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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: benvictors on 06 March 2010, 14:19
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Just finished making my wheel spacers, done two of my spare wheels in Ford Graphite Grey (Awesome colour for wheels), fitted a lil' short shifter thingy and a new bush for my linkage!!!
The wheel spacers bolt to the hub and then the wheel to the spacer so need another set of wheel bolts (Didn't fancy paying £100 for a set of extra long wheel bolts)
I've gone 30mm per side on the back and 25mm per side on the front, might be a lil big but wont know til there on the car next week.
Heres some pics -
Spacers
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/Spacer3.jpg)
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/Spacer2.jpg)
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/Spacer1.jpg)
Short shifter thingy (Old Vs New)
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/VicksPicture24012010027.jpg)
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/VicksPicture24012010008.jpg)
New bush (Old Vs New)
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/VicksPicture24012010032.jpg)
Wheels
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/Picture360.jpg)
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/Picture367.jpg)
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Nice job, did you program it or machine it manual? :smiley:
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love the wheel colour.. what colour is your car?
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The turning was programmed but the holes were drilled and tapped manually, took just over an hour a piece.
My cars Flash red, cant wait to get em on next week, completely standard at the mo and I'm lowering it next week too so should look baaaad!!!!!!!! (Hopefully)
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A better pic of the wheel
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/djbenvictors/Picture371.jpg)
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omg that looks tasty!
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dude did you make those spacers??
they are a very good job, i need to speak to you if you can do this sort of stuff? your in leeds aint you too??
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^^ I did make them spacers mate and yes I am in Leeds.
What you after bud??
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i need a rounded bolt removing out of my front space adapter, can you help at all??????
also what are the adapters made out of?? i mite want some (a pair making up) 35mm possibly at some point
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So the adapter is stuck on the car??
Because I'm bolting my adapters to the car, then the wheels to the adapters I used 304 Stainless, its a bit weighty compared to Aluminium but it has a lot better tensile strength to cope witht the load, it wont rust/corrode and wont warp under stress like Aluminium can.
If you want just standard spacers making (The ones you need longer bolts for) I'd do em in Aluminium cos they are literally just a big washer and dont take as much load.
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mate my adapeters that are on now are just like yours exactly, and 30mm.. bolts came with them to bolt to car then u use standard wheel bolts, just same looking as yours they are aluminium as its needed for the light weight, but the one im having issues with is the bolt holding it on, its made of cheese needs drilling out i think?
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I see, ye the bolts are quite soft, have you tried braying a 21/32" socket bit over the bolt, thats just under 17mm so might just go on.
If not you will need a centre drill, an 8mm drill, a 12mm drill and an M14 x 1.5 Tap
Use the centre drill to get the centre point of the bolt, needs to be as central as possible!!! Then use the 8mm drill to depth, then the 12mm drill, you need to get these as concentric to the bolt as possible!!!! (Any bigger than a 12mm an you will damage the internal thread of the hub)
You should now be able to twist the bolt out, the bolt head might shear when you try this, if so, just scrape all the remains of the bolt out of the hole, blow it out and run down it with the M14 tap.
Or just come up to my work at Wortley next Sunday an we'll get it sorted.
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dude PM me your moile number ill come to your workshop next sunday, that would be very good :cool:
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^^ PM'd