Today I.....

I put a set of winters on that came with 205/55/16 tyres. They scrub slightly going over big dips and make the A2 look almost SUV like :)
rps20181105_133154.jpg
 
rosscanning said:
Best wheels for A2 in my opinion, fuel economy, steering feel, agile etc. I’m using 185/65/15 al weather tyres
Click to expand...

Thanks. My summer wheels are RS4 sport 17" with 205/45 tires. I need to maintain at least this size to make my car clear the speed bumps at work. It scrapes with the standard size! 185/65/15 gives me the clearance.

Andrew
 
Whilst a little more expensive I use 195/55 for my pepper pots. There are basically almost identical in rolling circumference compared to 205/40 17s rs4s
 
Proghound said:
David, out of interest were you able to swap the foam bases complete with the plastic trays that they sit in as one unit, or did you have to take the covers off? When I originally tried this on the breaker's seats, I found the six screws holding the tray to the crossbar at the front, no problems there. But at the back, when I tried the two splined bolts at the sides of the tray, they were incredibly stiff, and when they finally rotated I think it was only that whatever they fasten to is now free to rotate on the inside of the tray.
Click to expand...

No, I cut off the raised sports-seats side-squabs and glued in there place the plain-profile squabs from some scrap SE seats, Then the leather covering for the base had to be re-stitched to take out the slack that results from the change of squab. It is worth noting that SE and sport bases are also different in the number of pleats used for the base ....... As I've intimated, there isn't much that can't be done regarding these seats!

David
 
Looks fabulous mate. Very well done to you Sir on your patience and attention to detail.

Proghound said:
It's been a good week for my A2. MOT passed on Thursday with advisories only, for the ball joint dust covers and an indicator bulb going white.

Then today I made hopefully the final change to its seats ...

View attachment 45123

These are the seats I bought on impulse from @Sarge along with the doorcards, but do you notice something a little unusual? The lumbar mechanisms come courtesy of my breaker. Since it had SE seats I simply unbolted and swapped the seat back frames, routed the wiring back into the new base and put the covers back on - no need to drill out any rivets. The switch base trims come from my previous blue Sports seats.

That left time to fit this bad boy ...

View attachment 45125

... which as you can see even in that low light, shows up how bad the rest of my interior trim is - look at the rear of the console!

Just time and light enough after that to fit a @depronman checkstrap to the drivers door, another bonus from my breaker. What a different sound it makes and different feeling it gives through the armrest as you open and shut the door! I shall need another one for the front passenger side - watch your inbox Paul :)
Click to expand...
 
rosscanning said:
Best wheels for A2 in my opinion, fuel economy, steering feel, agile etc. I’m using 185/65/15 al weather tyres
Click to expand...

I have to concur with this, I'm quite surprised at the difference, it's far more pronounced than I was expecting. Comfort & steering feel are both improved along with a noticeably lighter feeling to the steering, but not so light there is no steering feeling, like you get with some systems.
 
Muska said:
I have to concur with this, I'm quite surprised at the difference, it's far more pronounced than I was expecting. Comfort & steering feel are both improved along with a noticeably lighter feeling to the steering, but not so light there is no steering feeling, like you get with some systems.
Click to expand...

I have just bought a 2nd set of Pepperpots and am looking at winter tyres. I had thought 185/65/15 were too large as I don't think they appear in the definitive wheel tyre thread? Or do they fit nicely? I currently run 195/55/15. Many thanks
 
I bought these. There is £25 off the cost if you use the supplied code so they worked out cheapest for me from Black Circles, fitted locally. The speed rating I went for was T as that's rated to 118mph, which I have no intention of doing but seems to slightly exceed the top speed of our vehicles.
 
Dads Taxi said:
I have just bought a 2nd set of Pepperpots and am looking at winter tyres. I had thought 185/65/15 were too large as I don't think they appear in the definitive wheel tyre thread? Or do they fit nicely? I currently run 195/55/15. Many thanks
Click to expand...

They fit fine.. but mine are summer only!


1ad24332658918139c1623b6191620c7.jpg


1f42e5b2767ce4088590f5a92042b1cf.jpg
 
Proghound said:
David, out of interest were you able to swap the foam bases complete with the plastic trays that they sit in as one unit, or did you have to take the covers off? When I originally tried this on the breaker's seats, I found the six screws holding the tray to the crossbar at the front, no problems there. But at the back, when I tried the two splined bolts at the sides of the tray, they were incredibly stiff, and when they finally rotated I think it was only that whatever they fasten to is now free to rotate on the inside of the tray.
Click to expand...

The spline bit bolts come out, they have a lot of blue loctite on them and a fine thread so feel like they arent coming out but they are.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top