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oldgeezer

Member Since: 09 Apr 2011
Location: Wiltshire
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2013 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Baltic Blue

Winter tyres are on

Bring on the snow

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Jaguar x-type sport gone
Jaguar x-type 2.2d sport one of my best cars ever sadly gone
Freelander 2 GS auto 2008 most unreliable ever ! gladly gone
Freelander 2 GS manual 2013 only time will tell !

13th Dec 2015 3:51 pm

GSKM

Member Since: 05 Aug 2015
Location: Deepest darkest Shropshire
Posts: 128

2014 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Orkney Grey

Mine have been on for two weeks, just after the first frost we had. Since then most of the time it's been at least 10 degrees.

One of my friends bought an ice axe and crampons a couple of years ago and have we seen snow since then? No. Will it be worth the winter wheels and tyres, I wait and see.

13th Dec 2015 6:54 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 4109

Yuk! Clip-on balancing weights on the outside of an alloy wheel. Wouldn't be allowed in any tyre shop I know. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

13th Dec 2015 8:10 pm

Landiroamer

Member Since: 30 Apr 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 1185

2015 Freelander 2 TD4_e SE Manual Orkney Grey

The 2010 XS came with those wheels from the factory and the weights were clipped on the outer rim as the photo.
Most of the FL wheels dont have a lip to allow them to do that which is why they stick them inboard out of view, its just that type of wheel in the photo they do it on.
Bad idea on alloys and corrosion gets behind them and it looks an eyesore once new weights are put on elsewhere next time.

14th Dec 2015 7:03 am

768will

Member Since: 08 Jan 2012
Location: South Devon
Posts: 199

2011 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Bali Blue

Two years ago I bought my second FL2 (MY11, only done 7250 miles) and the wheel weights are on the outer rim.
Tyres are Goodyear Wrangler so I presume the original tyres. If so, the vehicle must have been delivered with the weights in this position. Does it make any difference as to where they are fitted or is it just cosmetis? 11 GS Bali Blue
07 GS FL2. Usually muddy. Gone
Numerous LRs since 1963

14th Dec 2015 2:59 pm

768will

Member Since: 08 Jan 2012
Location: South Devon
Posts: 199

Just seen Landiroamer's post which more or less explains mine 11 GS Bali Blue
07 GS FL2. Usually muddy. Gone
Numerous LRs since 1963

14th Dec 2015 3:07 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 4109

768will wrote:
Does it make any difference as to where they are fitted or is it just cosmetic?

Just cosmetic. You buy alloys mainly for the looks so I can't understand why some tyre shops put weights on the outside of an alloy rim. Well, I can - they're either lazy or incompetent. You always put the weights on the inside of the rim with either stick-on/clip-on weights or a combination of both. All wheel balancing machines have a programme for doing that. Most also have a 'hidden weight' programme so that the stick-on weights are placed behind the spokes and are unable to be seen through the wheel. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

14th Dec 2015 3:34 pm

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