New wheels purchased, preview pics!

n1ff

May 1, 2011

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• Feb 8, 2012

• #1

Direct from the good ol' US of A

Here's the state of boxes I had to cram into the car without using bootspace (sub)

The top box is a 225!!

And here they are!

I'll be testing them on the weekend for room in the arches, won't b able to afford tyres for a while

Oh and the service light is on and I think I have a boost leak and my stereo is fooked again....Love this car and it's bad Karma.

 

gdjohny

Crazy Mechanical Engineer

Dec 25, 2010

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Kettering

• Feb 8, 2012

• #2

nice alloys
I want a set of ronal AERO 18 inch but too bloody expensive atm

 

n1ff

May 1, 2011

630

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North West

• Feb 8, 2012

• #3

Cheers mate! they actually worked out cheaper to import than to buy in the uk!! And It's hard to find this colour here.

 

Lodey23

Feb 22, 2006

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Penzance Cornwall

• Feb 9, 2012

• #4

Nice loving these

 

rsmith

Robbie

Apr 28, 2004

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Tipperary, Ireland

• Feb 9, 2012

• #5

Nice, I've been on the lookout for something similar for a while now.Looking forward to seeing them fitted

 

n1ff

May 1, 2011

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North West

• Feb 10, 2012

• #6

Might b a while cant afford tyres yet. Was thinking rainsports 2 or sport contact 3...Any thoughts?

 

Yatesey8527

Active Member

Mar 11, 2010

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Gloucester

• Feb 10, 2012

• #7

Lookin gud-deffo wanna see em fitted!

 

n1ff

May 1, 2011

630

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North West

• Feb 10, 2012

• #8

Cheers for the comments guys, will be test fitting on sunday hopefully!

 

Murdered LCR

Wide mouthed mofo

Sep 9, 2006

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Murder Inc.

• Feb 11, 2012

• #9

What J are they ?

 

youngyWHU

Active Member

Sep 30, 2011

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Marham, norwich and Banbury, oxfordshire

• Feb 11, 2012

• #10

n1ff said:

Might b a while cant afford tyres yet. Was thinking rainsports 2 or sport contact 3...Any thoughts?

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rainsport 2 are brilliant. thats what im running. even a suprising amount of grip in the snow. (although i dropped about 5psi out of each tyre for the weather)

 

MPJ88

Sep 4, 2009

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• Feb 11, 2012

• #11

youngyWHU said:

rainsport 2 are brilliant. thats what im running. even a suprising amount of grip in the snow. (although i dropped about 5psi out of each tyre for the weather)

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Dropping psi is not always better for snow.

The Pirreli pzero rosso i have are great. Nice looking wheels too, cant wait to see them on.

 

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Muttley

Catch that diesel!

Mar 17, 2006

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North Kent

• Feb 11, 2012

• #12

Dropping tyre pressures is an ancient trick used by trials cars to get better grip in mud. Won't help on the road. In snow, higher pressures are sometimes of use to get the tread pattern to cut into the snow more effectively. On ice, nothing helps. Well, maybe studs. Or an anchor.

Mucking about with tyre pressures is a good way to cause an accident.

 

n1ff

May 1, 2011

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North West

• Feb 11, 2012

• #13

youngyWHU said:

rainsport 2 are brilliant. thats what im running. even a suprising amount of grip in the snow. (although i dropped about 5psi out of each tyre for the weather)

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They were going to be my original choice purely because of how good they're supposed to be in the wet and snow. But then there was a thread on this forum about Best tyres and contact 3s came top, or near, partly cause of how gud they are in the wet as well and when I priced them up they're not that much dearer.

MPJ88 said:

Dropping psi is not always better for snow.

The Pirreli pzero rosso i have are great. Nice looking wheels too, cant wait to see them on.

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Cheers mate! I'll check those tyres out.

Murdered LCR said:

What J are they ?

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They're 9j mate, couldn't brave the 9.5 in the end! Oh also, I'm right in thinking you tested your wheels on wood blocks right?!?! Starting to get worried about what to put between wheel and wood so I dont put all the pressure on one spot.

 

Murdered LCR

Wide mouthed mofo

Sep 9, 2006

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Murder Inc.

• Feb 11, 2012

• #14

What et have you got there going to poke loads at the front your need a spacer to clear the suspension

 

n1ff

May 1, 2011

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North West

• Feb 11, 2012

• #15

Murdered LCR said:

What et have you got there going to poke loads at the front your need a spacer to clear the suspension

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They're ET35 mate, Shouldn't be too bad I'd rather need a spacer than need to roll arches any way!

 

Murdered LCR

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Sep 9, 2006

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• Feb 11, 2012

• #16

Don't think Leon arches can be rolled I have et38 on the rear of mine they didn't fit with a 8 mm spacer on the front , you going to need some serious stretch on those tyres to make them fit. I would say either a 215 or a 225

 

n1ff

May 1, 2011

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North West

• Feb 11, 2012

• #17

why?!?! Your rears fit a 9.5j with a 8 mil spacer, Your et is 38 so would only need 5 mill spacer for 9.5 and I'm only 9? What have I missed?

 

Murdered LCR

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Sep 9, 2006

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• Feb 11, 2012

• #18

The rear has no spacer et38 and about 10mm clearance if that , the fronts are et23 8mm spacer the et38 on the front with the spacer catch on the coilover adjuster and caliper

 

Murdered LCR

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• Feb 11, 2012

• #19

Also running a 225/40/18 on mine

 

n1ff

May 1, 2011

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North West

• Feb 11, 2012

• #20

Hmmmm.... Gutted, I'll have look tomoz I guess. Wanted 235s on there tbh as well but nvm. So if your offset is 23 with 8mill spacer ur lookin at ET15 so for me would be 20 mill spacer on a 9.5j. I found a website that told me how much these new wheels would poke out each side and it looked pretty even on both sides. So could I not guesstimate that I'd save about 10 mill Inside and out?! Is that completely stupid? I already know it's partly stupid.