
dellams wrote:Yeah thats the next thing I want to get on there! Any idea how much im looking at? Could I get away with just the rear tyres for now?


Putting good tyres on the rear would mean that in the wet, you may end up with a little understeer, eg going around roundabouts if you've got cheaper tyres on the front.

To be honest, that's a fairly safe setup if you're not used to oversteer.


How do I got about checking my alloys are hub-centric?


Just take the alloys off the car

- you should find they've got a hole in the middle to fit over the raised bit of the hub on the car.

Toyota original alloys would use this central raised bit to centre the wheel on the hub

- hence

'hub centric' but if you're using alloys, you will need a spacer that sits on the hub, and is the right size for the centering hole on the alloy.

Good alloy wheel specialists should be able to measure this up and get the right spacer rings in

- they're usually just hard plastic rings.


The garage is probably going to replace the balljoint on that wheel and then do an alignment after the repairs.

You think I should do the other three too?

If I don't could it effect the handling since that wheel would be tighter than the other three? What about the bushes?

Balljoints

- they're about

£30 each for the part, plus maybe 30-45 minutes each to do.

A garage with the right tools could probably do it much more quickly than that.

If the car has done more than 80k miles, I'd definitely do them

- they help with the suspension and alignment.

With the accident

- after the garage replace the tie bar, you will need to get an alignment done to make sure everything is OK.

Suspension bushes

- well, in my experience, I replaced mine on my Mk2 around 100k miles and only noticed a very slight improvement in feel and feedback.

What made much more of a difference was replacing the shock absorbers

- that's more expensive with each corner being around

£130

- 150.

I did mine as the front pair were rattly first thing in the morning

- a known problem, but which doesn't affect their performance.
