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  • kendog
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    lookin' mean!

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  • vwthunder
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    Just got some new Mevius Lug Bolts (Blue Neon Finish) and some Forge pacers (black) 16mm and 11mm


    So I am running the 16mm on the front so a +48 with the 16mm spacer makes it +33

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  • vwthunder
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    Originally posted by Bullet Fast View Post
    I want a full picture of the car on these. Don't wait on quality!

    Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 4
    Ask and you shall recieve

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  • Bullet Fast
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    I want a full picture of the car on these. Don't wait on quality!

    Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 4

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  • vwthunder
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    Originally posted by Bullet Fast View Post
    Looks the tits. This is something I'm kinda interested in. I won't confuse the threads by double posting, but I didn't realise how different offsets front to rear are. You're not concerned about scrub radius change on the front?
    Did not realise how "fat" the 45 series were

    Never had tires scrub on the inside of the guard before, nothing spacers wont fix. The ECS brake kit i have actually moves everything inward closer to the strut (changes offset of caliper rotor).

    Having camber adjustment and coilovers means can be set up to a height to aviod scrubbage etc

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  • Bullet Fast
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    Vwthunders build thread (finally)

    Looks the tits. This is something I'm kinda interested in. I won't confuse the threads by double posting, but I didn't realise how different offsets front to rear are. You're not concerned about scrub radius change on the front?

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  • vwthunder
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    Originally posted by Lito View Post
    Love the wheels and your car mate, its amazing how much the change the look of you whole car....one thing though, shouldn't you be running a 40 series tire not a 45? Maybe that's why it's scrubbing so bad?
    Most full semis or partly semis seem to be in 45 not 40, guess the higher sidewall is needed to make it stiffer and less chance of damaging the tire on the track buy hitting curbs etc. Licorish strips are for looks/street

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  • Lito
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    Love the wheels and your car mate, its amazing how much the change the look of you whole car....one thing though, shouldn't you be running a 40 series tire not a 45? Maybe that's why it's scrubbing so bad?

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  • vwthunder
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    Originally posted by kenbot View Post
    looks stealth! 17"s?
    Yep .....

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  • kendog
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    looks stealth! 17"s?

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  • vwthunder
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    So they are a 48 offset wheel

    I had 10mm spacers on the rear and the tires rubbed, so if i have had gone a ET35 I would be stuffed

    Fronts have a 10mm spacer so ET38 and tires hit on inside of arch liner when turning big time. Got some 16mm spacers coming. Lucky i have 3 degrees negative camber on the front !!!

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  • vwthunder
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    So the wheels are on with the hankook RS3's
    I bought some really nice black valve stem/cap valve thingos but Bob Jane said they wouldnt hold air or something

    Really happy with how it looks, the 215/45 RS3's are really wide with a really high sidewall. Speedo is accurate for the first time ever !!


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  • kaanage
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    Originally posted by vwthunder View Post
    8.1kg not as light as RPF1's but everyone has those
    Initially, I was super annoyed that the RPF1's didn't come in the size I wanted but I'm now happy with the slightly heavier TD Pro Race 1.2's because they're a lot stronger so I think they'll stand up to more track abuse (all the kerbing you need to do at Sandown and sometimes get forced on to at Winton)

    And yours are already in black so you won't need to paint them

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  • vwthunder
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    She might look something like this

    Going for full track spec

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  • noone
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    Nice looking combo, I'm not much for black rims, but if anyone is going to keep them clean enough to pull it off, its you.

    Should sit nicely infront of the bigger rotors, would look laughable with the stock ones (with everything else looking juuuust right).

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