DPJ's Silver Leon Cupra GT - no more.

[UncleFester]

Yes Pat, I was a little nervous about whether they'd fit, but they do, neatly. 11mm spacer fitted to the hub, then disc screwed to the spacer. A spigot goes into the hub end to mount the wheel. Loads of room between wheel and caliper. Calipers are virtually unmarked - off an 05 car.

I'll be honest, I only trial fitted them. I decided I'd get the MOT out of the way and pop them on properly this next weekend. I didn't want another buggeration factor.

Discs are virtually unmarked too - I need to take all their measurements before I fit them so I can source future replacements.

Brought the wheels home tonight with new tyres fitted - they've travelled 3 feet down my ramps!

Safe to say neither cornering nor real braking have been tested then! They do look rather nice though

 

[DPJ]

Safe to say neither cornering nor real braking have been tested then! They do look rather nice though

Cheers.

Before and after

 

[PhilW]

Now we're talking!

 

[DPJ]

Phil I saw someone (Eddie ? with the Octy) say they had CF centre caps for their Superleggeras. Any idea where they might be from? Mine are shot.

 

[PhilW]

Yeah i seen those as well, they used to sell them on ebay as i was looking the other day as mine were shot but luckily i got a free set with my tyres as my tyre place had a set kicking about.


You getting water ingress with them dave? Mine looked awful.

 

[DPJ]

Yeah i seen those as well, they used to sell them on ebay as i was looking the other day as mine were shot but luckily i got a free set with my tyres as my tyre place had a set kicking about.


You getting water ingress with them dave? Mine looked awful.

Yep, water ingress. The bay is the place, you're right. £7.99 each!

 

[PhilW]

Ouch! Try someone like wheelbase or topgear for them as well, or even OZ themselves.

 

[v-g]

I take it your new stilts haven't set yet? Nice calipers by the way.

 

[DPJ]

Fitted the Porsche calipers this afternoon. It surprised me that they weigh less than the oem ATE calipers.

As I mentioned, there are spigot rings that go into the end of the hubs to mount the wheels. The spigot rings were 1.2mm larger than the bore of my hubs
Solution - I machined the hub ends out. This slowed the job up considerably. Bleed them tomorrow morning.

 

[The MoffMeister]

dave you upgraded the rears yet? im doing mine tom got some lcr ones to go on so can see some brakes through the wheels now lol

 

[DPJ]

dave you upgraded the rears yet? im doing mine tom got some lcr ones to go on so can see some brakes through the wheels now lol

DS2500 pads in the rear Rob. I'm not that bothered about the look.

 

[The MoffMeister]

ok cool beans just wondered lol

 

[DPJ]

I'd love to know what these were originally made for...

340mm diameter
31.6mm thick
5 x 112 PCD
66.8mm bore
50.5mm total thickness
225mm inner diameter
fits 155 max hub
6.5mm face thickness

 

[The MoffMeister]

do look odd!!

 

[UncleFester]

I'd guess A8 or maybe even an RS4/6?

 

[m0rk]

Corvette, Konigsegg both use 340x32

but I can rule out Corvette C6 as they have a larger bore

 

[jonjay]

I thought my discs where big but that is huge!

 

[Wilko]

Looking good dave.
You've obviously finally lost your marbles and decided to eff it and drop silly money into it.

 

[DPJ]

Corvette, Konigsegg both use 340x32

but I can rule out Corvette C6 as they have a larger bore

If you look at the discs, there are holes for mounting pegs - I've been wondering if they are Mercedes...

Looking good dave.
You've obviously finally lost your marbles and decided to eff it and drop silly money into it.

I'm only on nodding terms with reality now, John.

 

[DPJ]

I adjusted the rebound on the rear suspension to 15% off hard and it seems to have got rid of the high speed bounciness. Also fitted 15mm (a side) Eibach Pro spacers (Thanks Badger5) so that the rears line up as nicely as the fronts do.

My, it handles superbly now!