So here we go, a new motor and a new beginning in what ive already found could be very eventful
Picked up my 197 just over a month ago.. 45k, 2 owner, fsh and in good condition.
Overall happy with the car, drives great. performance handling all really good, impressed by the quality of the standard audio too
Browsing about i came across this spoiler on k-tec, by far personally the best one. i dont mid the cup spoiler but on a standard 197 it kinda looks a little out of place, but just my opinion. So it arrived the other day all primed and ready for spraying
Havent decided wether i prefere it with or without as yet, but no doubt i will get this sprayed in the near future
At first from scouting around at parts and bits (mostly wheels) ive come to terms witt the fact that the 5x108 renault bolt pattern is just a disaster and that the high offsets also dont help with any decent oem wheel.. but what the hell. Any wheel can fit any car just with a little hard work and patience. So heres the plan...
Picked these up off a friend of mine a while back, he had them laid about in the garage with no use. There off his mk5 gti..
I know a guy who can make me some custom adapters for these but with the offset of the CH been 45 i already dont have much room to place. Minimum width of the adapter being 15mm. Im all for a little bit of poke on the wheels and a little stretch on the tire but wether this will be too much i dont know
Option 2..well ive looked into pricing up some new disks front and rear, came back at a fair price. The other option is to have the hub re-drilled to the 5x112 fitment. The centre bore of the BBS wheels are 73, so spiggot ring would be need, which aint too much of a problem.I know a guy that could re-drill these and thread them and this would mean there woould be no need for adapters and the offset and width would work fine, then again i do think the 197 arches do deserve some extra width! pics below
finished in shadow chrome..
Where the wheel will sit BEFORE any adapters, thanks to my mate mike there lol
Basically as mentioned from above the idea of re-drilling the 5x112 holes between the 5x108 renault bolt pattern and having them threaded. Also been able to keep the origional 5x108 pattern.
havent seen any clios on genuine BBS wheels before so hope this works out. Its never let me down in the past so here goes something a little different
As for the title, well ive been saving my last tab for once id finished this essay :0 *******
Cheers si
Picked up my 197 just over a month ago.. 45k, 2 owner, fsh and in good condition.
Overall happy with the car, drives great. performance handling all really good, impressed by the quality of the standard audio too
Browsing about i came across this spoiler on k-tec, by far personally the best one. i dont mid the cup spoiler but on a standard 197 it kinda looks a little out of place, but just my opinion. So it arrived the other day all primed and ready for spraying
Havent decided wether i prefere it with or without as yet, but no doubt i will get this sprayed in the near future
At first from scouting around at parts and bits (mostly wheels) ive come to terms witt the fact that the 5x108 renault bolt pattern is just a disaster and that the high offsets also dont help with any decent oem wheel.. but what the hell. Any wheel can fit any car just with a little hard work and patience. So heres the plan...
Picked these up off a friend of mine a while back, he had them laid about in the garage with no use. There off his mk5 gti..
I know a guy who can make me some custom adapters for these but with the offset of the CH been 45 i already dont have much room to place. Minimum width of the adapter being 15mm. Im all for a little bit of poke on the wheels and a little stretch on the tire but wether this will be too much i dont know
Option 2..well ive looked into pricing up some new disks front and rear, came back at a fair price. The other option is to have the hub re-drilled to the 5x112 fitment. The centre bore of the BBS wheels are 73, so spiggot ring would be need, which aint too much of a problem.I know a guy that could re-drill these and thread them and this would mean there woould be no need for adapters and the offset and width would work fine, then again i do think the 197 arches do deserve some extra width! pics below
finished in shadow chrome..
Where the wheel will sit BEFORE any adapters, thanks to my mate mike there lol
Basically as mentioned from above the idea of re-drilling the 5x112 holes between the 5x108 renault bolt pattern and having them threaded. Also been able to keep the origional 5x108 pattern.
havent seen any clios on genuine BBS wheels before so hope this works out. Its never let me down in the past so here goes something a little different
As for the title, well ive been saving my last tab for once id finished this essay :0 *******
Cheers si
