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fairmont1998
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That looks sweet. I was thinking black or silver hubs and calipers. Leaning toward silver at this point. Going to give the uprights a coat too. Red, Blue etc would look crap on a Cinnamon coloured car.
Detailed the brakes to within an inch of their life on my last car, as you said, its worth the time. |
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data_mine
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| Be sure to post some pics (especially if you do them silver), I'd like to see how they look. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: size |
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| 4.9 EF Futura wrote: | | barney wrote: | | why don't i see n e el ef falcons with 18's |
My understanding is that rims can only go +2inches from factory trim - i think even the XRs only had 15inch...
That, and the fact that there are not many wheels made to suit the E series offset. |
EL XR's IIRC were 16", GT's were 17"...... you can go to 19"s without any hassle just by getting the tyre placard for an EL GT from ford..... |
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Thomas
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: size |
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Just a word of warning the bigger the rim the easier to scratch it, be sure to be careful es[ppecially at car parks  happened to me a few times |
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fairmont1998
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:48 pm Post subject: Re: size |
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| Interceptor wrote: | | EL XR's IIRC were 16", GT's were 17"...... you can go to 19"s without any hassle just by getting the tyre placard for an EL GT from ford..... |
My Fairmont tyre placard includes a 16" fitment, so legally I could go 18s but I like the 17s. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject: Re: size |
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| fairmont1998 wrote: | | I could go 18s but I like the 17s. |
those mags are the exact ones i'm getting on mine!  lol i've seen a pic of them on an EF fairmont in my colour (argol silver) and loved it! how much you paying for 'em? |
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fairmont1998
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: size |
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| uglybob wrote: | | those mags are the exact ones i'm getting on mine! lol i've seen a pic of them on an EF fairmont in my colour (argol silver) and loved it! how much you paying for 'em? |
You're getting the BA XR8 copies too!?
Paying $875 for them and $66 to ship from Melb to Adel. How much did you pay for them?
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| i'm assuming thats w/out tyres? i haven't actually paid for them yet - associated tyre wholesalers over here stock them, and they are 10mins from my place, so i've just gotta get around to it! they start at $1350 incl remoulded tyres (which are pretty damn good from all accounts!) |
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fairmont1998
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Yep, without rubber. Not going to pay to freight rubber here when I can have it fitted here. |
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| has anyone got a pic of an ef/el with the ba xr6 or 8 rims on it? |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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fairmont1998 - Rims on your car will look great - go the EL Monts 
The speedo difference will be minor as it has been said...worst case scenario - keep an eye out for an EF/EL Exchaser instrument cluster so that you can enter the percentage of correction yourself - and bob's your uncle
As for sourcing 245/45/17's - good luck ! Not many companies make them...the EL GT had Yoki's of (some sort) that were a 'special' one off kinda thing AFAIK...I have asked around many a place trying to source tyres of these specs...I must admit, I am happy with my new SP300's (no, not the s**t ones!) on the front - 235 / 45 / 17. I did have Falken Ziex on the front in the same spec...they looked annorexic compared to the SP3000's - can't recommend them enough !
I had 255 / 40 / 17 Falken GRB's on the rear and they have lasted me 2 years and 4 months...they're on the indicators now...but that's pretty good wear IMO - of course they were looked after 99% of the time - they are also a silicon based tyre too.
Anyway, in regards to your question - I have been driving around with my ex chaser speedo uncalibrated (I just CBF hehe) which was reading about 4 or 5 kmp/h over (a good thing!) up until I was driving to Geelong and went under one of those speed bridges...so I just adjusted the speedo correction on the fly - aaah the marvels
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data_mine
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| dcstraight wrote: | fairmont1998 - Rims on your car will look great - go the EL Monts
The speedo difference will be minor as it has been said...worst case scenario - keep an eye out for an EF/EL Exchaser instrument cluster so that you can enter the percentage of correction yourself - and bob's your uncle
As for sourcing 245/45/17's - good luck ! Not many companies make them...the EL GT had Yoki's of (some sort) that were a 'special' one off kinda thing AFAIK...I have asked around many a place trying to source tyres of these specs...I must admit, I am happy with my new SP300's (no, not the s**t ones!) on the front - 235 / 45 / 17. I did have Falken Ziex on the front in the same spec...they looked annorexic compared to the SP3000's - can't recommend them enough !
I had 255 / 40 / 17 Falken GRB's on the rear and they have lasted me 2 years and 4 months...they're on the indicators now...but that's pretty good wear IMO - of course they were looked after 99% of the time - they are also a silicon based tyre too.
Anyway, in regards to your question - I have been driving around with my ex chaser speedo uncalibrated (I just CBF hehe) which was reading about 4 or 5 kmp/h over (a good thing!) up until I was driving to Geelong and went under one of those speed bridges...so I just adjusted the speedo correction on the fly - aaah the marvels
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245/45/17s as mentioned are an odd size, so they'll be hard to find and expensive. Not sure, but probably more than teh 255/40/17's. Or just stick with the relatively common 235/45/17s.
Don't trust those speed bridges, I've gone through them with speedo, GPS - and ended up with three different readings, I know which one I trust - the GPS. As for the results. Speedo 3KM/h high, bridge, 5KM/H high. Also they (the bridges) are looked after not by the police, but by VicRoads, so are nto calibrated the same, or even regularily, and won't stand up in court. |
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Well I've done a few kms since then, gone past some coppers and haven't been pulled up...so we'll see what we see - there has to be some basis for a comparison in the public eye...if speed bridges aren't accurate...then what are they there for in the first place 
Not wanting to eat my words *touchwood*, but I'd challenge a speeding fine if I thought I was in the right |
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| you'd want to be really 100% sure. Cause if you lose, you get hit with a bigger fine, court costs (you'rs and the polices). |
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i paid double that for my gt rims 
Ah well they look good |
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