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Bennoz wrote:

I8A4RE wrote:

Supplanter wrote:Mine had a slit.

another one of ben's dodgy deals

I told you that before you bought them!

BS, you never told me that, the only thing you told me was that you didnt have the ones for the speedo and tacho, just fuel and temp......

It's no biggy bro im just giving you sh*t. Im sure if I can dress myself in the morning I can cut a couple of slits

f**king hell, your memory is worse than mine.

Now Im gonna have to dig through the database of deleted PM's to find the one I sent your aren't I?

Lemmie guess - they look exactly like these, one polished, one machine finished? Ie the sample ones (with no slots) Shakey from the UK gave me for this group buy?

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... c&start=40



I gaurantee I told you

Bennoz wrote:Lemmie guess - they look exactly like these, one polished, one machine finished? Ie the sample ones (with no slots) Shakey from the UK gave me for this group buy?

What they are different???? oh f**ken sh*t..... Better check that when i get home.

Not on my FTO but did mates sisters car timing belt last night (daewoo something) soooo easy only took 1.5 hrs wish the FTO could be so simple

Fixed the indicators/hazards not working on my POS 90 camry lol. Turns out was the relay...i pulled it out, and it had awesome rusty water inside the relay o.0

Couldn't find a replacement one over the weekend (that would physically fit due to other relays/cans around the socket). Ended up flicking the water out, throwing the relay on the ground a couple of times to unstick it and all good...just like new

Fit lowering springs.
Fit the front lip...

Only about 5-6cm clearance at the front...can't get out of my driveway. lol...

I currently have 16" rims. If I was to get 18" rims how much can I expect the car to raise?

it will raise it 0mm as the rubber profile will drop down to keep the same rolling radius.

Damit!
hmmmmmmm

mosti wrote:Fit lowering springs.
Fit the front lip...

Only about 5-6cm clearance at the front...can't get out of my driveway. lol...

I currently have 16" rims. If I was to get 18" rims how much can I expect the car to raise?

I know that feeling.. Mine was stuck in the garage for about 3 weeks... Luckily I have coilovers..

But what profile tyre you got??? I had 205/40's.. On a 17" rim.. So I swapped this for 215/45's for a bit more height.. Now I need to lower it a bit..

Ok just fucked my dah cluster. Put on new white face dials now tacho is sketchy and speedo just reads 60 kph no matter what speed but goes to zero when the car is turned off

Try pulling the needles out a bit.

Supplanter wrote:Try pulling the needles out a bit.

cheers, ill give it a go

Were there any stickers that go around the shaft of the needle to block out light? If so they may be catching on the shafts.




Hehe, I said "shaft"

Supplanter wrote:Were there any stickers that go around the shaft of the needle to block out light? If so they may be catching on the shafts.



Hehe, I said "shaft"

Lol

Nope, no stickers

I8A4RE wrote:Ok just fucked my dah cluster. Put on new white face dials now tacho is sketchy and speedo just reads 60 kph no matter what speed but goes to zero when the car is turned off

you need to use thin double sided tape to stick the dials down or they get stuck and read inaccurate

vipfto wrote:

I8A4RE wrote:Ok just fucked my dah cluster. Put on new white face dials now tacho is sketchy and speedo just reads 60 kph no matter what speed but goes to zero when the car is turned off

you need to use thin double sided tape to stick the dials down or they get stuck and read inaccurate

Already done that.

rock_it wrote:

mosti wrote:Fit lowering springs.
Fit the front lip...

Only about 5-6cm clearance at the front...can't get out of my driveway. lol...

I currently have 16" rims. If I was to get 18" rims how much can I expect the car to raise?

I know that feeling.. Mine was stuck in the garage for about 3 weeks... Luckily I have coilovers..

But what profile tyre you got??? I had 205/40's.. On a 17" rim.. So I swapped this for 215/45's for a bit more height.. Now I need to lower it a bit..

When calculating this, remember that the profile size is NOT in millimetres, it's expressed as a percentage of tyre width. Therefore 205/40 --> 215/45 will give you a net increase in height of approx 14.75mm (1.5 cm) / just less than an inch.

However also remember that changing the overall circumference of the wheel WILL throw your speedo out by making it understate your speed (read: more likely to get ticketed when you think you're doing the speed limit).

And because I'm bored, I decided to work out how much it would throw your speedo out by.. might wanna check my calculation though.

Scenario:
16 inch wheels with 205/40 tyres, upgrading to 18 inch wheels with 205/45 tyres.

Net increase in ride height will be about 1.5 cm.

Increase in effective circumference will be from 488.4mm to 553.95mm. That's an increase of about 13.4%, and I would expect the speedo will be out by the same margin.

Therefore, ASSUMING that the car's speedo was calibrated to be about 5% below actual speed from factory, when it was reading 60km/h you were actually doing about 57km/h. IF you upgraded to the above size, and all other things being equal, when the speedo is reading 60km/h you should be doing about 65km/h.

Hope that helps out!

sprayed the front bar i made a while ago, will put pics up soon when i fit it

nicholas wrote:And because I'm bored, I decided to work out how much it would throw your speedo out by.. might wanna check my calculation though.

Scenario:
16 inch wheels with 205/40 tyres, upgrading to 18 inch wheels with 205/45 tyres.

Net increase in ride height will be about 1.5 cm.

Increase in effective circumference will be from 488.4mm to 553.95mm. That's an increase of about 13.4%, and I would expect the speedo will be out by the same margin.

Therefore, ASSUMING that the car's speedo was calibrated to be about 5% below actual speed from factory, when it was reading 60km/h you were actually doing about 57km/h. IF you upgraded to the above size, and all other things being equal, when the speedo is reading 60km/h you should be doing about 65km/h.

Hope that helps out!

sort of but not quite correct

if you go from 205/50r16 (standard fto size) to 215/40r17 difference is almost non existent same as if you went to 225/35r18 slightly out but not enough to make any impact. essentially the whole rolling diameter stays the same. You are right in saying that side wall profile is actually the aspect ratio of the width of the tyre though.

basically whenever you go up in rim size the width increases by +1 size also however the profile decreases by -1 or -2 ratio to offset the rim and width increase

easiest way to check is via using a tyre size calculator