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on a wide 5 lug pattern? or is this something on adapters?

na its a '79 bay.. 5x112

I may be onto something. Merc Vito vans have the same pcd/centre bore and come in 16" too.

That's all i'm after is 16" or 17" steelies

I've been told steels can crack from the stud holes into the center hole if you take out the swage.

That's what i reckon as well. So instead of machining them and then adding a new lip i'll give these Vito wheels a bash

Did a bit of digging round and didn't really come across much opposition to this. I thought I would have?

I'm looking at doing this for my kombi and as far as I can tell the wheels are not hubcentric so all the lugs will take the load anyway. But in saying that i'd machine them to a good fit on the hub

I'd rather increase the bore of the wheels then to take some meat off the hub itself.

I'll check with my cert man and find out for sure and let ya know what he says.

Is it ok to increase the centre bore on steel rims??

If I was to do this it would mean removing the lip around the hole and I'm not 100% sure that i'm happy about that??

Any ideas??

How about Empi vw hubcaps without the emblem?

I just got some in for a customer the other day with clips that just rivet on and i'm fitting them to some steel wheels for his new beetle... oh and yes the wheels are red and he is running white walls!!

Over the next couple of weeks we are looking at transporting some vehicles from chch to Timaru.

On the return trip the trailer will be empty so if you need something brought back pm me and see if we can work something out.

Automotive only. Getting bigger every year and so is the variety. So who knows what will turn up????

If it's old school kinda stuff you are after then encourage others to get a site going.

If its just hot rodders that have a site then it'll be all hotrod related parts but if we get more of a range of guys having sites then the variety of parts will increase, simple as that.

No doubt after the quake you gotta tidy your garage anyway so why not just chuck some old stuff in the car a bring it out.

That time again!!

13th March 2011 (Sunday) Christchurch’s SSS Swap Meet is automotive only and is being held at Kustoms Clubrooms, McLeans Island, Christchurch. From 8.00am sites are $15.00, general admission is $5.00. Food and refreshments are available and camping on Saturday night if desired. For further info contact Craig Stare 03-347 8388.

one of those sweet paint stripping discs made of sea weed.

purple 3m strip disc... but really no matter you use be prepared to put a few more hours into it

going to check out a 2l manual mk3 golf

mk1's are sooo much better

come check mine out.. it's heaps more fun than a mk3 whale of a thing

Also done years ago was a mk1 escort body onto a escort cosworth chassis.. insane amount of work but all for a good cause!

yup sure does

could you pm me contact details? want/need to get front bench in cortina done

me too!!.... need contact details for sure!

what are the turbo diesels like as far as reliability etc?

If your talking about captaincrsh's one on TM at the moment, its a good idea to go and have a chat with him.

Great guy who knows his stuff about these Golfs, and will be straight up with you about it...

.. and yes you can get some good power out of these things too!!!

Do it! They are a heap of fun. Look great slammed and easy to do engine swaps later down the track for instant HP.

I've got a mk1 daily had it for nearly 10 years. Its got a 2lt 16v in it and can stil be damn cheap to run if you choose to drive that way... of course I do!!!

Keen to have a bash.... brakes may make it interesting though???

Chase distributors on Gasson St... everything you need

I know of cars that have been written off by the insurance co. after sill damage so definitely would expect it to be a wof issue

Check these out!.... i'll take a woody

http://www.baraskit.se/random/archive/1 ... _cars.html

I make ali donuts.. can do any custom sizes too

the alternator on my golf won't kick in until I rev the crap outta it..around 4.5K rpm and night driving is dropping my volts down to just below 13V.

Now i've spent a bit of time today going through replacing earth wires, cleaning connections etc but still no joy.. any advise for someone who totally hates working with wiring???

yeah the golf is '79 but i'm special ...... well they were first made pre '76

There's a get together at Lyttleton Coffee Co. every sunday morning 8-10 for pre'76 cars.

We've been getting a variety of cars showing up and pretty much just sit round and talk cars, drink coffe and they also have a great feed available.

I've got a '91 Passat GT thats had the running gear removed but there's still a heap of useful stuff. I know its a bit late model but who knows?

Its off to the scrappers this week but if you wanna grab anything let me know

PM or 021980665

Well the council has actually done it..

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... 92&ref=rss

Gonna be a big job policing it.

Gibbs brand lubricant is a goody