Stevie Boy
5th May 2005, 09:41 PM
Hi all, at long last i managed to get hold of a set of UK 17" MKIV Wheels.
In the pursuit of ditching the non-standard 18" moody bling "split-look" wheels which were on the car when i got it i've got hold of a set of original wheels, looking foward to putting them on, 18's i've got are only 8J width on front and rear, very pleased to see the MKIV wheels 8Jfront 9.5Jrear (although it seems 17" tyres wider than 265 are a little more pricey than i banked on)
Even more pleased they're in much better nick than i thought they'd be.
My 18's are looking a little worse for wear n/s/f having carefully caressed a curb once when a lorry decided to try and sandwich me against a wall in a tunnel once cos he was half asleep and o/s/f has a "pot hole" deformation of the outer rim which just pi*ses me off and generally the "black chrome" finish has gone a bit wierd don't use acid wheel cleaner often but could have been that. Might try and sell them on, maybe get them refurbed 1st.
Anyhow my only quibble with the 17" UK rims i got is i don't think the wheel centres are right, they fit perfectly, have Toyota emblem embossed in the centre, but they also have what i can only describe as 5 "fake" shallow wheel stud holes (which arn't actually holes, just ditches), also the silver colour of the wheels centres is nothing like that of the wheels.
I doubt these were some sort of option wheel centres, but any opinions on these would be nice, sorry i can't post a pic but i'm too stupid to work it out, and my computer isn't the greatest (the Commodore64 is the only thing holding it together!http://www.mkivsupra.co.uk/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
http://www.mkivsupra.co.uk/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Oh and by the way if anyone has some STD originals? or knows if the 16" JDM wheel centres are the same as 17", or the part numbers for the 17" UK Wheels centres, availability and how much i'd be looking at for a new set would be much appreciated.
Cheers!
In the pursuit of ditching the non-standard 18" moody bling "split-look" wheels which were on the car when i got it i've got hold of a set of original wheels, looking foward to putting them on, 18's i've got are only 8J width on front and rear, very pleased to see the MKIV wheels 8Jfront 9.5Jrear (although it seems 17" tyres wider than 265 are a little more pricey than i banked on)
Even more pleased they're in much better nick than i thought they'd be.
My 18's are looking a little worse for wear n/s/f having carefully caressed a curb once when a lorry decided to try and sandwich me against a wall in a tunnel once cos he was half asleep and o/s/f has a "pot hole" deformation of the outer rim which just pi*ses me off and generally the "black chrome" finish has gone a bit wierd don't use acid wheel cleaner often but could have been that. Might try and sell them on, maybe get them refurbed 1st.
Anyhow my only quibble with the 17" UK rims i got is i don't think the wheel centres are right, they fit perfectly, have Toyota emblem embossed in the centre, but they also have what i can only describe as 5 "fake" shallow wheel stud holes (which arn't actually holes, just ditches), also the silver colour of the wheels centres is nothing like that of the wheels.
I doubt these were some sort of option wheel centres, but any opinions on these would be nice, sorry i can't post a pic but i'm too stupid to work it out, and my computer isn't the greatest (the Commodore64 is the only thing holding it together!http://www.mkivsupra.co.uk/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
http://www.mkivsupra.co.uk/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Oh and by the way if anyone has some STD originals? or knows if the 16" JDM wheel centres are the same as 17", or the part numbers for the 17" UK Wheels centres, availability and how much i'd be looking at for a new set would be much appreciated.
Cheers!