Sydney Newbie
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:37 pm
My son has just purchased his first car - a '95 FTO. I have had the pleasure of taking it for some extended test drives and have been enjoying the experience. No doubt he will pop up here at some stage but I was jumping on to see if I could find some answers to a few specific questions to help him out. I will post them in the right threads but if anyone spots this and can help then that would be appreciated.
1. He is after a car cover - have seen some standard ones around but I did see some (very) old postings on international boards for what looked like a branded Mitsubishi FTO cover. Does anyone have one for sale?
2. Tyre rubbing on near and full wheel lock - front tyres are near new Goodyear 215/45ZR17 and rear 235/45ZR17 on oz racing rims with a spacer used on the front set. The drivers side wheel arch lining has been removed and on the passenger side it is evident that there has been a fair bit of rubbing before the car was purchased. I have found a fair bit of conflicting advise around the correct tyre sizes and the local shop wanted to sell 4 or 2 new tyres at $330 a pop. There is also an aftermarket stabiliser bar and suspension that we were told was set very low?. So the question is .. does anyone have this configuration and no rubbing and what was done (ie changed offsets, removed/modified arch linings, suspension raised??) or am I resigned to changing the tyres.
Any advise appreciated.
Thanks
1. He is after a car cover - have seen some standard ones around but I did see some (very) old postings on international boards for what looked like a branded Mitsubishi FTO cover. Does anyone have one for sale?
2. Tyre rubbing on near and full wheel lock - front tyres are near new Goodyear 215/45ZR17 and rear 235/45ZR17 on oz racing rims with a spacer used on the front set. The drivers side wheel arch lining has been removed and on the passenger side it is evident that there has been a fair bit of rubbing before the car was purchased. I have found a fair bit of conflicting advise around the correct tyre sizes and the local shop wanted to sell 4 or 2 new tyres at $330 a pop. There is also an aftermarket stabiliser bar and suspension that we were told was set very low?. So the question is .. does anyone have this configuration and no rubbing and what was done (ie changed offsets, removed/modified arch linings, suspension raised??) or am I resigned to changing the tyres.
Any advise appreciated.
Thanks