How can I make these fit 12" steelies

[Mythbuster]

Well I'ma pick those centercaps up tomorrow, so I'll probably get a pic later... That is, if they actually fit my steelies. Now I just need to save money for coilies and new bumpers/painting the bumpers and that'll be that...

 

[Finan]

sounds sweet, would you not leave the bumpers black? keep it retro

every panel on my car theres a dent, so am not bothered doing it up.
next car will either be a mk2 or mk3 so i might try this hubcap thing on it

 

[abhardwaj1990]

To the OP, if you can make it look good, then fair play to you, never heard of or seen this "trick" before.

And LOL at the comments in this thread!

 

[ather`s]

did you know that the 16"steel rims from the vauxhall range will fit with abit of fettling! there is a guy in the mk3 section with them on a while ago. had a chat with him and they needed the centre bore widening slightly but other than that, they fitted straight on and look really good.

 

[Fl@pper]

same stud fitting but the offset on early rims is a bit odd due to the strut design

felt like driving a shopping trolley when i had em on mine

 

[suj]

Yep phil like flapper said, have a stupid offset on vauxhalls, so will need spacing out well!

 

[ather`s]

just throwing another idea around for the op. sticking to my G60`s and ronals for the moment.

 

[Mythbuster]

sounds sweet, would you not leave the bumpers black? keep it retro

every panel on my car theres a dent, so am not bothered doing it up.
next car will either be a mk2 or mk3 so i might try this hubcap thing on it

Yeah I will leave the bumpers black, but I mean buying new pre-facelift bumpers, or painting mine black again, they're fading really badly... And there's even some plastic peeling off

But even though that's my plan, I think buying new pre-facelift bumpers would be kind of a waste: Could spend the same money on facelift bumpers, which would make it look way newer, and they would increase value, even though I won't sell it. Ever


Also... I wouldn't try those centercaps on a mk3 Think that would look really bad... On a mk2 facelift it would probably look pretty bad...

 

[crezz]

try finding 16 steels ho, i had a set of a renault that i was going to band, took ages to find, so sold straight away when put back for sale

 

[suj]

sam you can get them from dealers for same price as G60's from VW dealers

as I was gonna get some banded too