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TheAllSeeingPie Member Since: 18 Apr 2012 Location: Leeds Posts: 848 |
Yes, specifically made for LR Brembos and I've seen plenty of pictures of them fitted to Sports with Brembos, but the guy at Compomotive says they also fit the FF too. They are a slightly different offset and only 8" wide so should fit fine.
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23rd Nov 2012 12:51pm |
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Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309 |
I think the SC Brembos are Bigger than the TDV8 ones but not certain... |
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23rd Nov 2012 12:56pm |
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TheAllSeeingPie Member Since: 18 Apr 2012 Location: Leeds Posts: 848 |
Yes they are, but apparently this has been taken into consideration. I'm now a little nervous to say the least as I've just shelled out for wheels and tyres!
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23rd Nov 2012 1:03pm |
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Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309 |
I have bought a set of the highly acclaimed (especially in Northern Snowy Europe) Nokian WR G2 Winter Tyres for the Wife's VW Tiguan Sport as her summer tyres (Goodyear Eagle F1) are rubbish even on fresh snow. They have by far the highest score on Tyre Test . com |
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23rd Nov 2012 1:04pm |
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Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309 |
Ebay ........ Sorry couldn't resist hopefully they will fit if the manufacturer says so you can give them back if they don't |
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23rd Nov 2012 1:07pm |
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TheAllSeeingPie Member Since: 18 Apr 2012 Location: Leeds Posts: 848 |
You had me doing some emergency research there. It appears that the calliper fronts are similar, but the backs where the harmonic dampers are located are different. Worst comes to worst I'll have to cut a little bit of the damper off and deal with the screech. Phew ...
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23rd Nov 2012 1:24pm |
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Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309 |
They sound great - pictures? |
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23rd Nov 2012 1:30pm |
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KurtVerbose Member Since: 08 Aug 2010 Location: Les Arses Posts: 5848 |
Hmm, that seems quite an extreme winter tyre. From the reviews I've read it seems very good in snow/cold, and not very good in +7c and wet. I wonder if it's a suitable tyre for the Uk where even in winter it's usually +7c? Be interested to hear your opinion compared to the Vreds. |
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23rd Nov 2012 2:10pm |
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TheAllSeeingPie Member Since: 18 Apr 2012 Location: Leeds Posts: 848 |
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23rd Nov 2012 2:11pm |
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Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309 |
It get top ratings for WET performance...... I live in the coldest road in Britain. In Guinness book of records as equal record low average with the Aberdeenshire plains...... We also cannot get to our road without going down a very steep long hiull. Winter tyres are a necessity based on the last five years.
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23rd Nov 2012 2:19pm |
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KurtVerbose Member Since: 08 Aug 2010 Location: Les Arses Posts: 5848 |
I normally cringe when people post new wheel pics as I almost always find them too bling. They're very nice though.
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23rd Nov 2012 2:20pm |
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simon1233 Member Since: 13 Jun 2011 Location: Leyland, sometimes Darmstadt Posts: 650 |
TASP - I spoke with compomotive last year about these wheels - they should fit OK but what you may need to do is to rotate the harmonic dampeners on the callipers by 90 degrees to improve clearance. I know of a couple of guys with RRS TDV8's who use these wheels and they all had to rotate the harmonic dampeners by 90 degrees. 'tis but the work of a moment apparently... |
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23rd Nov 2012 4:59pm |
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TheAllSeeingPie Member Since: 18 Apr 2012 Location: Leeds Posts: 848 |
Cheers Simon, that's the same thing I thought but after Gaz getting me worried I had the front wheel of my FF to check the brakes today. Turns out the RRS uses a block shaped harmonic damper which points up vertically, the FF uses a different shape damper that doesn't protrude up. So hopefully, as long as the callipers are roughly the same otherwise they should fit. If not then I'll have to send them back and get normal winter tyres
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23rd Nov 2012 5:30pm |
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Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309 |
Ooops |
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23rd Nov 2012 6:05pm |
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