rim size on fto's??(newbie)

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri May 22, 2009 9:23 am

Not quite. The GX is a facelifted GR. They pretty much stopped production of the GR late 97 & the GX took its place.

Major changes:
Facelift front bar (obviously not on that car)
Front control arms rear mounts upgraded
Slightly larger swaybars (to match GPX)
63mm Throttle body
Slight retune (with TB gave approx 10 more HP than the old GR)

There's not many in the country, during the FTO boom time (late 90's to early 2000's) most importers stocked up on 94/95/96 GPX's & GR's. Then when the imports laws changed from SEVS to RAWS there was a 2 year break before anyone became RAWS accredited to bring in FTO's again. Now that there are plenty of people bringing them in again, they are preffering to buy up late GPX's & GPvRs as the manufacturing numbers of those cars was quite high towards the end of the run.

Dan25 · Post by **Dan25** » Fri May 22, 2009 2:50 pm

Wow those guys talk so much crap in that video. It's a nice looking car though.

Rambo · Post by **Rambo** » Sun May 24, 2009 6:29 pm

yeah im excited to work on this car.

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Mon May 25, 2009 1:17 am

I have 215/45/17 tyres on my wheels that don't fit on my car with the lowered springs.

Should I get some proper spacers with the proper lip for the wheels to sit on so they're not resting on the studs? Or should I just get some lower profile tyres? The tyres I've got have 99% tread on them .. so I don't really want to have to replace them just yet..
What do you think?

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Mon May 25, 2009 12:25 pm

i got 215/45 17 on mine micheal mate and mine are fine but i cant put the bozz speed bar on other wise it like sits on the road lol gotta gt 18's

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue May 26, 2009 12:18 pm

Get some rims with a smaller offset (ie dished outwards more.)

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Wed May 27, 2009 10:55 pm

Bennoz wrote:Get some rims with a smaller offset (ie dished outwards more.)

New Rims aren't really an option either .. more expensive than new tyres & I like the ones I have..
Anyone know how likely it is to be defected for the spacers?

FTEvolution · Post by **FTEvolution** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:01 am

Can't you just get the spacers engineered/certified?

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:22 am

FTEvolution wrote:Can't you just get the spacers engineered/certified?

nah, i wouldn't think so... instead of specifying which types of spacers should and shouldn't be illegal, they just banned ALL of them.. typical knee jerk reaction.. what do the polly's care? they don't need them on their taxpayer funded Gov't cars..

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:15 am

i have never heard of anyone getting done for spacers

FTEvolution · Post by **FTEvolution** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:26 pm

I8A4RE wrote:i have never heard of anyone getting done for spacers

People get done for it here all the time, but at least we can certify our cars for them

2.2(5) The complete assembly of tyre, wheel, hub, and axle must be compatible with the vehicle on which it is fitted, and:

(a) the wheel must be securely attached to the hub; and
(b) adequate clearance must be allowed for the brake, hub, suspension and steering mechanism, and body parts; and
(c) the wheel must be compatible with the tyre for rim profile, flange height and valve fitment; and
(d) a wheel spacer forming part of the assembly, whether original equipment or installed after manufacture, is a modification to which 3.1 applies, unless approved for the purpose by the vehicle, wheel or axle manufacturer.

3.1 Modification
3.1(1) A modification to a vehicle affecting its wheels, hubs or axles or any of their components:

(a) must not prevent the vehicle from complying with this rule; and
(b) must, if the vehicle is a motor vehicle, be certified as specified in Land Transport Rule: Vehicle Standards Compliance 1998.
3.1(2) Retrofitting of a tyre pressure control system to a motor vehicle must be accompanied by documentary evidence indicating that the equipment has been installed in accordance with the equipment manufacturerâ€™s instructions, unless the tyre pressure control system is independent of the vehicleâ€™s compressed air system and is designed only for tyre pressure monitoring or maintenance purposes, or both.

3.1(3) The fitting of wheel spacers to a vehicle is a modification that requires certification, unless the vehicle, wheel or axle manufacturer approves their use for a particular vehicle.

3.1(4) A blank tyre case manufactured for hand-grooving may be hand grooved as a second stage of manufacture, provided that the completed tyre complies with 2.3. This hand-grooving does not require certification.

3.1(5) The fitting of a tube of an appropriate size into a tubeless tyre, for whatever purpose, complies with this rule and does not require certification as a modification to the tyre, if:

(a) this practice is allowed by the tyre manufacturer; and
(b) after the tube has been fitted, the tyre complies with section 2.

http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/rules/tyres-and ... -2001.html

Our Land Transport Safety Authority guidelines on Wheel and Tyre modification and certification. Hope that sheds some light on the situation. I assume that the Aus legislation would be similar, then again, everything varies by state right?

nathan · Post by **nathan** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:11 am

hi, well im runnin 18s with 205/35/r19 tyres yep 19, i have absolutly no idea how thou, the scrub i realli little bit, but i have coil overs that are fairly low . . . i looked at buyin this car but it was like $16k??? i think

FTEvolution · Post by **FTEvolution** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:53 am

nathan wrote:hi, well im runnin 18s with 205/35/r19 tyres yep 19, i have absolutly no idea how thou, the scrub i realli little bit, but i have coil overs that are fairly low . . . i looked at buyin this car but it was like $16k??? i think

Guard lipping isn't overly expensive, far cheaper than replacing a set of 19" tyres

Think there are mobile services too, seen it advertised in Hot4's

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:33 am

I got mine done for free at the tyer shop when I bough my whees but I did pay $3800 for the whees