Knock on wire wheels on a 340?

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Knock on wire wheels on a 340?

Post by volvosneverdie » 23 Nov 2008 12:14 am

Aye up all. :shock:
has any V3M member ever put knock on wire wheels on their car?

A lad up the road is selling a set of 14inchers which look absolutley beautiful.


And ive seen 4x100 'wire wheel adaptors' on a few websites but dont really know if that is all you need?
will the adaptors push the wheel out further?
Dont really want to shell out for wheels and adaptors to find that theyre useless.

Bit of a novice really, so looking for a bit of advice. :roll:

Will they poke out too far? fit at all? impossible? anyone had any sucess?
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Post by Bazboy » 23 Nov 2008 12:30 am

I thought about this earlier cause i guy was selling some on RR, dunno whether it would look any good, worth a try tho lol ull definitely get noticed.

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Post by volvosneverdie » 23 Nov 2008 12:53 am

Yeah Baz, i mustve seen the same set on RR.
Mentioned it to a mate and he said his birds brothers been trying to shift some for ages.
Theyre too cheap to ignore but i dont want to splash next months ret if theres no way theyll fit.
Come on genius's, someone mustve tried before.................
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Post by xtrmjks » 23 Nov 2008 09:57 am

You have to get ET of these wire wheels..aything from et 35 to 15 should fit..depending on how wide,, :wink:
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Post by filthyjohn » 23 Nov 2008 11:04 am

If you aren't gonna get them I'd be interested. They'll only look good if you slam the ride height too.

Use the formula:

Your Car + {(Suspension - Height) + (Wheels + [3xWidth])} = THE WIN
'87 Nissan Sunny
'95 945 LPT
'90 340 3dr
'87 360 GLT
'87 765 TIC
'75 Manta A
'70 Rover P5 V8
'67 MGB GT
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Post by volvosneverdie » 23 Nov 2008 12:11 pm

Yeah John, planned to drop it a bit anyway in good time.
Once sorted money out for blocks and whatnot. And now wheels. Which'll need some tyres.

Oh dear. think I feel an expensive project coming on.

Still, look on the brightside eh? at least its not the run up to christmas or anything.............
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Post by redline » 23 Nov 2008 12:30 pm

volvosneverdie wrote: Still, look on the brightside eh? at least its not the run up to christmas or anything.............
wanna bet

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Post by volvosneverdie » 23 Nov 2008 12:39 pm

Redline, Im, not sure whats more worrying.
The owner of that houses devotion to burning petrol money on leccy, or you taking up precious sunday morning hangover time to mock up that photo......................................................................................

and anyway, everyone knows santa drives a two door.

chicks dig em far more than familymobiles. :lol:
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Post by redline » 23 Nov 2008 01:39 pm

volvosneverdie wrote: Redline, Im, not sure whats more worrying.
The owner of that houses devotion to burning petrol money on leccy,
that would be my house :lol:


volvosneverdie wrote:

or you taking up precious sunday morning hangover time to mock up that photo. :lol:
that pic was mocked up by Cornholio about 3 years ago

reminds me , I must find all the V3M christmas carols wot I wrote
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Post by volvosneverdie » 23 Nov 2008 01:59 pm

:o
Dude!

I hope youve got a magnet on the side of the meter!

Dig the carols out man.

I suggest a meet somewhere so we can all go doorknocking to raise money for hosting fees.

Whos with me?
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Post by Ronnie » 23 Nov 2008 06:57 pm

Wire wheels might work on a Mk1 - but would certainly look dodge on a Mk3 IMHO
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Post by Jason B » 24 Nov 2008 06:02 pm

filthyjohn wrote:Your Car + {(Suspension - Height) + (Wheels + [3xWidth])} = YOUR CAR LIKELY TO LOSE ANY POSITIVE HANDLING TRAITS IT PREVIOUSLY HAD
:lol:
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Post by filthyjohn » 25 Nov 2008 10:38 am

Jason B wrote:
filthyjohn wrote:Your Car + {(Suspension - Height) + (Wheels + [3xWidth])} = YOUR CAR LIKELY TO LOSE ANY NEGATIVE VISUAL TRAITS IT PREVIOUSLY HAD
:lol:
'87 Nissan Sunny
'95 945 LPT
'90 340 3dr
'87 360 GLT
'87 765 TIC
'75 Manta A
'70 Rover P5 V8
'67 MGB GT
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Post by volvosneverdie » 25 Nov 2008 10:44 am

filthyjohn wrote:
Jason B wrote:
filthyjohn wrote:Your Car + {(Suspension - Height) + (Wheels + [3xWidth])} = YOU ARE LIKELY TO BECOME CONFUSED AND BAFFLED BY SIMPLE MATHMITICAL FORMULAS AND LOSE INTEREST AND DECIDE THAT WALOWING ROUND IN A HIGH< SOFT 340 ISNT REALLY TOO BAD AFTER ALL!
:lol:
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