pb-1981

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I'm quite happy at grubby but working, would you be able to post these and how much please?

Hi matey do you still have the vr calipers and carriers? Showing my ignorance here I know with my old golf vr there was 2 types of brake manufacturers fitted depending on the age of the car would these fit my 95 vr do you know? Pete

As an outside possibility could it be weathering?? I've seen colour difference in cars before now depending on how they are kept, ie I'm sure everyone has seen a tornado red go to a tornado pink if its had tonnes of sunlight and weathering, is it possible the donor car was a barn find at some point and not had the same exposure that your car has? Probably a long shot I know

[ATTACH=CONFIG]73302[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]73303[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]73304[/ATTACH] so on reflection the audi bolts look very much like the ones i was supplied with to fit on the speedlines, in my defence when i picked the audi ones up id just come off a 19hr shift the day before and maybe wasnt in the best mind for this, just to clarify the shiny bolt was fitted in the speedlines and the the manky one is the audi bolts, not so clear but the last pic is of the bolt hole on the new wheels, tires fitted are 195/50/16's and i was torquing the bolts to 80 ft/lb which i read somewhere was the specified amount? really appreciate the input here guys

[ATTACH=CONFIG]73291[/ATTACH] ok, so these are the headaches, and soft as i may be i didnt pay 600 for them, from the top, the wheels fitted when i brought the car rubbed like hell on the arches dispite them being rolled and being as i actually wanted to drive the car i brought a set of speedlines (probably too much on impulse) for 200 quid with tires with decent tread, i now realise i was probably robbed on the price of these, it cost me another 50 quid for wheel bolts and lockers, less than a week later i take the car to the garage with a terrible rumbling noise from the front, turns out i only had 3 bolts left in the front passenger wheel and only in a couple of threads, needless to say i felt a bit of a tool over this although im happy that all bolts were tight because i torqued them up and re-checked about 100 miles after and all was well, with the wheel moving on loose bolts it has worn away the alloy on the bolt holes and ive been told by the garage that its likely the wheel will keep coming loose now due to the damage, so with that in mind i started looking again, i brought these new ones off a guy on ebay, they have just been fully refurbed and sprayed and to be fair are like new, i got a set of part worns put on and the lot cost me 350 quid thats where im up to the 600, fella also sold me a set of tuning bolts that seemingly were totally wrong for the wheel, then again he said the wheels would fly on the car no worries too :/ the alloy shop supplied me with a set of audi bolts and a set of lockers free of charge because he felt id had enough crap luck/judgement i guess

Going from puller to post on this one, its astounding the difference a small change of offset seems to make, the front pads are new but the discs arnt, surely they wouldn't make a difference to where the caliper sits?? :/

i asked the question about that, he said that the wheel bearings now are sealed and you dont really need the caps anymore? ill try and get a pic on

Now then.... On my speedlines I had to buy a load of bolts which were tapered and when I brought these ronals and the tuning bolts the alloy shop I went to (which is not where I got the wheels from) said the tuning bolts were totally wrong being a taper and I needed a radious type from an Audi, the ones he supplied me with have like a little washer affair on them ---------- Post added at 10:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 9:57 AM ---------- and having just spoken to the alloy shop he reckons some 3mm spacers on the front to get some clearence from the caliper and knock the grease caps off on the back, problem solved apparently?! bloody hope so lol :)

Taper being the angled type and radious being the mushroom type shape? Is there only 2 types?

going to an alloy specialist tomorrow to see what i can salvage from this, failing that ill have 3 sets of weels to sell not 2!

yeah i told the fella what car i was intending on putting them onto and he said there was a good 5mm clearence so wouldnt be a problem they are ET44.5 and apparently off an audi they are ronals and look like the ones off an A3, he has now washed his hands of them saying its my fault lol, such an arse, he also sold me a set of tuning bolts which were also as much use as a chocolate fireguard!

not fancying grinding down the calipers but i guess the spacer might be an option if you can get them just a few mm deep

Ok so I've gone to try the rear wheels and its popping the centre cap off out the wheel with the hub nut cover, I also had another look around the front one and it seems awfully close to the coilovers at the top of the tire, I had a set of merc alloys on when I brought the car but they were constantly catching the arches even though they have been rolled, I was trying to avoid putting any kind of spacer on through fear of it fouling the arch again, now 600 quid out of pocket and really rather fed up :(

Hi folks, desperate for an answer here, does anyone know if you can run a wheel too close to a brake caliper or as long as there is clearence however minimal will it be ok? I'm fitting some ronals to my vr6 after some thieving gitt trashed my speedlines and the guy I brought the ronals off said they would fit fine, I've just put one on and wheel turns fine but is only missing the caliper on the spokes by maybe 1-2mm max! The wheels are a 7j x 16h2 et 44.5 I know there is a sticky but it didn't really help, any insight would be brilliant please!