Project 1.4 se day one
- Thread starter Darpod14
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Jeff Sutcliffe
A2OC Donor
Landsail is by no means the worst budget tyre brand and, assuming Darpod14 doesn't intend to drive his new acquisition as if he stole it - to coin a phrase - and has some driving experience enabling him to recognise hazards and drive accordingly, I see no reason to change what appears to be a fairly new set of tyres.
Darpod14
Member
With what I’m currently spending on it they’ll have to wait!
Howey
Member
Are you not a fan of Landsail? (Heard good reveiws but never used myself)
Darpod14
Member
The name alone says it all!
Darpod14
Member
Having owned xr3i, ren 5gt turbo, Mondeo st24 you can be rest assured my heavy footed days are long ago!
Howey
Member
Agreed is not the best name but is this all your condemning them for?
Darpod14
Member
No condemnation, I’m keeping them on! Far down the list of things to do!
RZX
A2OC Donor
I love the spec of this car and the fact it has a few battle scars means you won't worry too much about it when you park in a supermarket car park with the "I don't give a sh*t brigade" opening doors etc without a thought. Just enjoy the toys this has to offer, yes I am jealous.
Welcome to the fold, once the bug hits not many can stay at just one A2, I had 4 until earlier this year, only got 3 now and still looking for the holy grail. ?
Welcome to the fold, once the bug hits not many can stay at just one A2, I had 4 until earlier this year, only got 3 now and still looking for the holy grail. ?
Howey
Member
I think they will be great, and when you need more tyres i expect landsail will be your first enquiry!
Proghound
Admin Team
You could try softening the warped bits with a heat-gun (maybe a hairdryer on full?) and flattening them between two lumps of wood or something like that. If you are going for the undertray though, it may be that the bumper has no holes left for the screws it would share with the undertray.
Darpod14
Member
ok, I’ll certainly take a look at doing that, see what happens!
Dave M
Admin Team
If your intentions are to fit an undertray it depends on whether there are enough undamaged fixing points under the front bumper to hold it in place. I think it just slides under initially but your best bet is to get her up in the air for a closer inspection before writing the bumper off.
Colin 540
A2OC Donor
Welcome to A2OC a bit late from me,very nice specced A2 enjoy.
My bumper as been like that for 8 years now high curb stones in car park’s will get round to replacing it one day.
A2Steve
A2OC Donor
There’s nothing too untoward with that bumper. The majority of that will be pulled in when you fit an undertray.
dj_efk
A2OC Donor
Thank you for the question, my post you quoted was a little lazy and deserved some rationale:
Tyre reviews website - These tyres were not really much good compared to their competition when tested in 2013/14. Perhaps my demanding they be lobbed in a skip ASAP was a bit OTT considering that as has been pointed out, they are new - plus they are indeed better than the usual “death ring” quality of Chinese tyre - although I would still want to be on something better in a wet emergency stop / swerve situation.
As a rule budget and Chinese tyres in general are a big no-no for me, but then I have quite a narrow view on tyres that means I only ever buy the best I can (Michelin, GY, Continental etc.). I would never forgive myself if I cause injury (or worse) to someone else because I couldn’t stop in time AND there was even a chance that I could have done had I been on top quality rubber - and let‘s face it, on an A2 the sizes required means even the best are not ruinously expensive ultra large / low profile like those on most modern premium cars these days.
Tyre choice / attitudes are a bit like religion in that people feel quite strongly on the subject and are usually fairly entrenched in their view, so let’s not swerve the thread too wildly here; however this is this the thinking behind my request to @Darpod14 .
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