Banded steels - what size lip?

[Stanley]

If i go through with teh saloon, im going to go for Euro type wheels.

Interested in wide SR/SRi steelies but what size of a lip should i go for? And what size tyres would fit each size of lip?

I can get up to a 5" lip on them.....

[Welsh Dan]

How wide are they now?

I'd probably go for a 2 or 3 inch lip.

[Stanley]

I dont know the specs of standard SRi steels tbh.

If anyone has pics, thatd be most helpful....

[Lynsey]

I have hundereds (literally) of pics of the widened steelies, as I'm getting a set for the old school '85 beast lol I'm at work at the mo so only have the ones in my photobucket... Here is one to get you started, was from the VAG-Opel show in September and apparently this saloon/ sedan is for sale now! Anyways, the wheels are 7J.

[Lynsey]

Ok sorry but it won't let me post pics. Will put up a couple for you when I get home and tell you how much they are widened by :D

[Stanley]

Ok sorry but it won't let me post pics. Will put up a couple for you when I get home and tell you how much they are widened by :D

Thank you squillions.

Any idea of a tyre size? Im after stretched tyres so im thinking 175/50/14?

[mayhem]

on a 7j rim a 175-50 stands a little streched. and, more importantly, a 175-50 on a 7j almost doesnt need arch work on the front arches (you UK guys are always so into not doing arch work :P ).

i have 185-50-14 on my 7j borbets (offset 25) and i needed to mod a little in combination with my maximum dropped nose. (3cm ground clearence).

[John]

on a 7j rim a 175-50 stands a little streched. and, more importantly, a 175-50 on a 7j almost doesnt need arch work on the front arches (you UK guys are always so into not doing arch work :P ).

i have 185-50-14 on my 7j borbets (offset 25) and i needed to mod a little in combination with my maximum dropped nose. (3cm ground clearence).

Any pics cheif?

[Lynsey]

I would post up a pic of Joop's (Mayhem) car, but as stated in my sig- he is half naked lol

[twistysnovagte]

lynz would you put some pics up(on a nova if you have any) as im interested in these type of wheels but not seen many of them about;)

[Lynsey]

Am on my way put but will put up a couple when I get back later. Here are a few links to keep you going...

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87277&highlight=vag-opel

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88946&highlight=vag-opel

And a few pics :p God I love the Euro boys!!

Here is a 'shop of mine

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/corsabla.jpg

A 'rat' style china blue one :O

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/ratnova3ts0.jpg



Mayhem will have to correct me if I'm wrong but IIRC this has 8J wheels all round and some custom arch mods :p

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/IMGP1316.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/fullspeed1kleinjq5.jpg

Everyone loves a brown saloon, so here is one just for you guys :p I f**king love the brown wheels too hehehe

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/6l11gyg.jpg

[Stoo]

that blue one is porno

[Lynsey]

Definately is Mr :) Peester could make an English cousin with his blue one :p :Orgasm...

[burgo]

is it wrong to want to marry the brown saloon?

[Stoo]

i like the way the englemanns are mounted

[John]

I've heard you like the way lots of things are mounted stoolol .

Yeah blue one is awesome. the wheels are all an inch too big in diameter though:p

[Count Vaux Alot]

i have just lost the control of all of my bodily functions! That brown saloon is sex on even sexyer wheels!

[Count Vaux Alot]

I want one of those opel grills to anyone got one?

[John]

hmmm, i need me one of those roof racks too!! lol

[peester]

Definately is Mr :) Peester could make an English cousin with his blue one :p :Orgasm...

woooo lol.. hot in herre??

umm.. thats what separates 'us' from 'them'..

theyve got the balls to do it/go for it... :)

[Count Vaux Alot]

I may leave the roof rack off but seriously i like it!

[Count Vaux Alot]

woooo lol.. hot in herre??

umm.. thats what separates 'us' from 'them'..

theyve got the balls to do it/go for it... :)

To true mate you have said it all.

[mayhem]

I would post up a pic of Joop's (Mayhem) car, but as stated in my sig- he is half naked lol

good looking guy, euro style nova... you love that pic!:thumb:

the slammed panscrapers nova is spanish iirc, the rest is all dutch:D
it's 8j all around and custom arched indeed on the blue one. it's for sale btw.

my nova:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/bewerkt23.jpg

only rolled arches, no custom welding or anything:
(with the wrong tyre size, 55 high instead of 50)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/SP_A0012.jpg

and 185-50-14 on a 7j rim:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/Afbeelding041.jpg

[mayhem]

I've heard you like the way lots of things are mounted stoolol .

Yeah blue one is awesome. the wheels are all an inch too big in diameter though:p

it's a XE'd nova, so he has to for the brakes;)

[Lynsey]

Yeah John, mine are the 5.5J ones so they will be 7.5J once widened. I don't think there is such a thing as too wide hehehe.

[Stoo]

Fukk air ride indeed!

[General Baxter]

hmmm, i need me one of those roof racks too!! lol

im building a full lenght one for my patrol want to buy it when im finished, it takes 2 people to lift up and its only half done lol

[Lynsey]

woooo lol.. hot in herre??

umm.. thats what separates 'us' from 'them'..

theyve got the balls to do it/go for it... :)

Well I obviously don't have the 'balls' but I do have a decent top pair, it's my bank account that won't allow for me to follow through with ideas and plans :roll:

[John]

it's a XE'd nova, so he has to for the brakes;)

Meh! mine is xe'd, but it'll stil be wearing 13's this year!:p

Edit that'll be 7 or 7 1/2 inch wide.

[John]

im building a full lenght one for my patrol want to buy it when im finished, it takes 2 people to lift up and its only half done lol

Nah! i want that one off the brown'un!

[Lynsey]

good looking guy, euro style nova... you love that pic!:thumb:


Yeah, Euro Novas and good looking guys :p ;) :thumb: mmmmmmmmmm!

[Stoo]

Meh! mine is xe'd, but it'll stil be wearing 13's this year!:p

Edit that'll be 7 or 7 1/2 inch wide.

they better have some seeerious stretch too

[Lynsey]

Nah! i want that one off the brown'un!
Nooooooooooes! I want it!!

[peester]

Well I obviously don't have the 'balls' but I do have a decent top pair, it's my bank account that won't allow for me to follow through with ideas and plans :roll:

aww lol.. top answer, play or pass??

yeah, bank account situations play a part too of course.. and theyre roads are prob loads better than ours.. and prices of parts, etc etc..

cool thread; lol @ john's answer

[Lynsey]

John- Dougie seems to think that the big brakes will fit because of the extra 0.5? Hope he is right :D Ok so there are gon be a lot of Euro style Novas around this year it would seem, does that mean you guys are up for the VAG-Opel meet? :D

[Lynsey]

Play!;)

[John]

John- Dougie seems to think that the big brakes will fit because of the extra 0.5? Hope he is right :D Ok so there are gon be a lot of Euro style Novas around this year it would seem, does that mean you guys are up for the VAG-Opel meet? :D

I currently have 256's and 14's, the 13's won't fit over (i've tried), so i'm dropping to vented 236's, with tarox discs and mintex pads. It's not as if the car gets used and abused.

Stoo, they're gonna be running 165 60 13 tyres, so yep they'll be stretched!

Lynz, i'd possibly be up for some euro action, funds depending or course.

Going back to the thread, my 13's are 4 and a half inch wide, so i'm adding 2 and a half inches to make them 7.

[Jonlem]

This is quite a useful thread.

We've got some MT drag slicks for the green nova but they are supposed to be run on 8j rims.

They are 14", I've been told that they will go on 7 inch wide rims but if we were to get some wheels widened we may as well get them done to what we want.

Who are you using to widen your wheels ? and how much

Thanks in advance

[Stoo]

sweetness!!

i lurrve stretch!

my mate has 9+10x18s on his TT, BBS LMs and he is running some super sick stretch on those

i love it when the edge of the rim is completely clear of the tyres bead!

[Lynsey]

http://www.wide-wheels.co.uk/ I think they are the only ones in the UK, I think I'm getting some done in NL though ;)

[Lynsey]

i love it when the edge of the rim is completely clear of the tyres bead!

I bet you do ;)

[mowgli]

I've got a set of 6j 14's in the old sr style with opel centre caps like the white ones on the blue hatch. they came of an old lhd kadett I found in a scrapper back in the nineties. they sit in a shed with 185/60r14s on. anyone interested in them

[John]

This is quite a useful thread.

We've got some MT drag slicks for the green nova but they are supposed to be run on 8j rims.

They are 14", I've been told that they will go on 7 inch wide rims but if we were to get some wheels widened we may as well get them done to what we want.

Who are you using to widen your wheels ? and how much

Thanks in advance

I'm using a contact through the retro-rides forum. They can also be done (i hope that link works! Obviously not! try typing wide wheels in google.)

Personally i wouldn't use banded rims on a drag car, they have a tendancy to be out of balance, and can leak air if not done right. Plus there's the safety issues too. I'd get the wheels you have re-rimmed or get some weller style rims.:thumb:

[peester]

gotta be steel wheels tho, right?

[adam c]

Mayhem will have to correct me if I'm wrong but IIRC this has 8J wheels all round and some custom arch mods :p

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/IMGP1316.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/lynz_sr/fullspeed1kleinjq5.jpg


i was looking round this on monday night:cool: .it was v v nice:D

[Stoo]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/Novastyla/1182285026.jpg

droool

[John]

gotta be steel wheels tho, right?

Yeah, alloys have to be split rims, which most people don't do nowadays.

[John]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/Novastyla/1182285026.jpg

droool

Stoo! wtf are they on?? they are schweet as!

[John]

This is how 165 60 13's look on 7" wide rims.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l240/tooleater16v/eurotyres.jpg


Not quite as savage as those stoo posted, but still look good.

[peester]

that drool pic will be a dub..

[Stoo]

i have no other pics of the car but ill try and find some

its a mk1 jetta coupe

something like 9 or 10x 15 or 16, with skiiinny tyres!!!

[Lynsey]

*Shudders down my spine* mmmmmmmmm

[Jack]

its a mk1 jetta coupe
Jetta ftw. One of three cars I'd consider letting the nova go for.

No euro for me though, blargh

[Edwin]

I want one of those opel grills to anyone got one?

Gone have a look for you at the scrap jard! if they go one, i will get it for you end send it over.

[mayhem]

yeah, bank account situations play a part too of course.. and theyre roads are prob loads better than ours.. and prices of parts, etc etc..



well... engine parts are much cheaper in the uk then here in the netherlands.
i'll check if the uk roads are worse then dutch roads, as i'm probadly coming to PV show this year with some other dutch guys (all euro styled)

i wrecked my xe engine (a little to much fukk airride...) and i'm ordering all he new parts in the uk. probadly @ astley's, but i hear that he's really slow on delivery to the netherlands.

the risk of euro styling (my engine...), hit a steel frame of a bridge (the 'kadoenk' when you drive over a bridgelol ) at 130 km/h, so about 80 mp/h i guess?

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/Foto158.jpg


@edwin: ik ben toch niet de enige nederlandse idioot die in engeland op een corsa A forum rondhangt :D

[Lynsey]

Probably coming? You ARE coming Mr! I have your address lol

[mayhem]

lol

[JSeymour]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/Novastyla/1182285026.jpg


what does the car drive like with streched tyres like this?

do the tyres wear down ok and last just as long?


i need to know as i need some fat ass wheels with some skiny ass tyres:D

[Count Vaux Alot]

Gone have a look for you at the scrap jard! if they go one, i will get it for you end send it over.

Thanks mate :D i would be very greatful

[Count Vaux Alot]

I love this thread and would be well up for a trip to europe if lynz and the tv guys are going again! :confused:

[Count Vaux Alot]

With my 15's i can still get the vec gsi brakes under them and they look cool as! Slight stretch but not loads they are 195/45/15 on a 7j...i hurd that the police were getting hot on the seriously stretched tyres???

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/03012008838.jpg

[peester]

i hurd that the police were getting hot on the seriously stretched tyres???


police are 'hot' on everything.. whats new..

I didnt really realise the close-knit ness there seems to be between dutch nova/corsa dudes and ourselves..
almost feels like theyde turn up at a regional meet randomly one day.. lol band us some steeliees in the pub car park quickly..

ahem, back to topic.

[Count Vaux Alot]

Fair point

[John]

I didnt really realise the close-knit ness there seems to be between dutch nova/corsa dudes and ourselves..
almost feels like theyde turn up at a regional meet randomly one day.. lol band us some steeliees in the pub car park quickly..

ahem, back to topic.

Agreed!
I have 3 sets of rims waiting!lol

[Stoo]

i hope i dont get hassle

im putting new plates on, and i will hae stretch too

[adam c]

who's is the blue mk1 with the white wheels?

[mayhem]

dutch guy, ben.

only 1 thing about streched tyres..!!

how higer the tyre, how weaker the side. so with a high tyre, you can get more streched, byt the wall is weaker than a ' sports size ' tyre like a 195-45-14.

lynz orderd me to come over to the UK for the PV show.. so i guess i have to come :)

[Ash]

Right, now that theres a few of us after these widened steels, shall we see if we can get discount at wide-wheels.com? Unless other people have other things planned...?

[adam c]

the blue one with the white wheels was at a garage near leeds.as i was looking round it:confused: has it been bought by someone from over here?it was deffo the same one!

[probert_nova]

thought i'd seen it before

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=404804

[peester]

wow, bought a corsa-A from holland.. damn nice it is tho. Hope he looks after it.
Always seems to start off talk about bandin wheels lol

[adam c]

next time im there and if he's there i'll tell him to join up on here

[shy witness]

that blue nova is sweeet sweet sweet

[chrisj_88]

the blue one with the white wheels was at a garage near leeds.as i was looking round it:confused: has it been bought by someone from over here?it was deffo the same one!

yeh its mine, i live in leeds, went over to holland to buy the nova off ben in january. its in a garage at the mo just sorting some bits out

lovely car tho, well pleased with it, thanks for the comments guys:thumb: will get some pics up this week when its had a good wash

[peester]

^^ hell yeh. Nice one, be good to see..