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Brought some wheels home with me...
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 8:25 pm
by srbpower
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:04 pm
by david burton
not much in it
gold
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:29 pm
by KarlM
gold. definalty.
/drool...
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:31 pm
by bstardchild
must get a new monitor - they all look black to me
The bottom ones look better but it's hard to tell till they've got boots on and are on a car.....
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:50 pm
by srbpower
Crap pics mate, not your monitor
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
Also looking at the brakes, what do you guys regarding brakes on this model?
Si
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:37 am
by carmadaaron
stealthy look then?
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:53 pm
by srbpower
carmadaaron wrote:stealthy look then?
Yep, she said she likes it the way it is.... so hopefully she won't notice
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
Si
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:13 pm
by carmadaaron
u thinking of big brake discs all round or just uprated front 1s?
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:03 pm
by srbpower
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
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:05 pm
by srbpower
I take it golf brakes are classed as upgrades?
Si
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:06 pm
by srbpower
Oh and the gold ones looked best
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
hopefully in time with the brakes needing doing too
Si
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 11:07 pm
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!!!
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:20 am
by srbpower
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
