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BIG thanks to polonuts for emailing the files foc changed the colour a little took about hour and a half on a spare set of dials i had just have to swap them into the car now http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/carpy25/pologtdials.jpg now fitted http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/carpy25/abtd...

finally got around to sorting out fitting my new GT badge and lower splitter http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/carpy25/silverpologtbadgeandsplitter2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/carpy25/silverpologtbadgeandsplitter1.jpg Gt badge off ebay grand total of £3.20 cut the top locating ...

standard size 175x 60 the other two sizes you mention will have a bigger size wall in other words 175 x60 is lower profile than the others


Rob

looks sweet on the BBS shows how good your photo-shop in your sig is

6 inch wheels fill the ahches so much better than 5.5 inch standards

my missis been telling me that another 1/2 inch would make all the difference to her for years

Rob

i was told that it was needed to have at least 3 full turns of the wheel brace for it to be safe(ish) 3 full turns of a bolt with a 1.5 mm pitch would be 4.5 mm thread engagement pretty sure thats no where near enough to obtain full strength the engineering guide lines are 1.5 times diameter i.e m1...

15mm should be ok

be right on the limit on the front because you have the brake disk to take into acount the threads are in the hub and you just have a clearance hole in the disk so you lose another 3mm or so if in doubt get someone who knows to check new bolts are not to dear anyway


Rob

longer bolts depend on the offset of the wheel and even then most of the time you won't need them

5.5 inch wide g40 bbs are 38 offset

6 inch wide bbs are 33 offset


Rob

great you were lucky to get to right bolts as part of the deal dont forget to carry 4 shorter bolts in the boot as the ones on the bbs are too long for the steel spare if you have a flat the locking bolt you need are m12 x 1.5 pitch 30mm long (standard bolts are 23mm long) i got second hand ones off...

looking at the rim are they 6 inch wide? if so your standard wheel bolts will be to short you need 1and a half the diameter so m12 thread would need 18mm sticking from the rear of the wheel when you drop a bolt into the wheel hole mine are 6 inch i had the same problem http://img.photobucket.com/alb...

some kind sole tried to nick it something jammed in keyhole maybe ?


Rob

Gt's are already 20mm lower than cl's so as 40mm springs (standard G40) are only 20mm lower than the standard GT springs it wont make that much difference im pretty sure GT & cl suspension is the same, only difference is G40 springs are about 20mm lower i'm sure i read somewhere that a Gt was 2...

Gt's are already 20mm lower than cl's so as 40mm springs (standard G40) are only 20mm lower than the standard GT springs it wont make that much difference my Gt standard springs http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/carpy25/silverpolo11.jpg my mates Gt parked in the same place with 40mm front and 7...

my gt run about








Rob

minis84 wrote:nice choice of tyres too, A539's by the look of it?

I'm trying to find some 13x6 BBS's for mine, its proving tricky though!

there's a set for sale on the polo club site

http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14142


Rob

only had the gt 6 months but already on my third set of wheels when i got it ,it was fitted with these http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/carpy25/silverpolo3.jpg went through the "i want 15's phaze " but it didn't suit the car made it handle badly and killed the two front wheel bearing...