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Author Topic: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)  (Read 12008 times)

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Offline Arabas

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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #25 on: October 03, 2011, 09:14:27 AM »
pos vett, no i didn't measure them... what should i be looking for?

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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #26 on: October 22, 2011, 12:35:34 PM »
finally got to shoot some decent pics

this is how my GT looks now with the new wheels, the custom front grill and the front turn light relocation (to the parking lights position)

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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2011, 03:36:38 PM »
Looks good
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2011, 07:10:57 PM »
Nice, and stealthy.
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #29 on: December 10, 2011, 05:13:48 AM »
the company where i bought the wheels from got back to me and offered to give me a compensation for the neutral feedback i gave to them due to the problem i had with the rims (too thick center rings).
they offered to give me a compensation and to send me FOC new center rings.
they requested what the center bore is and after searching a bit on the internet i told them 65.1mm (which they seemed to already know).
is this the correct number for our center bore?
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #30 on: December 10, 2011, 03:20:56 PM »
Yes, our cars have a 65.1mm hub diameter.
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #31 on: December 10, 2011, 05:48:48 PM »
thx a lot Bob!!
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #32 on: December 10, 2011, 06:19:02 PM »
Arabase
wrap that windshield header with some 3m vinyl.  Will finish off a sweet looking car.
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #33 on: December 10, 2011, 06:49:38 PM »
it's on my want-to-do list elff, just not now. i ll have to wait for a while due to the bad economic situation...
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #34 on: December 11, 2011, 01:45:26 PM »
I hear ya there.   Nice to see someone with proper priorities.  i guess there won't be an Occupy Greece.
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Sharp looking GT.

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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #35 on: December 14, 2011, 03:08:01 AM »
 :D thx a lot BSS !  :usa:
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #36 on: December 14, 2011, 04:44:32 PM »
Quote from: elff on December 10, 2011, 06:19:02 PM
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Hahhaha, another strike from elfish english  :lol:
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #37 on: December 14, 2011, 04:51:23 PM »
All your Arabase are belong to us
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #38 on: December 14, 2011, 09:44:40 PM »
Quote from: Kelu on December 14, 2011, 04:44:32 PM
Hahhaha, another strike from elfish english  :lol:
That's Spanish isn't it?
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #39 on: December 15, 2011, 10:04:51 AM »
Hey A, am I understanding your using the wheel lugs to keep your wheels on?  Reason I'm asking lugs main job is to just keep the wheel on, wheel hubs help keep the stress off the wheel lugs.  Those start cracking or breaking and it might just a matter of time before it's bye-bye wheel.
« Last Edit: December 15, 2011, 10:08:13 AM by ChopTop »
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #40 on: December 15, 2011, 05:07:04 PM »
Quote from: ChopTop on December 15, 2011, 10:04:51 AM
Hey A, am I understanding your using the wheel lugs to keep your wheels on?  Reason I'm asking lugs main job is to just keep the wheel on, wheel hubs help keep the stress off the wheel lugs.  Those start cracking or breaking and it might just a matter of time before it's bye-bye wheel.

reasonable thinking choptop, don't know if it is true, but sounds reasonable... i am currently not driving the GT much, for  a lot of reasons.. my goal is to find the right wheel hubs asap.
thx for the tip!
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Re: My new wheels (fitted on and pics)
« Reply #41 on: December 15, 2011, 07:17:22 PM »
Have you measured the hub diameter on those rims? There's a bunch of rings on ebay, our hub is 65.1mm http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=hub+centric+rings+65.1&_sacat=0&_odkw=hubcentric+rings+65.1&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
« Last Edit: December 15, 2011, 07:28:54 PM by shabby »
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