hardcore Member 92 Member For: 18y 5m 3d Gender: Male Posted 14/03/10 09:13 AM Posted 14/03/10 09:13 AM Hi Guys,I had a flat today, Changed tyre with the spare which looked to be brand new. 16 inch rim.Put it on went to drive away and the car felt like something was catching. Took tyre back off to notice scratches on the caliper from the rim. Had to leave my car on the side of the road for the in a dodgy suburb, as I will have to take my flat in to get replaced.Has anyone else had this problem? looks to me like the previous owner has done a dodgy.Anyone got a spare that will fit they want to sell?
senna_T Forged Member Legacy Donating Member 15,818 Member For: 19y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 14/03/10 11:30 AM Posted 14/03/10 11:30 AM Have you got bigger brakes? If they are stock brakes the 16 should fit over them,,,
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Legacy Donating Member 7,935 Member For: 22y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 14/03/10 11:41 AM Posted 14/03/10 11:41 AM should have put the spare on the rear and the rear on the front to get you by, as the rear brakes are much smaller.
winstor Member 611 Member For: 17y 6m 22d Posted 14/03/10 12:10 PM Posted 14/03/10 12:10 PM Not quite true ZAP. Some BF MKIs and MKIIs have the larger 328mm rear discs and bigger (than normal) rear calipers.
hardcore Member 92 Member For: 18y 5m 3d Gender: Male Posted 14/03/10 10:23 PM Author Posted 14/03/10 10:23 PM Tried it on the back also, same size caliper.
hardcore Member 92 Member For: 18y 5m 3d Gender: Male Posted 22/03/10 08:57 AM Author Posted 22/03/10 08:57 AM I had a look today and on it written in permanent paint pen is EL, Do you guys think this wheel is from an EL falcon?Can someone confirm 16's do fit? do I need a different offset or a bigger size?
bjc Legacy Donating Member 2,823 Member For: 23y 16d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 23/03/10 04:45 AM Posted 23/03/10 04:45 AM that's dirty! I just carry a couple of cans of that run flat stuff. Should get me to the nearest tyre place or servo...should!
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 23/03/10 06:02 AM Posted 23/03/10 06:02 AM I never even thought to look at that. Wonder what the quazi spare, the diet coke of spares fits, cause that all I got.........
bjc Legacy Donating Member 2,823 Member For: 23y 16d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 23/03/10 06:19 AM Posted 23/03/10 06:19 AM Wonder how two space savers would look on the front of the car, like front runner/cheese cutters at the drags...lol
White Knight Legacy Donating Member 73 Member For: 16y 10m 30d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 23/03/10 07:12 AM Posted 23/03/10 07:12 AM I picked up a couple of 16" steel chasers for, uh, spares and found they wouldn't go over the 322mm rears.
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