16V_1600
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Right, I'm sick of my 15"s ET40 rubbing with a 60mm drop and 195/50's
Plus I'm starting to dislike my ripspeed budget wheels 
so thought I'll just bang some steelies on and spray them black. On the cheap, at least they'd be offset 49 etc.
so phoned the scrappy, no 4 stud 15"s in, but they have 14" wheels in with mint continental tyres.
I nearly fell over when I heard what they wanted for them.........
.........£80 + VAT.
£94 for 14" steelies with tyres 
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ShEp
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Originally posted by 16V_1600CS
I know (this being corsasport ) I'm off to get flamed for this
But everone says my wheels are shite, but I must be the only one that thinks they look alright.
I have decided to leave them on the car as I can't be arsed to fork out for more, so will just replace with decent tyres when mine wear out.
I just want to know why people think they're shite? Is it because they are Ripspeed? Arent they made by Team Dynamics?
I think £299 with tyres etc is a fookin bargain! 
Looked at the price of speedlines - £681 with Toyo T1-R!
less than a week
didnt take long
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barter
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were bouts are you fella? got a set sitting around call it a drink and av em.
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by ShEp
quote:
Originally posted by 16V_1600CS
I know (this being corsasport ) I'm off to get flamed for this
But everone says my wheels are shite, but I must be the only one that thinks they look alright.
I have decided to leave them on the car as I can't be arsed to fork out for more, so will just replace with decent tyres when mine wear out.
I just want to know why people think they're shite? Is it because they are Ripspeed? Arent they made by Team Dynamics?
I think £299 with tyres etc is a fookin bargain!
Looked at the price of speedlines - £681 with Toyo T1-R!
less than a week
didnt take long
Yeah i knew someone would dig that out
I am getting bored off them tbh, and the rubbing is doing my head in. It's tearing my rear arches up.
Looking for some ET49 wheels now, but I ain't paying £94 for 14" steelies 
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16V_1600
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Originally posted by barter
were bouts are you fella? got a set sitting around call it a drink and av em.
Bout 250 miles away from you mate. But thanks for the offer
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barter
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lol not realy worth the distance then mate but still thought id be kind lol
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16V_1600
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Originally posted by barter
lol not realy worth the distance then mate but still thought id be kind lol
No probs mate, if you were nearer you'd be sitting down to a cold one
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ShEp
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tbh look around the free ads you'll get vaux wheels off a cavalier breaking for spares or an astra or something for £50
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16V_1600
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Originally posted by ShEp
tbh look around the free ads you'll get vaux wheels off a cavalier breaking for spares or an astra or something for £50
Was my next port of call.
cheers 
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Steve
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i dont see the problem with the price they quoted you
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16V_1600
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i dont see the problem with the price they quoted you
Really? I thought nearly £100 for steelies + tyres was well excessive!
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Steve
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less than £25 a wheel is fair enough if the tyres on them are nearly new
[Edited on 11-01-2008 by Steve]
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16V_1600
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Originally posted by Steve
less than £25 a wheel is fair enough if the tyres on them are nearly new
[Edited on 11-01-2008 by Steve]
A quick search:
4 x continental tyres 165/65/14 = £145
So nearly new conti's with 14" steel wheels for £94 aint too bad really then.
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barter
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its well over priced.my mates scrap yard would say 20's or along them lines he does alloys with half decent tyres etc for £100.and hes gotta be doing okay at 22 he brought the evo mr with cash.
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Steve
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get a quote for it all new then decide if its over priced
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eddiewhiteley
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sounds a fair price seeing as they have "mint continental tyres", do you expect them to just give them away for a few quid because they are steelies?
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deano87
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I have some 13" steelies, with no tyres that you can have for nothing if you pick them up.
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Ricky352
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£90 is fine imo
[Edited on 11-01-2008 by Ricky352]
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Robin
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Sounds reasonable to me.
I paid £160+VAT for some 15" steels with NO tyres, so £94 for a set of 14s with Contis is a very good price.
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Danny W
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price seems fair for wheels/mint tyres but tbh you'd probably get a better deal somewhere else.
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16V_1600
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Originally posted by Robin
Sounds reasonable to me.
I paid £160+VAT for some 15" steels with NO tyres, so £94 for a set of 14s with Contis is a very good price.
Sounds better than first thought then
May invest, and create a sleeper.
+49 offset and continental tyres is better than my ripspeed ET40 wheels with silverstone() 195/50/15 tyres.
Cheers.
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Ben G
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it will look look like a shite poverty spec corsa with steelies on though...
hardly a sleeper, only a 1600
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16V_1600
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Originally posted by Ben G
it will look look like a shite poverty spec corsa with steelies on though...
hardly a sleeper, only a 1600
Give me chance mate. Rome weren't built in a day.
I didn't mean it would be a sleeper with a 1600 
too quick to shoot me down in true CS style.
Cheers
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Ben G
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i'd say 90% of people on here who say they're going to do an xe conversion usually just go and sell the car before they do it anyway...
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Ben G
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and ask jenko sport how bad 14'' wheels are on an xe
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