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Title: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: Dub_lover on 31 March 2006, 10:13

Hello people
Firstly let me apologize for swearing on a vw forum (VAUXHALL) lol. but i have been offered these supertouring alloys cheap and i wanna fit em to a mk2 golf. does anybody know of anywhere in the uk that can machine pcd adapters?
The rims are 5x 110 and mk2's are 4x100 is this feasible

cheers in advance

Title: Re: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 31 March 2006, 10:17

any engineering place really if you are able to make a drawing for them, they will have to be fairly thick too as the vauxhall et is about 45 i think. find out if you can buy them off the shelf first though

Title: Re: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: Dub_lover on 31 March 2006, 10:34

Quote from: veedubgti16v on 31 March 2006, 10:17

find out if you can buy them off the shelf first though

Alas not i have hunted high and low to no avail there is a local engineers near me. i have no dealings in the adapter area my mk2 mk1 had stock alloys. can anyone shed any light as to basic designs thickness

cheers

Title: Re: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 31 March 2006, 10:45

i don't think it is going to be possible, as i have a set of rims that are 5x112 and some of the holes overlap each other. I imagine the same will be true of the 5x110 set. Unless you are going to change the hubs i think it is best to just hold fire until you know for sure.

Title: Re: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: Dub_lover on 31 March 2006, 10:48

thanks for your advice Slick#13  i was considering havinghubs drilled but i fear this may not be possible

Title: Re: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: BIG Matt on 01 April 2006, 08:27

I have a Vectra SuperTouring! Ha ha! The wheels are fairly rare now, only 500 sets were ever produced by Irmscher, so people are trying to get there hand on them now to replace damaged ones etc.  They still go for fairly cheap though, even with being so rare.

Can you not use a PCD adapter kit to change the PCD of your hubs?  Also the offset will be around 10 above the VW offset (think the wheels are et45), so you might need to buy some spacers to make them pertrude more away from the hub (so they don't catch the shocks)?

Title: Re: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: Dub_lover on 02 April 2006, 19:29

Hello BIG Matt i can't find any adapters off the shelf that can change the PCD hoping to get some machined

Title: Re: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: BIG Matt on 02 April 2006, 19:44

Spot on, can't see it being too hard for someone to machine some up for you.  Even try some of the people selling them on eBay, they might even be able to get some on your behalf (they might even make them themselves).

Can't wait to see pics  :smiley:

Title: Re: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: Dub_lover on 03 April 2006, 08:32

Gonna go see a local engineering firm this week take a golf rim and vectra rim and see where we go from there. I might check ebay i'll keep you informed of any progress and pics when/ if i can get adapters made  :grin:

Title: Re: ultra rare vauxhall supertouring rims on a mk2
Post by: wag,en,volks on 10 April 2006, 15:12

try machine 7 they are aircooled mainly but specialise in this type of thing?