I am seriously in love!

[G6dub]

trying to look at pic but all i get is this account has been suspended 

[tinman]

you can see them on gibby's pics.

i have a feeling that he has 195/50 which leaves the diameter of the wheel a bit small. the contis on the wheels i'll pick up tomorrow night have the same issue, which is why the wheels i'm getting are 205/50s. They add about 1" on the diameter and make the wheel close to the original diameter from a 185/60. (the 205s will be just a tad bigger).

i'm kinda assuming that later golfs wore 195s without an issue and so the extra width won't be an issure.

i do have a couple of small problems now.

do i put the new wheels on now knowing that they aren't the final item (eg they are polished yet they need to be made dull again, and they are wearing a totally incorrect tyre.)

i think i'll send them down to Southampton in a week or so for refurbing and wait for the US tyres to arrive before giving 1906 a present.

[gibby]

....and here they are - http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=17640&pos=0

Tin, I'm running mine on 185, 55, 15s by the way.

[tinman]

i'm definitely going bigger than 185/55. this car needs something more substancial for cornering. after driving a mid engined car i never knew how poor cornering was on a 16v*. 185/55 is quite a small combination and would have a severe effect on its top speed and its ability (not to mention fuel economy) when travelling in excess of 100 kleptons per sector.


* heavan knows how the 8v owners cope. reckon they must be supplied with a sick bag.

[tinman]

Continuation of story:

15" Castellets were sourced (thx to this forum), cost ?300, and were all polished. Someone had spent hours on them. So they are currently being refurbed and made standard again. Costs incurred so far - ?300 for wheels, ?250 for refurb, ?100 in petrol.

Today, I finally got hold of the tyres. These puppies are not off the shelf. They are special order only, and only available in the US - which is where I am right now.

Anyway, they came into the Tire place today - and $130 per tyre later - i have these tyres - and they look even better in the flesh.

All thats left to do is put them on checked baggage on the flight home! And the airline has said "no problem"!

[tinman]

hmm, i'll figure out how to make the piccies smaller shortly.

just for the nerds they are 205/50/ZR15s. (BF Goodrich GA Force KDW [NT])

[BOGGLE]

Those tyres look amazing

[tinman]

Right, wheels are done.

Apparently, the refurb people are gutted. some b'stard sent 4 polished 15" Castellets to have them returned to their standard dull finish. that b'stard is ME!! They were so gutted, they nearly even offered to buy them off me. Aaawwww, sweet.

Anyway, just to turn their gutted'ness to anger, they then discovered that the wheels were anodized as well. So the end result is - someone spent alot of time and money making them all polished, and I've spent alot of money turning them back to the original finish.

They are collected tomorrow, and I have no reason to believe that they wont look superb.

The difference being, you wont be able to see your face in them.

Collecting them on Friday and having new tyres put on then. 1906 will be wearing it new shoes on Saturday. Shall post pictures.

[gibby]

Good man, look forward to the pics. Funny thing is, I'm looking to go for the bling polished finish when I get mine refurbed. 

[vaughn]

you should have swapped