new wheels

[floydy13]

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/FLOYDY13/newwheels005.jpg?t=1266354375

they came last week and im well chuffed with them, fitted some 195/45/15 godyear gsd3's to them, never had them before but seem ok, early days yet!
just thought i would share with you guys, all comments welcome!

[floydy13]

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/FLOYDY13/newwheels004.jpg?t=1266354639

[Plug]

looks Quality mate :thumb:

[let_nova]

wow. sex wee. would you sell lol

[vaughanmc]

I want my Mk1 to turn out something like this except a 3dr

[Southie]

Jealous lol shame they don't fit properly on 3 doors without arch mods :cry:

[Benn]

Ooooooooooooooooooooo i'm wet.

[floydy13]

dont fit properly on here at the mo, got some spidgot rings on there way as they dont fit nice on the hub and because there a 28ml offset they rub on the rear archs a little, so will be tuning up the archs on saturday!! it was either a 28ml or 37ml offset that i could get. the 37's would be better but would rub my front coil overs without putting spacers on which i dont want, so 28's it is. there only 3ml away from the coil overs!!

[novacabrio]

mmmmmmmmmmm

[puss puss]

boner!

[Jack]

Proper job!

[Connor]

look spot on :thumb:

[Gibbo]

boner!
lmao


wheels look sweet as mate.how much was they ?

[Rysee]

Oh my i seam to have made a mess, love it mate, plough and turbos = retro heaven

[Andy]

very nice,lose the ghey ar5e stickers and thats perfect

[sparkie1401]

AEWSOME, even Guin Waddled

[stevie-p]

fecking lovly mate will have too meet sometime

[The Simps]

Now they look friggin sweet mate!

What width are they? I picked up some 7.5" et35 wheels and wondered if they'd fit on a loon.

[stevie-p]

dont think they will simps will be too wide without arch mods i ran 6j et 30 and now 6j et 33 and there nearly level

[Nova_Sean]

Looks good mate.

[The Simps]

dont think they will simps will be too wide without arch mods i ran 6j et 30 and now 6j et 33 and there nearly level


:thumb:

[stevie-p]

you may just squuze them under i forgot i had 7j et 35 on a 195 and they were about the widest i could fit

[wwmnw]

I HATE YOU! :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

[floydy13]

to answer some questions, no i will not sell! ha, they are 7x15 and they cost me £300 for the wheels, £30 for a courier and £170 for 4 tyres. thanks for all your comments, im really happy with them, just how i want my car to look. next up may be a engine change but that aint for a while yet, got the brown one to finish 1st!!

[Rob]

thats just how i want my loon to be lookin :cry:

[Tim-SR]

:eek: thats sex wee material right there!

[sulphur]

Looks awesome! :thumb:

[Count Vaux Alot]

I like it....a lot!

[bighed]

I have just splurted

[mayhem]

you have good taste ;) i have the et37 version on my mk1 astra.

just wondering.. if you'd fitted 185-45-15 or 175-50-15 wouldn't that have cleared the rear arches?

[Lynsey]

Brilliant :thumb:

[craig green]

I prefer the old wheels, sorry.

[stevie-p]

I prefer the old wheels, sorry.
there mine!

[floydy13]

you have good taste ;) i have the et37 version on my mk1 astra.

just wondering.. if you'd fitted 185-45-15 or 175-50-15 wouldn't that have cleared the rear arches?

yeah it would but then i would have had mega stretch on the tyres, im not to keen on that!

[Pistol Pete]

Look good. Lower profile tyres and a slightly lower drop....would have it looking top notch IMO.

[mayhem]

yeah it would but then i would have had mega stretch on the tyres, im not to keen on that!
i'm dutch, and for some reason i always disagree with UK wheel&tyre choices lol
175-50 isnt that stretched?

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/Foto0171.jpg

[craig green]

What engine is in the Kadett above? An XE putting power down through 175's in Anova would be awfull.

We have nice roads over here with demanding bends & corners, we need grip. Any compromise in that is making the car slower IMO. It kinda makes a mockery of the coilovers & other performance enhancing mods if tyre choice is based on a trend.

[w_wall_2001]

looks stunning

[mayhem]

What engine is in the Kadett above? An XE putting power down through 175's in Anova would be awfull.


a 1200 ohv engine, 60hp (30 years ago lol)

i agree on the XE part, i drove my 20xe nova with SR steelies with 165-70 or something, and it was horrible.

[L14MNP]

Mayhem thinks every car has to have wide wheels and stretched rubber lol.

CG nailed it. We like to have fun. Fast cornering on roads more demanding than a straight stretch of road at speeds higher than 50 kph. lol

[mayhem]

lol that's not thrue. but for arch issues a smaller tyre is a good option.

my XE nova has 195-45-14 on 7.5j, 175 on a 7.5 looks great, but it would wheelspin thill 4th gear.

[L14MNP]

lol Yeah smaller/stretched tyres help in those instances.

The Volvo runs 175/50/13's on a 7J rim and they're stretched enough for me. It has cabbaged the handling, but then so did welding the diff. lol

It's all about compromises, I just get the feeling when I see cars on wide wheels with stretched rubber that they never see any kind of real speed.
Although stretch does help with drifting, hence the Japs doing it for as long as I can remember. Any car that is all about speed and traction will never run them though IMO.

[floydy13]

mayhem, what make 175/50's have you got? i did briefly look on 175/55 15 which are on the back of smart cars, but thought that 195's shouldnt be to bad, i dont want to raise the back, so im gonna look a stiffer rear shocks, any ideas you guys? i got gmax on at the mo, been on there for a long time. also is gas better than oil for stiffness?

[mayhem]

continental iirc. i dont know the type, i bought them from a mate with these tyres already fitted.

[de-slotted]

:d How much were they all in ?? Sorry i just read the whole thread :thumb:

[floydy13]

£300 for the wheels, 30 for a courier and 170 for tyres, so £500. oh and a set of spidgot rings for 25.

[vauxluva]

i'm dutch, and for some reason i always disagree with UK wheel&tyre choices lol
175-50 isnt that stretched?

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/Foto0171.jpglike i sed porn i want some ruber streched like that on my opel rims wat size are they ??

[mayhem]

that's a not a bad price floyd, cheapest new set i know of is 425 euro ex tyres here in holland, but new ones in the UK are much more expensive for some reasen.

@vauxluva: it's 7j et37 with 175-50-15 tyres.

[nova_niek]

Being Dutch (much like Mayhem on here) got me thinking why you UK lot have a different opinion on wheel and tyre choices compared to most mainland Europeans... then L14MNP's comment explained it all! :d


CG nailed it. We like to have fun. Fast cornering on roads more demanding than a straight stretch of road at speeds higher than 50 kph. lol
You Britons have corners and nice, scenic roads. No wonder I love to spend my holidays in Blighty. :thumb::thumb::thumb:

We, on the other hand, have Gatso-laden roads and trajectory controlled (right word?) motorways. We have speed bumps, radar/laser-armed coppers and other speed-killing nuisances everywhere else. And not a corner in sight (well not where I live anyway). There's absolutely no fun in that.

Hence, the need for decent rubber can hardly be justified. So instead lairy wheels and tyres are being bought.

But I could be totally wrong and talk out of my lower backside. :p

Good night everyone!

Niek

[nova_niek]

7j et37 with 175-50-15 tyres.

Mayhem, what make and model tyres are they? I've been looking about for low aspect ratio 15's but I believe it's only recently the more interesting sizes have become available.

Cheers,
Niek

[vauxluva]

that's a not a bad price floyd, cheapest new set i know of is 425 euro ex tyres here in holland, but new ones in the UK are much more expensive for some reasen.

@vauxluva: it's 7j et37 with 175-50-15 tyres. my rims are 13" will that make any diference?

[floydy13]

just found today that they do a 175/50/15 good year nct5 on a new proton, so may look into that....maybe!!
vauxluva how wide are your 13's?

[dj_wudgey]

they look sh*t hot mate!! that car looks f*cking awesome!!! i want a set for my sr!!!!!!!

[floydy13]

theres a set on here cheap, no pics though

[mayhem]

i'll have a look for you niek, goodyear or continental's.. it's 1 of those 2 lol

[Jack]

just found today that they do a 175/50/15 good year nct5 on a new proton, so may look into that....maybe!!
vauxluva how wide are your 13's?
I thought the NCT5 was the crap goodyear tyre?

[floydy13]

it is but its better than kumho!!

[nova_niek]

it is but its better than kumho!!

Strangely enough, Scooby's come with Kumho as OEM. Also, a mate has some Kumho's fitted to his Porker 911 and he rates them highly. Makes you wonder.

[Danny s-p]

smart

[floydy13]

scoobys might, but the kumhos they come with are more of a performance tyre, than what you can get in a 175/50/15!! those porsche's have to have specified N fitment tyres and im sure kumho dont do them. he might want to look into that,

[de-slotted]

Well Nice "would like them wheels on my Salooooon"

[Nova_Tek]

very nice mate, looks well on the loon and suits the plough a lot.

[floydy13]

well ive gone your way mayhem! got me some 175-50-15's on there now. put 2 on the front on sat, got to wait till tues for another 1 then i will put the back pair on! what a job to get them blown up! i had to put a tube in them, blow them up so that they seated the back bead, then pull the tube out put a valve in a blow them up...nice! they dont look that strectched like you said mayhem, would look pants with 165-50's i reckon!

[dj_wudgey]

im getting a set off these for my sr this year hopefully!!!

[The Simps]

pics or it didnt happen! lol

[dj_wudgey]

i agree pics off your stretched tyres lol

[mayhem]

woohoo, i got the first one convinced lol

does it clear the arches now?

[floydy13]

it does on the front, ive got 1 tyre for the back, just waiting for the other one to turn up either tomorrow or wed. they dont really looked to stretched like that,which im glad of as the lads at work started taking the mick saying im going for the eurine look!! glad i did not go down to 165-50-15 as they would of been even worse to blow up! i,ll get some pics up tomorrow night for you!!

[dj_wudgey]

i want some :( did you have any problems getting them under the arches ect well there saloon arches so would be differant to my sr! gutted lol

[floydy13]

if you go for the 37ml offset wheels and either a 175-50 or 165-50 tyre you should be ok, heres some pics of my 175-50-15 goodyears.

[floydy13]

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/FLOYDY13/stretchedrubber004.jpg?t=1268164966

[floydy13]

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/FLOYDY13/stretchedrubber005.jpg?t=1268165029

[floydy13]

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/FLOYDY13/stretchedrubber006.jpg?t=1268165065

[SRimon]

Thats pretty sweet - about the right amount of stretch!

Wudgey - good luck getting those under 3 door arches! lol

[The Simps]

Awesome! Will be interesting to see if my 7.5" et35 will fit now lol

[brucer]

looking good floydy, you cant change the engine in it. looked such a mint bay when i came and picked that xe up from you.

bruce

[The Simps]

We need some updated full on exterior shots now!

[nova1992]

That is really sex on wheels.

[Nebbz]

dont fit properly on here at the mo, got some spidgot rings on there way as they dont fit nice on the hub and because there a 28ml offset they rub on the rear archs a little, so will be tuning up the archs on saturday!! it was either a 28ml or 37ml offset that i could get. the 37's would be better but would rub my front coil overs without putting spacers on which i dont want, so 28's it is. there only 3ml away from the coil overs!!


COMPLETLY OFF TOPIC


but that little car you have in your avatar....i actually have one on my shelf lol just thought ide say! twas my dads before he died! some how i ended up with them all! got a few :eek:

sorry

random!

[dj_wudgey]

if you go for the 37ml offset wheels and either a 175-50 or 165-50 tyre you should be ok, heres some pics of my 175-50-15 goodyears.

nice matey well im going to give it a go when ive saved up enough i hope they fit though ive got my heart set on some now!

[dj_wudgey]

Thats pretty sweet - about the right amount of stretch!

Wudgey - good luck getting those under 3 door arches! lol

i know im going to need it but if they didnt fit ill sell them as i dont want to do arch work!! hope they go under though lol

[mayhem]

wheels make the car ;) arch mods FTW lol

tyres look good, the same i have on my fronts.

[craig green]

i know im going to need it but if they didnt fit ill sell them as i dont want to do arch work!! hope they go under though lol

I promise you they will not.

Looking good Floydy.

[floydy13]

We need some updated full on exterior shots now!

ive took the rears tyres off tonight and put on the other 2 175-50-15's as the other 1 turned up this morning. i'll get some pics up this wk end of the outside, gonna give it a good clean and go for a drive!!

[nova_niek]

Splutter splutter flosh etc.
Lots of wetness going on here ;)

[floydy13]

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/FLOYDY13/johnswheels018.jpg?t=1268772247

[floydy13]

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/FLOYDY13/johnswheels015.jpg?t=1268772364

[floydy13]

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq191/FLOYDY13/johnswheels017.jpg?t=1268772442

[floydy13]

for those of you that wanted more pics!! the kumhos are no where near as stretched as the good years which gets the thumbs up!!!

[stevie-p]

looks funking excellent hope to see this very soon

[mayhem]

looks F'ing great mate!

do they clear the arches now?

[floydy13]

only just! still get very slight on the N/S/R but its a hell of a improvement. car still goes round corners well too!

[NovaLad]

WOOHHOOOO
Sexy!