54 minutes ago, Tomjones1995 said:

 

Thanks for the link 👍

 

Does changing the alloy wheel size affect the accuracy of the speedo at all do you know?

 

 

Not if you use the correct tyres, it's the tyre size that affect the speedo, not the wheels.

13 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

 

Not if you use the correct tyres, it's the tyre size that affect the speedo, not the wheels.

 

Oh right I see, so do you mean if I was to put 17" or 18" alloys on, that they must be 205/45/17 or 205/45/18 tyres because they are currently 205/45/16?

 

Is that right?

12 minutes ago, Tomjones1995 said:

 

Oh right I see, so do you mean if I was to put 17" or 18" alloys on, that they must be 205/45/17 or 205/45/18 tyres because they are currently 205/45/16?

 

Is that right?

 

Nope, you need 205/40/17, 18's are pretty much a no go as they're all too wide and foul the arch.

2 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

 

Nope, you need 205/40/17, 18's are pretty much a no go as they're all too wide and foul the arch.

Oh right okay, thanks for the help Sep 👍

On 07/04/2021 at 21:07, Tomjones1995 said:

Oh right okay, thanks for the help Sep 👍

 

Fuel filler on the OSR is apparently the place you'll find problems if you go too mad as the wheel-arch cover bulges to accommodate it.... Unless everything rubs anyway. In which case it's all wrong.

17 hours ago, vindaloo said:

 

Fuel filler on the OSR is apparently the place you'll find problems if you go too mad as the wheel-arch cover bulges to accommodate it.... Unless everything rubs anyway. In which case it's all wrong.

 

I just rang up a scrappy for prices on these buckled alloys and they're quoting 70p per kg to scrap them!! 

 

So I don't really fancy spending £400-£500 on a new set of alloys to only get about £30 back from the old ones so I'll just get these reconditioned and leave it at that I reckon but thanks for the heads up 👍

Your wheels can possibly be trued if they're not too bad.

That price is probably for alloys with the tyres still mounted, if your old tyres are going on the new alloys then you should get a lot more, that said I am years out of date on scrap metal prices but I still see doasyoulikeys beating alloy wheels with sledgehammers in the woods just before the metal recyling yard.

5 hours ago, sepulchrave said:

Your wheels can possibly be trued if they're not too bad.

 

I have booked them in for the end of the month to hopefully have them straightened out.

 

The problem is they looked buckled sideways when it was on the wheel balancer a couple weeks ago and not like a 50p coin. I'm not sure if that makes a huge difference to straightening them out or not.

 

4 hours ago, J.R. said:

That price is probably for alloys with the tyres still mounted, if your old tyres are going on the new alloys then you should get a lot more, that said I am years out of date on scrap metal prices but I still see doasyoulikeys beating alloy wheels with sledgehammers in the woods just before the metal recyling yard.

 

I'm not sure whether the price was for tyres mounted or not but at that price they can forget it. I'l just take my chances at the wheel refurb place. To be honest I was hoping for around £25 per alloy, ever the optimist haha.