[bendunn]

Ive started to modify my car now so i though id start a thread. the car is an X reg puma, black full leather interior lux pack, 57000 Miles





I purchased this car about 2 or 3 months ago now when i got it the paintwork was in bad condition, so i had a friend at my local garage machine polish it for me and touch up the scratches

next on the aggenda was to deal with the slipping clutch got the local mechanic to do it but with that came some problems, one of the bolts in the wishbones sheared off inside, so he had to angle grind the wishbone off and replace it, i also got all the nuts n bolts replaced in the front end while he was at it.

after that it was time to deal with my wheels 1 is badly kerbed and a front tyre is almost bald. I was thinking of geting some team dynamics pro race 2's http://www.wheelheav...ics_1_index.php

but in the end i decided i would try and get a hold of some 16 inch cossie style alloys

[FlashBastd]

Make sure you get the rarer 7J ET35 Cossie style wheels, the more common 6.5J ET40's ruin the handling.

[bendunn]

Ive got the wheels now they were advertised as the ET 35s but turned out to be Et 40s on arrival so i got a part refund and got the guy to send me 4 5mm spacers

the wheels had bad bubbling around the vavles so i decided i was going to refurb them.


For this i got 8 sheets of P800 wet n dry, 8 of P120, a P80 flappy wheel and a wire spinning brush, i would say it took me about 7 hours to fully refurb the wheels about an hour an evening i spent, time well spent im happy with the results.


i had them sprayed saturday i went for a bright white with some matting agent added to the laquer to dull the brightness down, i was like a child on christmas unwrapping these.




bad picture quality there off my blackberry

Thanks for reading

This post has been edited by bendunn: 23 May 2010 - 08:48 PM

[FlashBastd]

Looking good, as you refurbed them yourself, you could probably make a small profit if you did locate some ET35s.

[bendunn]

Yeah I've seen some refurbed et35s go for more then 200 pounds

[Dave2302]

Wheels look great,

They are fine with spacers, just make sure you fit longer heavy duty wheelstuds
These are always on the bay and cheep as chips
HTH Dave

[FlashBastd]

Unfortunately to fit longer studs you need to strip down the hub, which typically also means new front wheel bearings...

[bendunn]

I just got 4 spiggot rings they extend the spigot out by 5mm cost £20

[bendunn]

Ordered 4 new tyres earlier went for toyo proxies came to £60 each with fitting and balenceing there geting fitted tomorrow cant wait to see the wheels on the car.

[bendunn]

So this weekends progress, Got the wheels on the car with spacers and spigot rings here are some pics






The car looks a little high now so i ordered some Ap coilovers on saturday morning, im planning to fitt them with new top mounts this coming weekend with my dad. ive sen a guide on here before about fitting coilovers but cannot seam to find it any help would be appreaciated

Cheers Ben

[clarkie]

looking good how much you payed for your coilovers out of interest?

[bendunn]

clarkie, on 01 June 2010 - 06:39 PM, said:

looking good how much you payed for your coilovers out of interest?

I payed 420 pounds with free delivery got them direct from ap in germany but I think they will come through venom motorsport

[bendunn]

Got my top mounts front n back picked them up from ford yesterday, but coilies arnt here yet

[bendunn]