MeTsU's 9N3 TDi - Sooty from South Africa

[MeTsU]

looks great mate!keep up the great work!

Thanks for the kind words Dennis. Plans keep getting slowed down or put aside as other things pop up. Slowly but surely we're getting there.

[MeTsU]

Hey guys,

I could really use some advice here as I feel like a chameleon on a smartie box - I've changed my mind with regards to colour for my OZ's - 17x8 ET35. I aquired them at the beginning of July and progress has been slow to be honest - I now need to refurb them. I was messed around by the chaps that were going to do me a favour by machining the centre bore to the correct 57.1mm. Long story short, I landed up taking them to an old timer who I've now become friends with - a lot of his Churchill machinery is from WWII onwards - lovely old workshop. He did an absolutely amazing job and it allowed me to do a test fit - these things are big. I've done a little digging and it looks like 8J ET30 starts to become an issue, so I should be ever so slightly safer with mine being ET35.

Now for me, an OZ wheel should be white. I had decided to go a different route, seeing my car is a little murdered, but I might be purchasing a set of brand new, in the box BBS Montreal II's for approx. 200GBP. My thoughts if I do buy the Montreal II's are:

* OZ's stay white (powder coated).
* Current BBS RS825 split's go Gunmetal possibly.
* BBS Montreal II's stay original silver.

Excuse the bad photoshop - I'm not really that good at it.



Comments most welcome, ciao, Matteo.

[Turbomier]

looks good

[MeTsU]

looks good

Thanks Turbomier.

Reckon I should stick with white? And the plan above, or mix things up a little?

[Turbomier]

white wheels on black car works fine... just my 2 cents

[MeTsU]

white wheels on black car works fine... just my 2 cents

Thanks for your input Turbomier.

[MeTsU]

I was at Aldo Scribante two weekends ago to watch some of the Regional Racing (a large number of the CT guys came down to race). I met up with Redrum there and we were discussing how Sooty isn't really that low - and although this is true, the "limiting" factor is actually the belly pan being rather low. He decided to take a look and saw this for himself, LOL.

This is a shot of his cigarettes under Sooy:

[MeTsU]

Not much in terms of an update...

I decided to drop Sooty further after the outing to the track where the "Aspen" shot was taken. The front is down another 5mm, which is very little, I know...but belly pan clearance is already an issue. The rear probably dropped around 15mm, not sure to be honest, but I can't go lower. Here's a shot I snapped, excuse the dirty car (water restrictions FTL ), I'll look for more tonight.

[MeTsU]

I need to go take some decent shots somewhere....soon!

[MeTsU]

[MeTsU]

Here is a sneak peak of what to expect...this will have to do for now:

[Turbomier]

verry, verry nice wheels you got there
will look stunning on the Polo

[MeTsU]

verry, verry nice wheels you got there
will look stunning on the Polo

Thank you Turbomier, I'm really happy. Photo's to come in the next couple days.

[MeTsU]

The OZ's are now rolling! Teaser shot:



Ciao, Matteo.

[MeTsU]

Ok, let me not be "sleazy" and stop the teasers.







The centre caps have been fitted this morning.