Finally got the TE37's fitted..

[aaronjb]

So after getting the right wheel nuts from Envy, making up spigot rings (out of three sets of spigot rings in various sizes, because nobody makes 65.1-54.1mm rings, it seems, even Rays) from  w www.dieseldub.co.uk w  ..

The old wheels came off (sorry occifer, I didn't realise you were meant to have tread):


The new wheels went on:





It also got a full alignment - front camber & toe and rear toe adjustment so it no longer sidesteps over every bump.. Unsurprising given the unequal (and large) toe settings front & rear really.. oops.

[Anonymous]

Nice mate.

[scottish_turbo]

looking good!

[kanujunkie]

that looks a bit better  s8) s8)  or at least better than in the box they've sat in for ages

what camber and toe settings did you get done then Aaron?

[loadswine]

Nice touch with the wheel nuts, like those.  s:) s:)

[Liz]

Rubs thighs - looks damn sexy - are they 15's or 16's?

[uktotty]

Looks sexy Aaron.
So what else you got left to do now?

[Jaik]

Gorgeous, they're classic wheels that look good on just about everything!

[enid_b]

im loving those. there is something about white wheels that make me a little moist.

and those make me mighty moist.

good work aaron

J

[northernalex]

Look fantastic Aaron... very jelous.

What weight are they?

Alex

[Jaik]

I'm loving those. there is something about white wheels that make me a little moist.

and those make me mighty moist.

good work aaron

J

Que pun involving "16 inches"  s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

[SimonC_Here]

They do look good on Aaron. Love the wheel nuts as well!

Simon

[Liz]

Yes I like Aarons blue nuts <sniggers>

[Anonymous]

It certainly looks the part - nice one Aaron - I think you will find his nuts will go lighter with age  s:lol: :lol: s:lol:    s:lol: :lol: s:lol:    s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

One thing a forgot to ask - what have done with regard to lockers, the last thing you want is some scum bag making off with them?

[aaronjb]

Liz, I have some spare nuts if you'd like a feel  s;) s;)   s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

To cover some of the questions (only a quick post, my folks are visiting at the moment):

They're 16x7 all round, fronts are running 205 tyres, rears running 225 - all Toyo T1-R.  The steering feels so much lighter now than it did with the 2003 wheels on.. 'course with the release agent still on the Toyos it's also a bit like driving on an ice rink  s:) s:)


On locking nuts - they're Rays locking nuts.. One nut on each wheel has seven unequal length sides and a spline locater, while the other three are normal six sided nuts.. not impossible to hammer a socket on, of course - but then you can do that with most other locking nuts anyway  s;) s;)

[kanujunkie]

What weight are they?

lets just say a piece of paper has more weight, they're sodding light

[Anonymous]

They're 16x7 all round, fronts are running 205 tyres, rears running 225 - all Toyo T1-R.  

Stock dimensions are 3 units sizes staggered. Limiting only to 2 will that affect driving? Why didnt you put 195 instead of 205?

The wheels look very nice !! Great choice!

[Jaik]

They're 16x7 all round, fronts are running 205 tyres, rears running 225 - all Toyo T1-R.  

Stock dimensions are 3 units sizes staggered. Limiting only to 2 will that affect driving? Why didnt you put 195 instead of 205?

The wheels look very nice !! Great choice!

Stock dimensions on pre-03 cars are 185 and 205. However, all stock wheels are staggered in width so the actual difference on the 16x7s will be a little less than stock.

[Tem]

Great wheels Aaron!  s;) s;)

What weight are they?

Depends a bit from the ET, but they weight 5.1kg with ET35. Yes, Volk actually quotes the weights for every diameter/width/ET combination.  s8) s8)

How do I know? I have the same set myself.  s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

[Wabbitkilla]

Looking verrrrry nice Aaron.

White goes with the blue car great - didn't realise that. Keep up the good work.  s8) s8)

[heathstimpson]

Your toy is looking very nice indeedy Aaron  s8) s8)

[aaronjb]

Depends a bit from the ET, but they weight 5.1kg with ET35. Yes, Volk actually quotes the weights for every diameter/width/ET combination.  s8) s8)

These are ET42, but yeah - they're extremely light.. which seems to have made the car a lot more nimble than it was with the stock 03 wheels on (even with the alignment fixed).

I'll post up my alignment specs later - suffice to say at the beginning I had huge rear toe-in, too much front toe-in, uneven camber and toe all round.. no wonder it handled like a bag of nails  s;) s;)

I went quite conservative on the camber at the front - mostly because the old fella at the tyre place didn't want to set them to 'out of spec', so they're right at the upper range of spec (1°20') static camber.

[northernalex]

I want some  s:) s:)

Alex

[aaronjb]

I'm kinda on the lookout for some in 17x8 to make a proper staggered set of wheels.. so if I find a set, I could make two sets and sell the other set, Alex  s;) s;)

[northernalex]

I'm kinda on the lookout for some in 17x8 to make a proper staggered set of wheels.. so if I find a set, I could make two sets and sell the other set, Alex  s;) s;)

hmmm  s:) s:)

Alex