Commander Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I'm with Brillo, 595 RS-Rs are the way to go. Had them on my M3 and they are a very good combination of performance and price and they handled the weight / power of the M3 just fine. Wear well too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brillomaster Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) federal do 595 RSRs in a 265/35/R18 and a 285/30/R18, for £98 and £106 respectively off tyreleader, any of them good for you? i reckon you'd need 500+bhp to unstick a 285! https://www.tyrelead...deral/595-rs-r/ though that said, i wouldnt run them as my daily tyre, i swap them on and off at the start and end of every trackday. Edited March 12, 2017 by brillomaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 +1. Wet weather performance isn't great and they're quite noisy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 No new updates, but the car just ticked over 120k miles yesterday so I thought I'd give this thread a once over to see how far I've come in 17 months and 21k miles... I want to try and keep this vaguely normal I might put a BGW on it, just for sh*ts and giggles. I very much doubt I'll change the wheels As you can see, I'm clearly a man of my word. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 The same man that told me 'stock is best' when I was umming and urring about changing the front bumper on my GT-Four 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 The same man that told me 'stock is best' when I was umming and urring about changing the front bumper on my GT-Four To be fair though, the GT-Four isn't ugly as sin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 No new updates, but the car just ticked over 120k miles yesterday so I thought I'd give this thread a once over to see how far I've come in 17 months and 21k miles... I want to try and keep this vaguely normal I might put a BGW on it, just for sh*ts and giggles. I very much doubt I'll change the wheels As you can see, I'm clearly a man of my word. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 For those that don't know, the Bummer suffered a bit of an issue at the weekend. Drove for a couple of hours, fine. Moved car 10 mins down the road, fine. Blipped throttle a couple of times in a tunnel whilst static, heard a massive squeal like a slipping belt and it began pouring smoke out of the bonnet Thankfully my mate Mark was stood in front of the car at the time and told me to turn it off quick sharp. Upon RAC inspection, couldn't find a damn thing wrong. All belts fine, all pulleys free. Drove home fine. Upon second inspection (i.e. it happened again later that evening) it looked like the A/C pulley was stalling a tad. Belt and compressor was smothered in oil. Took it to my local guys yesterday who had a look at it today. A/C compressor is fine (thankfully, it's a £1K part) but the oil is coming from one of three places: The cam cover, the chain cover, or the oil pressure sensor. Given I had issues with the oil pressure sensor not a month ago, I know where my money is going. Going to drop the part off to them in the morning, they'll change it and see. If the oil disappears then great, if it still carries on p*ssing out of the covers then we're looking at a significantly larger bill. Fingers crossed and all that. Funnily enough it was just before Le Mans last year that the car started chucking fluids everywhere, it's like it knows or something... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 it always before an event that my car likes to come up with a new issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Funnily enough it was just before Le Mans last year that the car started chucking fluids everywhere, it's like it knows or something... it always before an event that my car likes to come up with a new issue Sames, makes you want to smash the thing to pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Ironically the car isn't going to LM this year, but it is going to a car show tomorrow. Allegedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay84 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Hows the oil leak now? It get resolved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 I think so. Oil pressure sensor has been replaced, and the whole area cleaned up. Took her for a blat yesterday and I can't see any sign of oil anywhere in the engine bay, so I'm hoping that's cured it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Confirmed, many blats later (somehow managed to go for a lovely 2 hour one last Sunday, got back at 8am and still had the whole day to waste) and there is no more oil splashing out anywhere. Hurray! Although I now have squeaky brakes so I may have to treat myself to a pad upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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