Rock hard ride

[jono]

i have the 19inch sport wheels fitted to my 2001 C2 and the ride is rock-hard (grip and steering beyond reproach...)

i sort of remember reading somewhere that you can improve the ride by reducing the tyre pressures a little, providing you don't travel at silly speeds.

anyone know anything about this????


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[johnny]

There was an article in Autocar which talked about doing this, I tried it and it does make some difference - only an issue you are going over 120 mph




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[noony]

19 inch wheels on british roads....ouch. Unless you like that kinda thing and use it for track days, I would change down to 18s. I know of people who will not go over 17 for road use.

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[noony]

Oh, and you say ''the 19 inch sport wheels...". 19s have never been an option on 911s, what do they look like? A pic of your car would be nice :wink:

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[jono]

umm ok.....

it could be 18inch sport design wheels i may not have been paying attention to the salesman at the time.

i have uploaded the picture, yer 'tis....

/images/migration/UploadedForumImages/flyingbanana.jpg




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[noony]

Yep, 18 inch sport design. Very nice! Don't see why the ride should be so hard, have you got sports suspension?

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[Olivia]

Jono,

NICE car! Love the wheels my sister has bought a lapis blue C4 cab with these wheels. Nightmare to clean. Get James round and buy some Zymol.

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[noony]

James and his army of men with rippling muscles! It's the price you have to pay for having nice wheels...

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[jono]

nice wheels, hard ride.

i have a chappie clean my wheels at the hand car wash.


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[CT993]

Olivia, You have a sister and you both have C4 Cab's ? Please can I come to your next party. I promise to sit quietly in the corner and only drool a little bit.

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[JamesM]

Did I hear my name?? Better get my elbow grease ready!

:wink:


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[JamesM]

Quote: Originally posted by CT993 on 24 July 2003

Olivia, You have a sister and you both have C4 Cab's ? Please can I come to your next party. I promise to sit quietly in the corner and only drool a little bit.

At the cars or Olivia and her sister???

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[Olivia]

CT993,

My sister always buys the same car as me usually within 3 months. Atleast this time she picked a different colour. She also went for a spoiler.

My brother is getting a bit naffed off having to drive an MR2.

As for drooling, I drool at my car every day. My sister is a bit less of a petrol head, more into the look and how it looks with her in it, gorgeous usually!


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