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Wheels are on, fitment is fine. Had to remove the spacers because they have a lip on the centre of them which is too big for the hub centre of the wheels.
I've still got room to drop the car another inch or two, so I'll do that at some stage and see how it goes.
Will take the lip off the spacers and wack em back on sometime aswell.

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destinationtoby wrote:Wheels are on, fitment is fine. Had to remove the spacers because they have a lip on the centre of them which is too big for the hub centre of the wheels.
I've still got room to drop the car another inch or two, so I'll do that at some stage and see how it goes.
Will take the lip off the spacers and wack em back on sometime aswell.
That 'lip' is an extension of the hub - 67.1mm. If it doesn't fit in the wheels, how do the wheels fit over the standard 67.1mm hub?

Sounds like you got the centre bore size wrong. Don't grind that lip off, if you do then all the shear stress from driving goes onto the studs as opposed to the hub... *snap*
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destinationtoby wrote:Wheels are on, fitment is fine. Had to remove the spacers because they have a lip on the centre of them which is too big for the hub centre of the wheels.
I've still got room to drop the car another inch or two, so I'll do that at some stage and see how it goes.
Will take the lip off the spacers and wack em back on sometime aswell.
That 'lip' is an extension of the hub - 67.1mm. If it doesn't fit in the wheels, how do the wheels fit over the standard 67.1mm hub?

Sounds like you got the centre bore size wrong. Don't grind that lip off, if you do then all the shear stress from driving goes onto the studs as opposed to the hub... *snap*
Nah it opens up wider half way like a funnel, from the 67 to about 73. Have a look at yours you'll know what I mean
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Bennoz wrote: Don't grind that lip off, if you do then all the shear stress from driving goes onto the studs as opposed to the hub... *snap*
Mm true!
Might see if there's a place that will take a few mm out of the centre of the rims.
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Welded up the sunroof subframe & roof panels.
The back window shattered and the sunroof doesn't come close to fitting back in. Apart from that < < job well done :D
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Has anyone ever installed a rear window? I'm %99 sure I'll break a new one trying to put it in, based on how fkn hard it was to remove a broken one :lol:
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What's the go with it not fitting in? Just grind/cut it back?
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silverGPX wrote:What's the go with it not fitting in? Just grind/cut it back?
*front windscreen explodes*
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:lol: I'm surprised it didn't actually.
The heat pulled the back part further back & same with the front,making the whole area bigger than the shape of the sunroof.
Are you doing your roof yourself Ben?
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destinationtoby wrote:Are you doing your roof yourself Ben?
Currently procrastinating about :lol:

Nah, I'll get the shop to do it. My welder is a bit butch for something like that. I'd blow holes straight through :lol:
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destinationtoby wrote:Are you doing your roof yourself Ben?
Currently procrastinating about :lol:

Nah, I'll get the shop to do it. My welder is a bit butch for something like that. I'd blow holes straight through :lol:

:lol:

Yeah I had someone lined up to do it with a tig for $500
Showed another mate and he said can be done with the mig turned down & small wire. So I said how much :lol: cost me a 6pack of crown :lol:
And broken window and custom sunroof issues etc etc :lol: but apparently I would of had the sunroof problem no matter what because I cut the subframe into 3
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Tbh f**k the sunroof just go straight over with a new sheet and then get a non sunroof interior carpet thing.
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silverGPX wrote:Tbh f**k the sunroof just go straight over with a new sheet and then get a non sunroof interior carpet thing.

Yeah but that means more welding in sheet metal, which will flap around around and crack bog (if any needed) which means welding in more support and hoping the hood lining fits etc etc.
I'm going to get it lined with rubber and then a permanent thick piece of poly carbon installed.
If all fails, I'll be buying the roof off Craig, cutting mine at the pillars and welding a whole new one on.
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I'd do the pillar thing straight up dude, push the project along
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I really need to check mine, nothing has broken through the paint, or is visible.... yet...
Is it much of a pain to pull the roof lining out and put it back?
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I would try to get the sunroof to fit ... If it fucks up, or looks sh*t, then do the new roof...

Got nothing to lose .. Not like you have to have it done by a certain time...
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