Spot on now John mate, although have you thought about some
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TYRE-PAINT-PEN...d=p3286.c0.m14
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Spot on now John mate, although have you thought about some
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TYRE-PAINT-PEN...d=p3286.c0.m14
car is looking mint john all it needs are streched tyres
Lookin good - proper old skool with the PNG stickers in the side window :thumb:
Dave
cheers all, tyres are quite stretched, it just doesn't show very well in the pics. It looks better in the flesh. Trying to find a lower profile tyre is virtually impossible, i tried almost every on line supplier, and these were the lowest i could find. Pirelli list a 165/55/13, but i was given the price of £53 each, and no date for a next batch to be produced.
Can you get an Opel centre cap for the 14" wheel, I've been watching German Ebay but have not yet seen any for sale
Looks cool as fook, i like :D
Leave the plates on, they suit its style.
it needs an opel gril badge
Looks great John, well done.
Iirc the centre caps fit both 13" and 14" wheels. Thanks for the comments folks, makes it all worth while.
Just been for a spin......:D :D :D :)
The centres do fit both as i have the 14's with them on ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by John H
Awesome John, can't wait to see it in the flesh :)
Cheers for the centre cap advice, can wait to see it, one lovely car!!!
Just a quick couple of pics from pvs. The trip has highlighted a few issues that need sorting, the major one being fuel starvation, hopefully have this cured for billing by fitting a gte tank and extenal pump. Need a new n/s rear tyre too after a puncture on the way home, turns out i must have hit something in the road as the sidewall has come away inside the tyre.
Thanks to all for the positive feedback over the wheels, almost everyone i spoke to wanted to know more!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...sshow08057.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...sshow08060.jpg
Also had LOADS of folks asking where they could get the midlands area sticker too, lets hope we have a few new members/forum users!
That rocks!
Looks awesome :cool:
Whats the fuel starvation problem, what tank are you using?
Carb iirc, ive recently changed mine to the gte setup and its miles better now.
Cheers breeny/ad!
It's currently using an spi tank with a v6 vectra internal pump, which doesn't fit all that well in the tank tbh. I've never been that happy with it. Gets a bit of starvation under heavy accelleration/cornering! Need to do the fuel lines in copper too.
i do like this john it is a nice example of how it should be done...
I take it you have to be very careful with pot holes etc with the banded steelies then?
Any plans to lower the car anymore at all as it looks like it needs to be hugging the tyres. I know this could cause some problems with scrubbage but its all fun.
No not really tbh, The puncture i had only deflated instantly as the tyres run inner tubes, they'd actually be better without them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rexy
As for the lowering i need to mod the rear arches over winter, both 1/4 will need re-painting. The front coilovers are on the bumpstops in the pics! The rear will go right down.;)
Hmm, should be fine on that tank.
Mines fine(even round combe etc)
But i use a mk3 astra pump. Maybe the veccy one doesnt fit in the tank too well, and so doesn't pump 100%
you need some shorter springs :)
lol It's already on 8" springs at the front!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rexy
Seriously though, it's still on the original rubber top mounts, so i'm hoping i can gain a few extra mm by fitting concentric mounts.
mine is about the same height at the front and the coilovers are at their lowest too??
Hmm, perhaps some turret lengthening is in order lol
get some 4" springs lol, 300lb jobbies from coilsprings, my mates having to do this with his corsa lol.
are both u john and the count on coilovers at the front??
*edit: feeling bit guilty about the stickers now too.. ill have them again at billing, but by being in the nova hopefully people will find me easier.
Yeah we're on coilies all round dave.
Don't feel guilty! we should be pleased about the amount of good comments we got about our regional sticker lol. Should all sell at billing!
Ive actually rang koni today (motorsport dept.) and they sell 4",6",7" and 8" at a number of poundage rates coilover springs for around £25+.. ready to go, in stock..
I have the chaps name and number at work, if needs be.
Cool, I'll bear that in mind dave. I take it your thinking of getting some shorter fronts dave? I reckon i'd have to try some 6 or 7" ones with a higher poundage rate.
aye, ive a bit to learn about the poundage rates still tbh..
I do want to loose an inch or so off the height of the spring, to take a smidge off the front ride height and to be able to wind back up the thread a bit so im not permanently at the end of the thread..
So you have to go a bit higher poundage if going smaller on spring height??
Its on 180lbs now, i think.. And they look about 8 or 10 " in height..?
do avo (what i'm on at the mo~) do the same thing??
what u mean same thing??
if u mean replacing the springs all thats tricky is you'll need to dissassemble them.. ?
Well glad i made it to billing again this year, best show of the calendar imo! car will need a little tlc as i hadn't cured the fuelling fault before i left, making it a sh*t to drive at times. (hmm twin carbs needed Lol) I'm in 2 minds over the wheels too, as it feels awful on the road, and will perhaps have to re-think. Although they look good, the driving experience is naff. Thanks to all of those who took pics of may car, appreciated!
hmm.. i didnt get to ask you about yours when i saw u @ billing.. did kinda wonder with the stretched/banded combo - i think if you'd have never ran the car on those previous steelies you wouldnt know how 'nicer' it can feel to drive..
summat to discuss @ national day..?
Looking good on Sunday John....
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...9/S7002176.jpg
I did look out for you matey - saw the car, not the owner:)
Imho, those wheels dont seem to 'work as well as they should... that, twinned with teh fact it drives like a pig on roller skate, I say ditch em!
;)
I think for the wheels to work properly it needs to go lower
They look awsome just needs to be decked a bit more :)
Hey will, yeah shame we missed one another, some other time!Quote:
Originally Posted by Will F
Do you know will, i have to whole heartedly agree with you here. In hindsight, i should have gone an inch wider with them, coupled with the fact that i can't get any better "fitting tyres". believe it or not the gaz's are on the bump stops at the front, and to go down further at the rear i'm going to have to do some serious arch mods. I may bite the bullet and sell them on, and re-fit the 6x13 ats with the 175/50/13s that i trialed earlier on in the thread. They still look old skool enough for me, and the car will handle loads better.
Thanks for the pic dec! good to chat to you, and really chuffed for you for your win. Thouroughly spurring me on to make a start with mine. (which incidentally i bought off will!) Lol at me looking like i'm going to a mid 90's rave in the pic too!
Dave, yep definately a topic for more discussion!
If you had to sell them mate how much would you be looking for ?
Ooo had a good look at this on sunday, really nice.
Love the wheels.