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Yup, that'll do it. Difference in tyre compound front and rear (especially in these changeable conditions) will lead to the temps not being equal and give you dodgy handling. Change the fronts for Falkens ASAP before something nasty happens.

Always through a grill. Doing it the other way is like running down the street with your willy hanging out: It may look impressive at first, but sooner or later something is going to come along and whack it so hard that it's going to do some serious damage.

What are the rears?

Each to their own of course, but this really isn't the first time this has ever happened (not just by Thor) and it's a shame to see it continuing.

It's always nice when a well-known tuning shop signs up specifically to start internet fights. They see it as defending their work, everyone else sees it as childish tit for tat. I suspect the truth sits somewhere in-between as it usually does.

Depends on what compound you're using though on the A048, but for the most part that's true. I found that the M or LTS spec don't hold up so well, but the MH ones were much better.

Right folks, the experiment is over and the results are in! First off, a rear Ray with a 245/45 tyre on really won't fit into a roadster boot: However, if you remove the space saver then there's loads of room! That done, I moved onto trying to get one into the front as well. It's a smaller space than I remembered, however... Ta daa! The wheel is wedged between seat and rear bin, and there's no way in hell that it's going to move during normal road driving (I wouldn't take my chances on a fast country road drive without strapping it in properly though, but for a boring schlep up to Bedford it'll be fine). So there you go: It's very possible to get two rear wheels + tyres into a roadster, you just need to be creative.

R888s don't come in the correct sizes sadly, but they're close enough and you'd have the ESP turned off on track anyway Either those or A048s if they even make them in that size.

Could do, but I've got nitrogen in the tyres and don't really want to lose that and have to fill with normal air when at the track.

I'll give it a go tomorrow and take pics of the attempt, if nothing else should be good for a giggle

Heh, never even thought of that! Cheers anyway mate, but I wouldn't put you out that much since I know they'll both go in mine in the front, just would rather put them elsewhere if poss. I have a feeling we'll all be coming different ways looking at where we all live...

Bedford trackday Got a couple of PS2s that need finishing off so am going to take them with me and swap over to my decent pair afterwards. I'd rather pop them in Bean's Zed if I can, but if not then they can travel with me. I'm just trying to be awkward as usual

Lolz what a gimp.

Strut brace is still there, it just forms part of the firewall between roof mechanism and boot. I've had a wheel behind the seat before and it was fine, had loads of room to pull the seat back to hold it in place. Didn't get a chance to try my amazing disappearing-wheel-in-boot trick tonight as it got dark too quickly, but it can go on my to-do list.

Toyos need at least 500 miles to get rid of the release agent, they plaster them in the stuff. All other tyres I've tried need about 300 miles-ish to get it all off.

Just a thought (and I'll have a play later), but I reckon if I take the spare out of the roadster's boot and all the extra crap that's in there then I can possibly fit one wheel down there and then pop another behind the pax seat... It's going to be tight in the boot, but the wheel won't have to sit flat in there so that's in my favour at least.

No chance, barely got a single naked Ray in the back!

Bugger, much as I suspected. Ah well, I'll have to wrap them up well and chuck them in the front seat of mine then, thanks for that guys.

Really quick question guys, but is it possible to fit 2x rear Rays with tyres in the empty boot of a Zed coupe? I'm hoping the answer is yes...

Fixed. ;)

Heh, I've got myself lined up for a curry too later! Cheers mate, sure it will be as I'll crawl there and tow the car behind me if I have to!

Yes. Wait, Supra & Evos not being chav cars?! They're right up there with the Novas and Imprezas for sure. Truth is the price of the Zed has dropped to a level where idiots of questionable parentage can afford it an can afford to do what they want with it, it's happened with just about every Jap performance car ever made and it'll keep on happening as that's the way life is. It doesn't particularly bother me (and I'd never sell up just because of it) and there'll be something else along soon, but for now the Zed is pretty much where it's at for the time being and it'll only get worse until the market bottoms out, the car gets old enough that no-one wants it and only the real enthusiasts still keep it. Look at the mk1 MX-5 or mk1 MR2 for perfect examples, or even the mk3 Supra. ST205 isn't far off becoming a decent car again either.

I've been off work for the last week and a bit with flu, then a cold, then back to the flu again now. Feel really weak and tired, not good. In all honesty I'd rather be at work and feeling well than off work and feeling like this. I'm out of Tamiflu now as well, time to hit the Baileys I think!

There's no passion there though. Sure, she can hold a tune, but she's only mimicking what others are showing her. She'd make a cracking parrot.