Pics of my car.

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turbo-tastic

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Wednesday 26th January 2005
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Well, its only taken 3 months, but I finally got round to posting my pics.
Although they are the same photo's used to sell the car to me, as I haven't got round to taking any pics myself.
Anyway, here they are

Front right


Rear right


Front


Most of you have seen the pics before, and some of you have seen the car in the flesh (but not that clean!), but I thought it worth doing anyway.

MrFlibbles

7,711 posts

290 months

Thursday 27th January 2005
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Very nice....I never realised the GT4 sported pop up lights...

Mr E

22,128 posts

266 months

Thursday 27th January 2005
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Very nice boss. Needs a slight drop and spaces on the rear......

MrFlibbles said:
Very nice....I never realised the GT4 sported pop up lights...


Fourth and Fifth generation did. The sixth generation (see profile) was the quad headlamp version.

This one is actually sort of a fifth-and-a-half generation, as it gets the improved cooling and various other bits that then went into the 6th.....

turbo-tastic

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Thursday 27th January 2005
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Mr E said:
Very nice boss. Needs a slight drop and spaces on the rear......


I was thinking that.
I was also thinking perhaps losing the 17's, and going for a fatter, dished style 8x16 to help fill the extended arches.
Hmmm....

MrFlibbles

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Thursday 27th January 2005
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turbo-tastic said:

Mr E said:
Very nice boss. Needs a slight drop and spaces on the rear......



I was thinking that.
I was also thinking perhaps losing the 17's, and going for a fatter, dished style 8x16 to help fill the extended arches.
Hmmm....


If you ditch the 17s I want first refusal. Are they the same stud pattern as mine?

Nicol@

3,850 posts

243 months

Thursday 27th January 2005
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Is the car still in the same condition as that looks like a good one?

turbo-tastic

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Thursday 27th January 2005
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MrFlibbles said:

If you ditch the 17s I want first refusal. Are they the same stud pattern as mine?


No problem. Although when (or if) the time comes, you'd better remind me. I would imagine they would be the same pattern..
Its something I've been thinking of since I got it. The standard 15's are too small (and narrow) so its just a case of finding some nice, lightweight 8x16's.

Nicol@ said:
Is the car still in the same condition as that looks like a good one?


Exactly the same, just not as clean.

tuttle

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244 months

Friday 28th January 2005
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turbo-tastic said:

Mr E said:
Very nice boss. Needs a slight drop and spaces on the rear......




[quote=turbo-tastic]
I was also thinking perhaps losing the 17's, and going for a fatter, dished style 8x16 to help fill the extended arches.
Hmmm....


.........
Agreed
Thats a nice & unusual example,very good looking front end.

Mr E

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266 months

Saturday 29th January 2005
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It's the same colour as my old ST182 as well....

...and I'm pretty sure Celicas and MR2s don't have the same stud pattern. These will be 5x100, with probably something like a 38 offset.

turbo-tastic

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Saturday 29th January 2005
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turbo-tastic said:

going for a fatter, dished style 8x16



For my next trick,
Blood from a stone!!

Either I am being too picky (more than likely), or no-one out there makes a nice looking wheel in an 8x16 that is dished enough to make it worth it.
All the ones I have seen look, (for want of a better word) chavvy!

Anyone got any recommendations?

DeltaFox

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239 months

Saturday 29th January 2005
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DanBoy

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250 months

Saturday 29th January 2005
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I think Keskin do some good'uns.

I think their KT1 "classic" design is rather nice, from what I remember.

At the time though, I was looking at the possibility of attaching them to a Mk2 Golf!

>> Edited by DanBoy on Saturday 29th January 22:17

DanBoy

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Saturday 29th January 2005
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Mr E

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266 months

Sunday 30th January 2005
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DanBoy said:


On a golf, yes.

On a Celica? Noooooo.....

DanBoy

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Sunday 30th January 2005
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Mr E said:

DanBoy said:



On a golf, yes.

On a Celica? Noooooo.....


Yeah. Definitely not on a Celica! The rest if the range could be more suitable though... I dunno!

v8thunder

27,646 posts

265 months

Sunday 30th January 2005
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Gor for white rally-style alloys - nothing looks better on a homologation special!

tuttle

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244 months

Sunday 30th January 2005
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Rays/Volk do nice dished ones,& s/hand ones are cheaply obtainable by the bucket load from Japan.

turbo-tastic

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Monday 31st January 2005
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DanBoy said:
I think Keskin do some good'uns.
I think their KT1 "classic" design is rather nice, from what I remember.


I have had a look at their site. The KT3 Solar looks quite nice, and they do it in a 9x16!!! that should fill the rear arches.

Although, understanding the site/pricing is quite tricky. I might see if I can find a UK dealer.


v8thunder said:
Gor for white rally-style alloys


I'm not too sure about white rims on a grey car. White car with full Castrol/Esso livery, YES definatley. But grey might look a bit odd with white wheels. That said, the chunky looking 5 spoke OZ wheel did take my fancy, but again, only a 7x16.


tuttle said:
Rays/Volks
I am currently looking into these. Will keep you posted.

Cheers for the input guys, much appreciated.
Ed.

Mr E

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266 months

Monday 31st January 2005
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Superleggras. Classic wheels.

I only didn't buy some because I got something better.....

turbo-tastic

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Tuesday 1st February 2005
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Me and a mate are having a small disagreement about wider wheels: (bear with me, I will try to make sense)

Would an 8x16 sit further "out" than a 7x16, or would it sit further "in"?
Or would it be a combination of the 2?
He is saying a dont need dished wheels, cos if I go for the 8x16 it will fill the arches more.

Cheers Guys
Ed.

ps, of the OZ Wheels I have found, I think these are winning.

Although if I could get Image's website to work, I have been told there are some good designs there, even though they are a little pricey.