New set of wheels

Post by **5lab** » 25 Aug 2005 11:14 pm

ahh disaster!

fitted my wheels today and i cant get the spare under the bonnet (mk2 340). any ideas? its just too fat!

Post by **RandomHero** » 25 Aug 2005 11:14 pm

Yep, that's the one. LOL

i posted that pic once on volvo300club

How does it not fit? Is one of the parts bended?

oh no, new foglights

Are you very interested in those lights?

Post by **RandomHero** » 25 Aug 2005 11:17 pm

5lab wrote:ahh disaster!

fitted my wheels today and i cant get the spare under the bonnet (mk2 340). any ideas? its just too fat!

I'm afraid it just won't fit

The space is made for a 13 inch wheel.

Post by **thyzerrr** » 25 Aug 2005 11:21 pm

RandomHero wrote:Yep, that's the one. LOL i posted that pic once on volvo300club

How does it not fit? Is one of the parts bended?

One of the 2 previous owners must have driven over a stone or something, a part of the metal body has just disappeared and bended, so the spoiler doesn't fit too well.

Post by **aukki** » 25 Aug 2005 11:24 pm

RandomHero wrote:
oh no, new foglights
Are you very interested in those lights?

Yes i am.
Our car mileage is about 400 000 km, so...our old fogs are almost grey

Post by **340GLT** » 25 Aug 2005 11:51 pm

Hugh i found that problem, i had the idea of lowering the bracket the wheel sits on, or making another bracket, as i want under there to match my others!!!
Cheers Adam

Post by **petefarrell360** » 26 Aug 2005 12:06 am

Doh, that's messed my idea up of 14" wheels for the 1.4 Vario then? Let me know how this one goes, as there must be a way around it, other that cluttering the boot up with a spare!
Pete

Post by **5lab** » 26 Aug 2005 05:53 am

wait thou

i WAS able to fit 5x2s under the bonnet of nessy. the mk2 is different. could anyone grab me a decent pic of the wheel well of a later 1.4 340?

ta

Post by **Chris_C** » 26 Aug 2005 10:05 pm

I'll see what I can do.. should be out there tomorrow if the weather holds

Post by **5lab** » 27 Aug 2005 12:41 am

pete sorted me out with some ta - i've gotta figure out where te difference is

Post by **thyzerrr** » 29 Aug 2005 06:45 pm

Picked up my rims yesterday, all 4 are in pretty good condition. 3 of the the plastic caps in the center of the rims are kinda ugly. Can these be found anywhere? (somewhere else than the local parking place, I mean

)

Post by **RandomHero** » 29 Aug 2005 08:31 pm

I'm afraid they're very hard to be found

Post by **thyzerrr** » 29 Aug 2005 11:14 pm

hmm, too bad...

Is it possible to make a new inlay for these caps? If so, I might have some great ideas:)

Post by **5lab** » 30 Aug 2005 08:56 am

you could buy a sticker from ebay to put over the top. i'm not aware of any way of taking the plastic bit off to fit a new inlay. 4 of my centre caps are lovely, the other 4 are shoddy though

Post by **classicswede** » 30 Aug 2005 06:34 pm

5lab wrote:ahh disaster!

fitted my wheels today and i cant get the spare under the bonnet (mk2 340). any ideas? its just too fat!

Why not do the same as I have and fit a space saver from a 480.
I did have a full size 185/60 15 spare but that went with the head lamp wipers, just too much weight.

Not the best pic.

Dai