Madasacutsnake Member 13 Member For: 12y 9m 20d Gender: Male Posted 09/06/16 09:10 AM Author Share Posted 09/06/16 09:10 AM (edited) 42 minutes ago, hawlass said: Hes an angry little man but makes some good points. Thanks hawlass. That was one of the most the funniest and most informative videos I watched in ages! I wont be paying for nitrogen again. Just shared it on Facebook :-) Edited 09/06/16 09:12 AM by Madasacutsnake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madasacutsnake Member 13 Member For: 12y 9m 20d Gender: Male Posted 09/06/16 09:30 AM Author Share Posted 09/06/16 09:30 AM 42 minutes ago, k31th said: some aftermarket wheels may be weaker than OEM, but meh... don't often hear of aftermarket copies having problems other than with the clear coat on them haha (and OEM ones have similar clear coat issues if you're not careful). Definitely don't re-buy OEM because of the ridiculous price. Oh yeah I'm with you on that score, no chance I'll be buying OEM wheels in this life time. I will start looking around for places that repair wheels (that have the proper machines for doing so). They all seem to be in the eastern suburbs. I live in Western Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,291 Member For: 16y 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 09/06/16 09:31 AM Share Posted 09/06/16 09:31 AM sounds like a good plan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 8y 11m 28d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 09/06/16 10:24 AM Share Posted 09/06/16 10:24 AM Beautiful car mate Don't bother with nitrogen It's a giant con I find nitrogen holds pressure better while I'm in at Harvey Norman buying a $400 shielded HDMI cables for better picture quality. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,291 Member For: 16y 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 09/06/16 10:25 AM Share Posted 09/06/16 10:25 AM fair dinkum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 10y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 09/06/16 02:40 PM Share Posted 09/06/16 02:40 PM air is like 80% nitrogen.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,291 Member For: 16y 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 09/06/16 03:01 PM Share Posted 09/06/16 03:01 PM r u 4 srs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 10y 10m 25d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 09/06/16 04:02 PM Share Posted 09/06/16 04:02 PM Minor buckles can be balanced out if they use a proper machine (Hunter GSP9700 Road Force Variation wheel balancer). Ive had wheels out by 20-40g after coming from my local bob jane. Wheel specialist can easily fix buckles. Ones on the inside are cheaper to fix; but expect around $250+ each (and they will know if its repairable or not I.e. apparently buckle in spokes is hard to fix). Going bigger profile will make your speedo go out. You can adjust this at Ford I think (or when your car gets tuned). Online calculators say its bad for the variance to change more than 3% (which I havent done calc yet but fairly sure a 45 profile will be pretty big change). Also those mk2 lux rims pop up 2nd hand around the $800-1300 range with rubber. Depends how much rash they have (seen mint sets for $1300). Might be an option if yours are unrepairable or they want crack prices to fix. Good luck and nice car! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixman Donating Members 593 Member For: 19y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: Hills District, NSW Posted 09/06/16 08:09 PM Share Posted 09/06/16 08:09 PM Try replacing the badly buckled one with your spare. If its better, stick with it until u need new tyres. Then get new staggered wheels with wider tyres and enjoy the better traction. Plan b: I got some limited edition stock rims sitting around if intetested 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 8y 11m 28d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 09/06/16 08:37 PM Share Posted 09/06/16 08:37 PM Going bigger profile will make your speedo go out. You can adjust this at Ford I think (or when your car gets tuned). Online calculators say its bad for the variance to change more than 3% (which I havent done calc yet but fairly sure a 45 profile will be pretty big change) For that profile change at that rim size and tread width, the outside diameter change would be about 7%. So assuming at indicated road speed of 100 your real road speed is 98 (assuming usual factory speedo variance) new road speed will be approx 105. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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