stylez Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Joined the club. Fred : //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/48999-stylez-gx61-mkii-hardtop-couch-spec/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Is that marcells old car? If so he's had it a looooong time and I know the owner prior to that too. Good car 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylez Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 I don't know ? Anyone help here ? It's in Christchurch at the moment if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylez Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 Had a peek on expired listings, yep this is the one. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/toyota/auction-892878574.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I hope this is cheaper to run than your Wolseley. The Wolseley was probably safer due to the speed restrictions put in place by the British engineering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomaxgo Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Please dont just flip the centers!! The fact is that they looks piss weak when people do this, it looks terrible to anyone that has a eye for wheels. I cringe everytime i see a wheel with some huge reverse fitment dish, then realise its a 6" let down. Â I dont usually get all negative like this on someones pride and joy, but i think youll be much, much happier if you either widen them or just run as is. Â my 2c 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylez Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Fair enough. Makes sense. Just seemed like an obvious cheap way to get "the look" without dropping twice what the car is worth, but I totally get your point. Question though, is this not how the offset/dish trend came about ? Seems logical with the boso guys going for extreme everything, that somebody would have started doing this ? If so could just get away with it being a period correct mod. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Can you reverse mount the face, so the lip is in front of the wheel center? That may be an achievable option with some minor machine work and gain you a useful amount of offset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylez Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Can't see why not, wheels will be here hopefully by the weekend so I can teardown and clean. The interweb suggests these are 3 peice, but the guy I got them from advertised them as 2 piece, I don't know. Because the other option I've heard of is using a set to make 2 wide ones, I think using like 2 rear halves together to make one or something ? Can't remember properly now. If they are 3 piece I could probably stretch for some lips from Pine or something I suppose, I really love the wheels and they aren't very common so it'd be worth it. I'll see how they look mounted. Edit : They're currently 14x6 +19 , not sure I'd gain much on reverse mounting face ? Maybe take it down to like +15 if I was lucky ? (Think I know how offset works but probably not) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachlander Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 The thing with running two rear barrels is the rears are always different to the front. They tend to have no step and just look ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 If you mounted the face on the other side of the lips it will alter offset by however thick the center is. So if it's 10mm thick, you'll end up with a +9 offset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chees- Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 you can also sandwich mount them, gives you a bit more width and a bit more dish. i did this to my pair of 7j tr-1s and they came out 7.25j -6ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylez Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Few small updates to car, might try the Center flipping biz next week as I've got the week off. May sound like a stupid question, but they were advertised as 2 piece by the seller, however the net says all 3 piece but some welded to end up being 2 peice (on the barrel, face still unbolts) and some not, My question is, if they aren't welded, the face is what's holding them together right ? So should deflate tyres prior to unbolting face, is that correct ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMC Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 always deflate tyres when unbolting centres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylez Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Chur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 That colour looks pretty sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustywhip Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Nice work on saving this and wonder what happened to PIEs. I have one of his old cars and still see his re-reg thread going strong. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Thanks Clint! I will be enlisting your services once I have everything sorted for certification! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffs_Emporium Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Nice work on saving this and wonder what happened to PIEs. I have one of his old cars and still see his re-reg thread going strong. Thanks mate, ive got my work cut out to make everything tidy again but ill get there! Look forward to seeing pics of the jzx31 painted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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