If your short a bracket im sure ive got a few spare i could stick in the post mate
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If your short a bracket im sure ive got a few spare i could stick in the post mate
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Cheers for the offer Skinner - If I can't straighten out this one I can grab one off the other car easy enough, If that's fubared too you'll have a PM coming.
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7x13 is a good wheel size.
Excellent that that's the size of the wheels I've just agreed to buy then.
Excellent that that's the size of the wheels I've just agreed to buy then.
euro_micra
Matt :)
7x13 is a good wheel size.
Excellent that that's the size of the wheels I've just agreed to buy then.
That's good to hear mate. Any clues to what they are?
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Nope. Nothing will happen for a couple of weeks, while they make their way up from the west country by pony express.
skymera
Brutal Honesty
Hopefully not Slog Mags this time
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I'd have another set of slots in a second. But no it's something different.
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Indeed.
Fixed that for you.
Lets keep that cat in it's bag for now
Oh Oh from the west country... I know
Fixed that for you.
Lets keep that cat in it's bag for now
Jay101
Black&Yellow
Hahaha, gotcha, secrets safe with me. they will look awesome.. eekkkkIndeed.
Fixed that for you.
Lets keep that cat in it's bag for now
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They'll be on this week. I have some ideas but they may well just stay as they are for now.
Dougyledds
Woopa Pandastyle!
ohhhhhhhhhhhh mark, i thought they were at least gonna be some mambasThey'll be on this week. I have some ideas but they may well just stay as they are for now.
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I'll have to slot the knuckles slightly at some point. The wheels will get a refurb at some point, but I just really wanted them on asap.
Looks good! You keeping the white when you refurb them? It goes well with the red
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Winning!!
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Cheers chaps.
They will be staying white for now, the white is growing on me. I have a few ideas for changing the colour but I'll have to see what takes my fancy.
They will be staying white for now, the white is growing on me. I have a few ideas for changing the colour but I'll have to see what takes my fancy.
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I've always been rather taken with the enormous boiled sweets stuck on the wings. Though I think combined with some crystal headlights and tail lams that worked along the same lines they could look good.
Jay101
Black&Yellow
I'd rather call them egg yolks
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Sun strip?
How low Kitty,
How low Kitty,
i think black side repeaters and a black lip wud go down well
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Indeed!
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Cheers.
That's a job that's on the list Fran, but it will mean I can no longer park at the front of work (which is closest to my room)
That's a job that's on the list Fran, but it will mean I can no longer park at the front of work (which is closest to my room)
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I'm rather pleased, and a little bewildered by (considering some of the other cars in the list) to have received a nomination for "Car of the Year Post '90" in the RR end of year poll!
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=39222&page=19
I'm torn for my vote between VIP's FC feature worthy Civic Sedan and Dez's excellent fiat twink powered Lada.
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=39222&page=19
I'm torn for my vote between VIP's FC feature worthy Civic Sedan and Dez's excellent fiat twink powered Lada.
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I headed over to darkest East Sussex for a little pre-Christmas get together at a pals barn/unit/car tinkering bolt hole last Saturday. I was dealing with this sort of thing on the way there:
On the way out of Lewes I clobbered a pot hole. While pulled over formulating a plan I noticed two similarly stricken cars also stopped to change tyres. Fortunately they were carrying spares!
Outside of the wheel didn't look too bad:
Bit of a ripple in the rim.
The inside wasn't so good:
Ah, that's where all my air went.
Fortunately not too far away from the barn, and with one remaining fully sober driver still there I was able to be rescued - with the wheel from a Corsa - CB issues overcome with a slip on spacer.
Got tuck?
Which got me mobile again. After which there was a pause for Cider, deep fried turkey and general talking rubbish about cars.
Some time later I got working on getting home. Starting with a lump hammer I started getting the rim back to round. It was also suggested to try a bottle jack on the inside which pushed the wheel into an egg shape, but working round the inside we were able to get the wheel with in a few mm of being round. It was filled with air and left over night.
It was still pumped up in the morning, so I gave it a try on the car. No adverse effects were felt, and it's still on and holding air now. Winner.
On the way out of Lewes I clobbered a pot hole. While pulled over formulating a plan I noticed two similarly stricken cars also stopped to change tyres. Fortunately they were carrying spares!
Outside of the wheel didn't look too bad:
Bit of a ripple in the rim.
The inside wasn't so good:
Ah, that's where all my air went.
Fortunately not too far away from the barn, and with one remaining fully sober driver still there I was able to be rescued - with the wheel from a Corsa - CB issues overcome with a slip on spacer.
Got tuck?
Which got me mobile again. After which there was a pause for Cider, deep fried turkey and general talking rubbish about cars.
Some time later I got working on getting home. Starting with a lump hammer I started getting the rim back to round. It was also suggested to try a bottle jack on the inside which pushed the wheel into an egg shape, but working round the inside we were able to get the wheel with in a few mm of being round. It was filled with air and left over night.
It was still pumped up in the morning, so I gave it a try on the car. No adverse effects were felt, and it's still on and holding air now. Winner.
Dougyledds
Woopa Pandastyle!
Need me a subway ring!!
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This happened again. N/S Front.
But after some persuasion with a variety of heavy objects I had this:
So headed offout for a test run, and found that the ballance had not been upset
Then had a blow out N/S Rear - most likely caused by damage from the last pothole incident,
So, still having no spare, but knowing I had a tyre at home I grabbed the bare wheel from the boot and wandered the mile or so home from where I'd left the car.
Let battle commence...
At this point I should point out that my tyre leavers and big G-Cramp (for compressing the tyre down into the well) are at work. I ended up using a length of old bed frame as a leaver, wedged under the shed, block of wood between the tyre and the frame, with my tool box hanging on the end. This press the tyre bead into the well and allowed me to leaver the tyre onto the wheel with a crow bar (not a brutal as it sounds).
One small explosion and the use of a small compressor later, I have this:
Which I then walked back to the car fitted and brought home. Lets hope the rest of 2013 is less of a palaver.
N/S Front.
But after some persuasion with a variety of heavy objects I had this:
So headed offout for a test run, and found that the ballance had not been upset
Then had a blow out
N/S Rear - most likely caused by damage from the last pothole incident,
So, still having no spare, but knowing I had a tyre at home I grabbed the bare wheel from the boot and wandered the mile or so home from where I'd left the car.
Let battle commence...
At this point I should point out that my tyre leavers and big G-Cramp (for compressing the tyre down into the well) are at work. I ended up using a length of old bed frame as a leaver, wedged under the shed, block of wood between the tyre and the frame, with my tool box hanging on the end. This press the tyre bead into the well and allowed me to leaver the tyre onto the wheel with a crow bar (not a brutal as it sounds).
One small explosion and the use of a small compressor later, I have this:
Which I then walked back to the car fitted and brought home. Lets hope the rest of 2013 is less of a palaver.
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Specs?
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Ahh yeah, I remember. I don't really need to be collecting pairs of wheels, but they should sell on the bay or maybe try RR first.
Dougyledds
Woopa Pandastyle!
Wellers !? pm me some pics if your looking for a general swap karl
Dougyledds
Woopa Pandastyle!
ohhhh yea i remember now how easy would it be to get 2 more
how easy would it be to get 2 more
euro_micra
Matt :)
Bloody hell Mark, that's some unfortunate bad luck. Back up and running smoothly is good news though
Talking about slotmags, I have a pair of Cobra 13x6 101.6PCD going super cheap, need some loving though.
Talking about slotmags, I have a pair of Cobra 13x6 101.6PCD going super cheap, need some loving though.
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Hopefully I'm done with this years motoring bad luck now! Don't tempt me.
Got this making a return to my car, having been through two other members since I passed it on before:
Got this making a return to my car, having been through two other members since I passed it on before:
Dougyledds
Woopa Pandastyle!
Real nice that is!!Hopefully I'm done with this years motoring bad luck now! Don't tempt me.
Got this making a return to my car, having been through two other members since I passed it on before:
