new addition plus the already resident

Post by **Alex** » Tue May 11, 2010 10:20 am

red_rocket wrote:coming from the guy who had chromies on his L series.....(from memory not 100% sure, hehe)
but you are right they arent the best looking out, maybe a spray of black would make them look half normal.

Paul, with my 4" lift and those tyres that are on there or similar AT's, how much guard word would i be doing do you think???
oh and thanks for the pic, waiting to see how much Jarred wants to flog them off for, if cheap then i may

chrome actually looked pretty good.

clarkey · Post by **clarkey** » Tue May 11, 2010 11:13 am

shame they are only 4 stud. would sujest purtting soem foz rims on her

and paint them black!

they look really good. (i recon)

Cheers Mike.

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Tue May 11, 2010 1:15 pm

chrome on any car doesnt go but each to his own.
thanks clarkey ill keep that in mind as i might get them before sat hopefully
cheers

clarkey · Post by **clarkey** » Tue May 11, 2010 2:55 pm

red_rocket wrote:chrome on any car doesnt go but each to his own.
thanks clarkey ill keep that in mind as i might get them before sat hopefully
cheers

foz rims are 5 stud though mate.

Cheers Mike.

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Tue May 11, 2010 5:25 pm

oh i thought you were talking about tyres...? as in i will need some 15's before sat???
guessing a standard AT tyre is $150 a pop???

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Tue May 11, 2010 11:04 pm

alrighty so picked up these sexy rims today, thoought i would give them a crack and if i dont like them then flog them off.
only had time to put one side on today but pretty happy with how they sit and there is a bit of room to put a bigger tyre in there with minimal if any chopping at all(maybe front guard). The current tyre is a 205/65R15, not sure what it would convert to in a 14" but yeah. they just arent the same as sunraysia's i know
first pic is front

this is rear

and the money shot.....

they are a bit skanky and dirty now, so i understand if you think the car looks like an old mans station wagon BUT i will get them cleaned and give them a spray to see if i like them transformed.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed May 12, 2010 12:26 am

I think they look good but I got used to them when Possum rallyed them. I'll do the conversion to 14"s and let you know

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed May 12, 2010 12:37 am

ok Scott.. the closest size in 14" would be 205/70R14

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Wed May 12, 2010 12:09 pm

thanks mate. Ill see what tyres i can get on there. Should be able to some good ones on there. Hey clarkey what are the chances of getting a few prices on some tyres, pm me if you like
thanks

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Sun May 16, 2010 11:47 pm

so primed the rims up the other night after giving them a spray with the high prssure hose and some degreaser stuff.

did a couple of coats of that then when i dried i got a couple of cans of flat black and gave it a whirl, this is after the first coat, since then i have applied the second and waiting for them to dry.

i reckon they look better than before now, was actually contemplating spraying them white like sunraysia's but though black may look pretty mean.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon May 17, 2010 8:58 am

nice one Scott.. Keep them flat black.. hey look sic

red_rocket wrote:

i reckon they look better than before now, was actually contemplating spraying them white like sunraysia's but though black may look pretty mean.

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Mon May 17, 2010 8:05 pm

ok. put the new shoes on her today.
atleast it looks better than before and i gained about another 2cm of clearance. hopefully getting some new at's in the next couple of days through Mike so that will be even better.
Probably going with 215/75R15.
also might try and suss out some black caps for the centre

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:04 pm

Ok.. sounds good Scott but you'll need to update the links to your pictures as they say they are moved or deleted

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:08 pm

oops , rookie mistake there
all better now

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:43 pm

Sweet mate.. Looks the goods

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:54 pm

well got some new shoes for the girl today

they just scrape on the guards but are a good size after all. driving home and it kept on hitting the rear mudflaps so had to stop under halfway home to take them off and then crawl home.
Made some minor adjustments at home tonight with the hack saw to get me by til the weekend.
big ups to Clarkey for his helo on the tyres. top job

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Thu May 20, 2010 1:27 am

Looks good mate,what size tyres did you get? are they new?

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Thu May 20, 2010 9:04 am

Those new boots look awesome Scott.. Need to fix those bits asap so you can get to Preston this weekend

red_rocket · Post by **red_rocket** » Thu May 20, 2010 11:50 pm

hey Guy they are 215/75R15. still need to cutting but not a huge amount so should be sorted this weekend. mostly when turning left it scrubs.

and PAul i doubt i will make it but see how i go.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Fri May 21, 2010 1:16 am

red_rocket wrote:hey Guy they are 215/75R15. still need to cutting but not a huge amount so should be sorted this weekend. mostly when turning left it scrubs.

and PAul i doubt i will make it but see how i go.

We know you can do it Scott.. you still have time