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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: SpearMintTom on 17 December 2006, 00:06

Title: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: SpearMintTom on 17 December 2006, 00:06: I currently have TSW Stealths (7x15 ET32) on my MK1, however i want something thats less chavvy and more to the euro look of my car..

I've found these - Audi SpeedLines (6x15 ET38)
(http://i11.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/7b/8d/5af6_1.JPG)

This is my car:
(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i223/VWMK1Polo/DSC00172-1.jpg)

Could someone photoshop them on for me? (if i get them the big bumpers will be going for smaller ones)
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: Neaty on 17 December 2006, 02:33: would look bob on with them :cool:
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Post by: ...joe on 17 December 2006, 18:18: would look alot better but you'll need adaptors to get them to fit. the audi ones will be 5 stud.
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 17 December 2006, 18:52: Best hope they are not 5x112 either. If they are you will either need, 2 sets of adaptor plates made for each wheel, (very dangerous)

or

Mk3 hubs putting on, and adaptor plates made up. (arduious job)
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: Stu.750 on 17 December 2006, 19:50: Think theys look very cool

Quote from: Slick#13 on 17 December 2006, 18:52
Best hope they are not 5x112 either. If they are you will either need, 2 sets of adaptor plates made for each wheel, (very dangerous)

Unless you know a good machine shop that will be able to turn you a set from your 4 stud to said 5 stud , i know a place round here that used to make tanker valves that probably could but they are bound to cost
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 17 December 2006, 20:08: The workshop could be gods, it wouldn't matter. The pattern change would overlap so 4x100 -> 5x112 is a physical impossibility.
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: Stu.750 on 17 December 2006, 20:17: Ah now i see

well suppose how far your willing to go to make em fit , possibly a re-weld and re-drill of the hubs ?
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: SpearMintTom on 17 December 2006, 20:57: The alloys are 5x100, i'm running 4x100.

I've found a company H&R that will supply me with adapters to suit, i have checked and compared the centre bore / pcd / stud etc and have them on there way. Alloys soon 2 come, just need 2 talk to the guy again.
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 17 December 2006, 21:10: That will be fine then, adapter plates will be alright for it, just remember to check the ET of the wheels and take away the width of the adapters in mm from the original ET of the wheel, as the lower the ET on them the further out they will be pushed from the hub, and then you might have some issues with arch fouling.
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: SpearMintTom on 18 December 2006, 01:13: Yeh it'll be ok, the alloys are ET38, the adapters are 15mm or 20mm i think so i'm on ET23 or ET18. but they are 6J (i'm currently running ET38 7.5J - and my arches have been rolled :)
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Post by: ...joe on 18 December 2006, 10:01: proper job then! :P
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Post by: Agreeable Slick on 18 December 2006, 17:45: Boomshanka the job is as good as done then. will look good on dem rims. :tongue:
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Post by: gibby on 19 December 2006, 15:03: Those wheels are cool. :cool:

So someone do the man a potatoshop then as he's requested. :tongue:
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Post by: golfmk3 on 19 December 2006, 15:31: how big are the speedlines?
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Post by: Neaty on 19 December 2006, 17:00: Quote from: golfmk3 on 19 December 2006, 15:31
how big are the speedlines?

Quote from: SpearMintRhino on 17 December 2006, 00:06

Audi SpeedLines (6x15 ET38)
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: ...joe on 19 December 2006, 17:33: ^^^ what's your name? slick? :laugh:

bit tricky this one.. i lowered it a bit as well :wink: :

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/raaage/DSC00172-1.jpg)
Title: Re: My New Alloys - Opinions plz :)
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 19 December 2006, 17:34: Quote from: ...joe on 19 December 2006, 17:33
^^^ what's your name? slick?

You taking the piss cheesetits?
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Post by: ...joe on 19 December 2006, 17:35: yes i am you, pedantic c-unit! :laugh:
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Post by: Neaty on 19 December 2006, 17:36: that was a bit slick-esque wasnt it
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Post by: Agreeable Slick on 19 December 2006, 17:42: Quote from: ...joe on 19 December 2006, 17:35
yes i am you, pedantic c-unit! :laugh:

Merry christmas to you too f**ksock. :wink:
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Post by: ...joe on 19 December 2006, 17:46: :santa: and a happy new year quimface!
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Post by: Stu.750 on 19 December 2006, 18:15: i can allmost feel the love

an the car does look smart , and different too
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Post by: mase on 20 December 2006, 20:18: Quote from: StuDubs on 19 December 2006, 18:15
i can allmost feel the love

with words like f*cksock and quimface flying around... 'feeling' the love is quite low on my todo list :lipsrsealed:

car does look good on the audi wheels tho, go for the narrowest tyres u can find, something like 175/50/15 and the 23mm offset and the jobs a good 'un :cool: