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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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Had a set of 18" alloys lying in the garage so decided to give them a quick paint and try them out on my RA .Suit the car but i feel it handels better with 16" wheels,here's a couple pics after i gave it a much needed wash...















Pics not too clear due to dull weather -typical.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:24 PM
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I think they look great mate they really suit the car I also have got 18" on my classic and I love the way it handles it's great
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:35 PM
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i have had 16 / 17 / 18 alloys and i thought that 17 is the best handling...
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 05:02 PM
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look too big for me
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 06:19 PM
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Looks ok tommo but i think 17"s are big enough on a classic mate.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 06:33 PM
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18's were my choice back in the day.
They look good on yours but a slight suspension drop would look ace
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 06:48 PM
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really good fella i need to swop my alloys for some nice black ones
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 07:55 PM
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Cheers for the comments guys,i agree 17" alloys are big enough but bought these quite cheap and they'll do until i find a decent set of 17's
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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looks great mate, a very well looked after motor
as everyone else though the 16/17 do handle better but cant knock the looks
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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looks good, but needs to be a tad lower

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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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The colour and style suit, but it really needs lowering to finish it off:thumb
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 02:26 AM
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Looks good. But like the rest said, 17s might have the best overall balance of looks/handling.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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Sweet, but does need a slight drop.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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Sorry dude, Don't like them at all......

Those wheele do not do an RA any justice stick with some 16's or 17's.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 08:14 PM
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Is this a pre-advertisement?
Make sure they are not bent when you come to sell them like the 2 out of the 4 you sold me sometime ago

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Originally Posted by fpan
Is this a pre-advertisement?
Make sure they are not bent when you come to sell them like the 2 out of the 4 you sold me sometime ago
,stop stirring the s**t and get a life ,you've changed your 'story' so many times i'm fed up hearing it .....
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by tommo9375
,stop stirring the s**t and get a life ,you've changed your 'story' so many times i'm fed up hearing it .....
The truth hurts.
Does it ruin your 'image' in SN as the good samaritan?
What story have I changed?
The fact is, 2 of the wheels were bent (had flat spots) which must have happened when your car fell in a pot hole. You could even see that with a bare eye when trying to balance the wheel!
And if you didn't damage them yourself at least get them checked when buying them and selling them again and don't advertise them as straight! Moron!
I want to warn other SN users not to buy anything from you and have every right to do so since the minimum one would expect is an apology and a partial refund for the damaged ones but you never accepted any responsibility for this.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 07:22 AM
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I still say there was nothing wrong with the wheels as i ran them on my bugeye with no issues and as i said before how do i know they weren't damaged enroute to Sweden or that you didn't run into a pothole as it's your word against mine.If i had noticed or knew that there was any problems with the alloys i wouldn't have sold them -end of. Now your back on here slagging me off and bsaically wasting my time so
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by tommo9375
I still say there was nothing wrong with the wheels as i ran them on my bugeye with no issues and as i said before how do i know they weren't damaged enroute to Sweden or that you didn't run into a pothole as it's your word against mine.If i had noticed or knew that there was any problems with the alloys i wouldn't have sold them -end of. Now your back on here slagging me off and bsaically wasting my time so
I doubt flat spots on 2 wheels could be caused by transport as they came with tyres and the packaging was OK so the alloy was protected.
The first thing I did when I got the wheels is to have them balanced before putting them on the car.
But what goes around comes around they say
SNetters should be aware of goods sold by you!
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 10:57 AM
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And S/nettters should be aware of s**t stirrers like you. Now go and annoy someone else and use this forum section as it should be used !!!

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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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A feedback scheme should be in place in SN for people selling things.
This way others would be aware of potential risks buying from jokers like you.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 12:44 PM
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There is a feedback scheme you idiot ,it's called 'traders score' underneath each users name ,i'd thought you would've known that as you have used this website for sometime looking at your 'post' count -or do you just come on here to slag people off ,looks like it....
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 01:27 PM
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Feedback left, I wasn't aware of the traders score.
And for others to remember:
https://www.scoobynet.com/private-fo...ti-alloys.html

https://www.scoobynet.com/showpost.p...3&postcount=12 <-- Post about them being straight edited after my reply that they were bent!!!
https://www.scoobynet.com/showpost.p...1&postcount=22

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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 01:32 PM
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You are childish,full of sh**e ,a thread hi-jacker and a total pr**K
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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The post speaks for itself!
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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look fpan if uve got a prob with him then start a thread like everyone else who has problems do ,but stop spamming his post as i cant be assed reading all this crap when i only wanted to look at his car pics,

back on topic,

they look nice mate, loving the black and white look at the moment,
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