Brought some wheels home with me...

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Brought some wheels home with me...

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for a testing session you understand :lol:

Now which one :roll: :lol:

Hyper Gold
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Titanium Silvier
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And they weigh bugger all too :)

Si :)
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not much in it

gold

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gold. definalty.

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Post by bstardchild »

must get a new monitor - they all look black to me :oops:

The bottom ones look better but it's hard to tell till they've got boots on and are on a car.....
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Crap pics mate, not your monitor :wink:

The gold ones are more bronze than gold :)

Not sure the weight of the standard 14in Se 16V wheels but these are light, well under 7Kg each. Oh and see dosn't know yet :lol:

Also looking at the brakes, what do you guys regarding brakes on this model?

Si :)
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stealthy look then? :wink:
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carmadaaron wrote:stealthy look then? :wink:
Yep, she said she likes it the way it is.... so hopefully she won't notice :lol: :lol: :lol:

The big plus with these wheel is the amount of caliper clearence you get. Which is why I asked about brakes. What sort of conversion do people do on these? Afterall this is for safety reasons nothing else :wink:

Si :)
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Post by carmadaaron »

u thinking of big brake discs all round or just uprated front 1s? :)
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Well just looking at the minute, I know that disks and pads are not far off. So looking into what to do with the brakes. I have a set of 4 pots calipers sat here. Was posssibly going to looking at fabricating a bracket so I can mount the caliper onto something like a 280mm disk. Plus plumb in a larger master cylinder too. Possibly look at what to do with the rear... maybe move old front to rear? Don't know yet i've not had chance to look at the handbrake assembly yet.

What do people normally go for on the fronts?

Si :)
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I take it golf brakes are classed as upgrades?

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Oh and the gold ones looked best :wink: just going to wait for the tires on the standard 14inch wheels to wear out. Then it would make sense to put these wheels on :wink: hopefully in time with the brakes needing doing too :wink: :lol: :lol:

Si :)
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Post by dubpolo »

you will have to machine some brackets, i made some for a mate of mine but it takes ages!! and you will have to use a high tensile aluminum or steel witch also requires diffrent tools and costs more. and unless you know how to machine it will cost you a fair bit!!!
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I know that matey, allready produced a kit (including bracket) for the 200 that spaces out the orginal caliper so a 325+mm rotor can be used. Just looking into options. Do new Golf GTi disk mount onto the polo hubs.

Si :)
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