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Shiny Wheels

Postby chris » Sat May 01, 2010 1:56 pm

It took a while ,but I've finally got my wheels on

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Postby simonsays74 » Sat May 01, 2010 4:06 pm

They look great Chris.

Is the valve behind the spoke?

Looks like you have a similar rear brake set up that I fitted to the hillclimb car.
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Postby chris » Sun May 02, 2010 12:33 am

Yes valve behind the spoke and yes similar set up using a seperate handbrake caliper .
I noticed I had my hb caliper behind the main caliper yours is in front.

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Postby andyh877 » Sun May 02, 2010 8:19 am

wow they're proper shiney :shock:

Mr D will be very jealous :lol:
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Similar to old AZEV style

Postby Tony Smith » Sun May 02, 2010 8:31 am

They look great Chris - similar to an old Azev style I had on my car years ago. My be tempted into a set if you can get them in the UK. Are they the correct offset? And what company makes them?
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Postby chris » Sun May 02, 2010 9:35 am

I made the centers myself Tony , after hours at work so unfortunately they will be a one off only .

Front 17x7 et +35
Rear 17x9 et +5


You have an interesting collection of cars Tony do you recognise the brake calipers.

The 6061 aluminium started off 440mm x440mm x 65 thick
Here are some pics

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Postby PaulyA610 » Sun May 02, 2010 9:29 pm

They look very good bud.
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Clever people!

Postby Tony Smith » Mon May 03, 2010 9:35 am

Made them yourself I hate you :lol: . Are the brake calipers Skyline?
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Postby chris » Mon May 03, 2010 3:22 pm

Yes they are skyline but very modified ,they used to have NISSAN embossed on the outside.

Nissan brake pads are a hole lot cheaper than AP or Brembo and the initial purchase of the second hand caliper ,much less than new calipers
but I had to do a lot of modification.
As you will see in these pics.

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Postby simontaylor » Mon May 03, 2010 10:12 pm

What size disks are you now using?
Same front and back?
And how much better are the brakes overall?
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Postby chris » Mon May 03, 2010 11:24 pm

disk size is dia 296 mm x 28mm thick front and rear


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