having to slide to a halt! >> >> > PS: If anyone thought that Im crazy to ruin tyres like that.... > > They had done 70,000kms and around 5-6mm left on tread (7mm on > rears!). Felt like hard plastic rather than rubber. > > The lease company wouldnt replace them unless they where worn out or > damaged. Toyota wont fit those tyres (Checked prior to 'emergency > stop"). The flat spots where pretty much teh only way to stuff them > to the point they needed replacing without running up a curb or > similar. That I felt would endanger myself with vehicle damage now or > later. > > > > > > I think had I driven like a nanna they wouldve last at least > 100,000kms. My father got 140,000km out of the original set of Hankooks fitted to his Daewoo Cielo. The Bob Jane T-mart cheapies that were fitted to my old Colt when I got it made the car undriveable in the wet and they had to go too. |