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[stevo1982]

just thought i would share a couple of pics of my 2 fabias..  a few of you may recognise the red one as the previous owner was on here but i have spent nearly 2 months and nearly 3 grand doing the things right that he tried to do! lots of work still to do on both like getting the silver one about a foot closer to the ground and some stretched tyres on it the red one has just had the tints done and coilovers and 312mm brakes yesterday.. and a clutch... plenty more to come on both though!!

[stevo1982]

picture quality is pants as it was done on my phone!!

[Ben Cordy]

Love the wheels on the silver one. How did you fit them? There's a mk1 golf with a set on my route to work and I always give a good look tho I thought they were 4 bolt fitment.

[hutchysrs50]

Ben Cordy, on 17 April 2012 - 21:45, said:

Love the wheels on the silver one. How did you fit them? There's a mk1 golf with a set on my route to work and I always give a good look tho I thought they were 4 bolt fitment.

just Borbets, you fit them the usual way, just buy them with a 5 x 100 vag fitment.

http://www.google.co...:69&tx=78&ty=77

[stevo1982]

thats right.. they are 'just' borbets..  only took me 2 years to find a set of mint 5x100 borbet a's...  they are readily available as 4 stud fitment but seem to be rare in 5x100..

[hutchysrs50]

stevo1982, on 17 April 2012 - 21:54, said:

thats right.. they are 'just' borbets..  only took me 2 years to find a set of mint 5x100 borbet a's...  they are readily available as 4 stud fitment but seem to be rare in 5x100..

  Sorry, just not to my taste thats all.

These wont fit the vag group cars, but i suppose it would give Ben an idea on price.

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item19cf187984


These are the same as yours i asume. 5 x 100 vag fitment
http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2a1c184569

Edited by hutchysrs50, 17 April 2012 - 22:05.

[vrs'burks]

Surprised you ain't bin pulled for the rears on the silver one. . The tire is miles outside the arch. . I know its a bit of a gray area as to how much you can get away with. . But id say that's well pushing it,stretch some tires onto em and get it wound down :-D. . .

Good work on doing the red one properly,suppose that's the risk you take when buying one that's bin 'tinkered' with already haha.

[stevo1982]

vrs, on 17 April 2012 - 22:30, said:

Surprised you ain't bin pulled for the rears on the silver one. . The tire is miles outside the arch. . I know its a bit of a gray area as to how much you can get away with. . But id say that's well pushing it,stretch some tires onto em and get it wound down :-D. . .

Good work on doing the red one properly,suppose that's the risk you take when buying one that's bin 'tinkered' with already haha.

they stick out about 3mm when you stick a spirit level on the face of the wheel..  they look like they stick out further than they do..  and yes i have been pulled over in it!!  but you are right.. stretchy tyres are deffo needed!!

the lad i bought it off told a good tale about his workmanship in the advert!!  unfortunately my standards are clearly different!!

[stevo1982]

hutchysrs50, on 17 April 2012 - 22:03, said:

  Sorry, just not to my taste thats all.

These wont fit the vag group cars, but i suppose it would give Ben an idea on price.

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item19cf187984


These are the same as yours i asume. 5 x 100 vag fitment
http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2a1c184569

ooh.. looks like i could be popping to notingham for another set!!  my favourite wheels of all time these!!  if everyones taste was the same the world would be a boring place!!

[Ben Cordy]

I love them, knew they were expensive as I looked into them for my felicia, turned out more expensive than the car! Didn't realise they did a 5x100 version to.......so rare I assumed they didn't exist!