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| posted on December 23rd, 2007 at 04:39 PM |
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Veronica's update.
well we finally got around to changing the wheels on our nb cabrio.
this is what she used to wear...
now she looks like this.
see.... air and water do mix 
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| posted on December 24th, 2007 at 12:06 PM |
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How come the change in wheels guys?
I would say its a change for the better. they suit the pale blue of your car better then the bling chromies.
Jace
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| posted on December 24th, 2007 at 12:48 PM |
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While the chrome wheels were very "eye catching", they never fit quite right. As they were a multifit wheel the tyre people could never quite
balance them which meant that it had a shocking vibration. So much so that our oval was a smoother ride!!!!! Also I could never drive the car as the
vibration used to make me feel sick (especially when I was pregnant!!!), so she sat in the gargage. Also the chrome was starting to flake off so up
close they were starting to loose their appeal ......
Am happy with the new wheels ...... Do wish they were 19 inch thou .......
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| posted on December 24th, 2007 at 07:16 PM |
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as mscabrio said... ^^^^
we liked them initially coz they were different to what others had... but found them to be a real pain in the ass to keep clean all the time as the
brake dust really chews into chrome.. so after a while the chrome started to not look as good as it should... rechroming not an option all the time so
decided on a change.
see.... air and water do mix
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| posted on December 27th, 2007 at 03:08 PM |
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so what are they 17" Audi rims?
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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| posted on December 27th, 2007 at 05:42 PM |
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they are 18" audi A8 replicas.
see.... air and water do mix
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Iwish4aSynchro
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| posted on December 27th, 2007 at 07:48 PM |
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Sweet if only they came in 17x7.
These are the ultimate for kombi's especially my T3.
Nice look well worth the transition.
Keep the steering and the propulsion seperate . Still a Kombi...
It's all good, until it's bad, i suppose
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| posted on December 27th, 2007 at 10:28 PM |
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yeah much nicer, chrome is just so 2003...
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on December 28th, 2007 at 09:42 AM |
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the new wheels look so ggood..
well done.. great choice
jess
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| posted on December 28th, 2007 at 09:57 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Iwish4aSynchro
Sweet if only they came in 17x7.
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think they did come in 17x7 or 7.5 but these are no longer available through where we got them.
try tempetyres.com.au in nsw as they have a8 replicas in 17x7.
i found the offsets to be a prob though.. think they were either 35 or 45mm. the ones we got were 38mm.
see.... air and water do mix
1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro |
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