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Postby Dire » Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:30 pm

Fwaaah love the colour.

(and yay I've been in that driveway :P)

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Postby Leez » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:00 pm

Wheels look great mate, will be inspecting closer at the cruise ;)

How have you been in that driveway...? Secret rendezvous?

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Postby Gleno » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:16 pm

Straight4 wrote:new wheels put on yesterday OX 631 hyper black 18inch tyres falken 215 45 r18 [img:212b61c542]http://www.clubcj.net/img/images/20120112212808_wheels4.JPG[/img:212b61c542] [img:212b61c542]http://www.clubcj.net/img/images/20120112212406_wheels2.JPG[/img:212b61c542]


Looks good josh :)

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Postby Gleno » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:18 pm

T-All3NT wrote:here are the pics glen/everyone else [img:00cb39f7e5]http://www.clubcj.net/cached_images/1326196047_7_IS_4113_0.jpg[/img:00cb39f7e5] [img:00cb39f7e5]http://www.clubcj.net/cached_images/1326196047_7_IS_4113_1.jpg[/img:00cb39f7e5] [img:00cb39f7e5]http://www.clubcj.net/cached_images/1326196047_7_IS_4113_2.jpg[/img:00cb39f7e5]


love em!!! but the legality of it would be a issue. I had orange parkers in for a while,got pulled up at RBT and they didnt say a word which was a good thing

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Postby Gleno » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:19 pm

Alileighju wrote:Another puncture!! [img:602f1731de]http://www.clubcj.net/img/images/1326258872_WP_000756.jpg[/img:602f1731de] [img:602f1731de]http://www.clubcj.net/img/images/1326258872_WP_000758.jpg[/img:602f1731de] [img:602f1731de]http://www.clubcj.net/img/images/1326260466_WP_000761.jpg[/img:602f1731de] [img:602f1731de]http://www.clubcj.net/img/images/1326258872_WP_000768.jpg[/img:602f1731de] [img:602f1731de]http://www.clubcj.net/img/images/1326260466_WP_000770.jpg[/img:602f1731de] Another $250 down the drain. I seem to have bad luck with tyres... [img:602f1731de]http://www.clubcj.net/img/images/1326260466_WP_000772.jpg[/img:602f1731de] Had to drive home with this pathetic thing haha.


That sux Ali,amazing what things you can pick up on the roads. Makes me wanna buy a full size spare u never know when its oging to happen

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Postby Alileighju » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:46 pm

Yeah, the whole time I was changing the tyre and driving on the tiny spare I was thinking how much more convenient and safe a full size spare would be.

Would be good to grab a cheap full size spare wheel + tyre from someone selling on eBay just so you can have peace at mind when you do get a puncture like this.

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Postby LZY_EYE » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:59 pm

Ali, one thing... You should never EVER run the space saver on the front. Always put it on the rear...

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Postby Alileighju » Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:40 pm

Oh really? Why is that? FWD issues? More weight on the front?

Probably should have read the manual before I switched the tyres. Probably shouldn't have driven down the highway with it too. Oh well.

It didn't feel too bad. That means double the work if your fronts get punctured..

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Postby Nick07 » Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:46 pm

Purchased 4 Kuhmo KU31's 215/50/17 - Thoroughly impressed. Highly recommended. Had it done at K-mart and received free rotation and balancing at every 10,000km up until 50,000km.

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Postby skippy » Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:14 am

Discovered that my rocker cover seal is... trying to think of a word describing completely destroyed lol...

Oil down the WHOLE block :( So purchased a new gasket/seal and Oil and filter whilst at it, hello sunday car workshop time :D

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Postby lancervr » Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:19 am

Restored the front of my car back to its former glory with blackout and SOC sticker on the bonnet :D
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Postby Dire » Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:55 am

Leez wrote: How have you been in that driveway...?

I bought my muffler off him.
Alileighju wrote:Oh really? Why is that? FWD issues?

Different wheel circumferences are not good for you diff.
If it was RWD you wouldn't put it on the back.
If it was AWD you're screwed :P

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Postby Chubb » Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:02 am

Alileighju wrote:Oh really? Why is that? FWD issues? More weight on the front? Probably should have read the manual before I switched the tyres. Probably shouldnt have driven down the highway with it too. Oh well. It didnt feel too bad. That means double the work if your fronts get punctured..


Reason is on a FWD car the front wheels do all the drive, all the steering and 90% of the braking. the space saver is about half the with of a normal tyre so now all these components of a FWD car are unbalanced to one side of the car making it very unsafe, also space savers normally have a speed rating of about 80kph. Space savers should not be considered as a normal wheel they are for emergency only and should not be used more then they have to for safety.

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Postby LZY_EYE » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:20 am

Actually, space savers should always go on the back I believe even in a RWD situation.

The space saver should never go on the axle that does your steering.

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Postby Gleno » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:22 am

Yeah shane i have heard the same thing,but if you have a flat on the side of the road on the front,how you go about changing wheels around to get space saver on back?? you would have to thenchange two tyres at once??
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