Jacobjac
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- VT Acclaim II '99
Hey guys, I'm useless with tyres and wheels.
I went to my local Tyrepower a few weeks ago because the car has been verging left for ages and it's feeling slightly loose in the wet.
The VT has APEC AP-Design Polished 18" rims and just some ATR sport tyres. Bought these new from Tyrepower a year ago. Anyway he showed me the wheels and he reckons that the back tyres are stuffed and the wheels - or in particular one front wheel - is rooted. It's bent on the inside and he reckons it's irreparable. They rang another tyrepower and they said it's not being made any more but they said they have the same wheel for a falcon and they'd drill holes in it for the Commodore but it'd be visible.
no thanks. I asked the guy what I can do to avoid this in future and he said it's just victorian roads/potholes. If that's the case I'm not keen on buying these every year. And he blamed the tread loss on the lowering. I haven't been doing any burnouts with this set but I can understand the lowering might make it go quicker.
As for the wheels they say I need: "Adjustable front caster bushes ($290)" and "4 point rear camber/toe kit ($480)
They reckon it should stop the tyres wearing 'so quick' but that's about it.
Thoughts?
PS: Is there any warranties available here through Tyrepower or APEC? I heard there was a structural warranty, at least for the ones on ebay. They were going to destroy the tyres and wheel and have me buy new ones then and there. No thanks.
I went to my local Tyrepower a few weeks ago because the car has been verging left for ages and it's feeling slightly loose in the wet.
The VT has APEC AP-Design Polished 18" rims and just some ATR sport tyres. Bought these new from Tyrepower a year ago. Anyway he showed me the wheels and he reckons that the back tyres are stuffed and the wheels - or in particular one front wheel - is rooted. It's bent on the inside and he reckons it's irreparable. They rang another tyrepower and they said it's not being made any more but they said they have the same wheel for a falcon and they'd drill holes in it for the Commodore but it'd be visible.
no thanks. I asked the guy what I can do to avoid this in future and he said it's just victorian roads/potholes. If that's the case I'm not keen on buying these every year. And he blamed the tread loss on the lowering. I haven't been doing any burnouts with this set but I can understand the lowering might make it go quicker.
As for the wheels they say I need: "Adjustable front caster bushes ($290)" and "4 point rear camber/toe kit ($480)
They reckon it should stop the tyres wearing 'so quick' but that's about it.
Thoughts?
PS: Is there any warranties available here through Tyrepower or APEC? I heard there was a structural warranty, at least for the ones on ebay. They were going to destroy the tyres and wheel and have me buy new ones then and there. No thanks.