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rofl, i ran a little polo few winters back, last thing to make it over cat and fiddle as it closed, whipped past many a more expensive motor with and without their winter tyres on, absolutely no problem at all, the skinny tyres cut through the snow beautifully, i think they were around 135mm...
cant get 10mm bolt on type hubcentrics as there isnt enough meat on them for the wheel bolts to then bolt to
you need either eibach pro type which are hubdentric but none bolt on and then stud conversion ideally or longer bolts or rock 13mm.
i have run the eibach pros with studs on the turbo...
ai mr chip, get over there! think they've just about settled into the groove of feeding and changing, bath and bed...and thats just Danny ;-) lol!
ai i need to work on the stance on these wheels i think, needs more poke and lower, maybe a bit of rake, but as its the daily i really shouldnt be...
if you run like 50mm spacers or something then perhaps, under heavy track use, may shave a few thousand miles off the bearings life. but basically no it wont cause more wear that you'll notice. talking perhaps changing a bearing every 4 years instead of every 5, lol!
it'll go on yes, with a bit of stretch, but won't be noticeable like the dub boys, tell them what the narrowest is, seem a 165 on an 8" rim, now thats some stretch!!!
if the cars still sitting near o/e height on the coilovers then you should have helpers in there, otherwide the distance from spring platform to top cap on full shock piston extension will be bigger than the height of the uncompressed spring, hence its loose
so other option is to wind the...
mk 3 polo or similar, skinny wheels, next to no weight and bounce it off anything without worrying about damaging it. probably pick one up and insure it for the price of winter tyres in 16" lol ;-)
oh and cheers for the comments boys! i think for the first time since i've owned it i've actually looked back at the car in the carpark. it almost looks good!lol!
wheres the best and quickest way to get hold of a mark 2 pahse 1 clio accelerator cable? doesn't need to be immacualte, anything will do just to get me rolling again??
presume for a new one its renault only??
cheers
Ben
caged up one on anthracite ultraleggera's. saw you about 16:45, you turned right past the pub.
gave the thumbs up and ur missus giggled at me, oops!lol!
i'd get a set, purely for cheap. i currently have crap 100k standard shocks and god awful apex springs, the ride is shocking. but i dont want to spend cash on a cheap runabout 172, so i wont, i'd rather spend a few quid to get it through its mot with little hassle (try assembling standard shocks...
Anyone know whats the best cheapish car cover?
i already have a covercraft noah taylored job but its taken a beating last winter and i was going to cover it with a cover, so double cover the car
i need one that fits okay but isnt crazy expensive
cheers
Ben
yeah man, had a few coolant issues and blown a header in half at mallory recently, now i'm actually using the car it wont stay mint anymore!lol!
got a can of gunk and the jetwash at the ready though, will get the worst of the mess off at some point, probably after donnington park in coupla...
not bowled over by them yet, but not had a chance to spank it through the twisties so no review as such just yet!
dialed them in for a mix of some more neg camber and a bit of pos castor :-)
main reason for lack of fun times was my brakes fell apart!looooool! to be sorted this week :-)...
totally stock lump, just pistons and some boost
stripped but caged, around 900kg i reckon and 270 odd bhp conservative estimate
time was done on road tyres as mentioned ;-)
Got my arm twisted into going to santa pod today, Dan el turbo man has been pestering me for weeks to go and i eventually caved in
initial plan was to run his car and i'd just passenger down, but in end i took the turbo..........couldn't resist!!!
had a cracking day and laid down my best...