Hopeless Heroes: Kiltox’ home for early-00s Renners and other basket cases.

[Kiltox]

This is working but does look shit. Would recommend. 

F1 Autocentres has a deal for 15% off 4 tyres bringing a set of Uniroyals down to £300 - cheapest decent tyres I’ve found so far. 

[SiC]

Hard to say for no at that price as a general half decent tyre. 

[Kiltox]

Kumho KH52s are £50 less and get better reviews, thoughts? 

[SiC]

Having had both I'd side towards Rainsports as being better tyres. Kumho are decent for your average commuter runaround (like the set I put on the E320 I had/now cookiesouthwest) but I don't rate them for good handling.

[Andyrew]

1 hour ago, Kiltox said:

Kumho KH52s are £50 less and get better reviews, thoughts? 

My kumho budgets are cracking at under a year old.  Supplier suggested its normal wear and tear.

Given the 40 odd part worns of various ages I've fitted didnt and don't have any cracks in them I just going with the kumhos being shite. 

 

[Schaefft]

6 hours ago, Kiltox said:

This is working but does look shit. Would recommend. 

F1 Autocentres has a deal for 15% off 4 tyres bringing a set of Uniroyals down to £300 - cheapest decent tyres I’ve found so far. 

I've used these to pin up the headliner of the Senator. It's matching the fabric so it's one step above the shit looking pins people usually use so not too terrible.

[Kiltox]

Anyone got any tips on how to find out for sure what type of battery should be in the Vel Satis?

It has a 096 in at the moment, which needs replacing.

Tayna says it should be a 115 which is quite a bit bigger (but shorter) - also recommends a 110 as an alternative.
GSF also recommends a 115
ECP try to sell me a 096 which is presumably why it's got one in 

 

[beko1987]

096 will be too small. I fell foul of this in the qashqai (good deal on the size, the spec was still decent enough)and ended up with some spare room in the engine bay 😂

I'd go 115. I'm getting away with it as my car isn't too electrically heavy*, you'd notice it on a vel shatis eventually I'd imagine.

 

[Kiltox]

Will collect a 115 from GSF and see if it fits, easier to return if it doesn’t. 

Clio is getting some Uniroyal goodness tomorrow. 

[MrBig]

On 05/06/2025 at 10:15, Kiltox said:

This is working but does look shit. Would recommend. 

The very ethos of these hallowed pages, non?

 

Rainsports are one of my go-to tyres. Very good in the wet (duh) and pretty good in the dry. They are quite soft so you don't get the mileage you might do on a Contisport or similar, but the significantly lower price more than offsets that.

[Kiltox]

9 minutes ago, MrBig said:

The very ethos of these hallowed pages, non?

 

Rainsports are one of my go-to tyres. Very good in the wet (duh) and pretty good in the dry. They are quite soft so you don't get the mileage you might do on a Contisport or similar, but the significantly lower price more than offsets that.

It’s the bias towards wet that puts me off a little for a car I’ll primarily be kicking the cunt out of in the dry, but they do seem better then most other options at the same price point 

[loserone]

Whilst they are mostly fine in the wet, they're certainly not an all season tyre and are very much a summer tyre.  I don't think you'll have any issues with em.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

I'd go 115. I'm getting away with it as my car isn't too electrically heavy*, you'd notice it on a vel shatis eventually I'd imagine.

I've got an 096 in the C Class (was originally an 019), that's a 3-litre V6 diesel with reasonably complex electrics and it's been absolutely fine.

[Kiltox]

Have also ordered an AC pressure switch for the Shatis to see if it fixes it 

[Kiltox]

Can confirm that 096 is the right battery - though there's a little spare room it definitely won't take a 115. 

[Kiltox]

Replaced the Vel Satis AC pressure sensor and still have no air con but can see the pressure using my scan tool now - and it’s low (but not zero). 

Wonder if a regas m8 would now fix it 🤔 

Another issue I need to look at is that the passenger side window and mirror don’t work. With it being both of them I worry that the door loom is damaged 🙈