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18" Alloys
« on: 04 December 2009, 16:39:22 »

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Would genuine 18" vxr snowflake alloys 235/40/18 bolt straight on the Omega without any problems ?

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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #1 on: 04 December 2009, 17:42:57 »

Yes should do with no problems,
I have 18" with the same tyres sizes on
2 of my migs,
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #2 on: 04 December 2009, 17:56:28 »

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Yes should do with no problems,
I have 18" with the same tyres sizes on
2 of my migs,

Thanks ... i checked the converter thingy and its only about 1.2% diffefence from what i have at the moment ( 225/55/16 )  so i shouldnt have to worry about the speedo etc  :y
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #3 on: 04 December 2009, 18:02:47 »

Spacers will make then look better as the offset is different
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #4 on: 04 December 2009, 18:04:00 »

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Spacers will make then look better as the offset is different

What size would you recommend ?
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #5 on: 05 December 2009, 09:53:47 »

Rim size 8J , offset 39 ..... the place selling them says they wont fit  :-/
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #6 on: 05 December 2009, 09:56:44 »

Sure theres a few guys on here that have them albertross being on off them i think.
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #7 on: 05 December 2009, 10:03:17 »

Yeah i thought so too ... its a car place thats selling them and he said they wouldnt but i think he is wrong  :y
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #8 on: 05 December 2009, 10:08:51 »

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Yeah i thought so too ... its a car place thats selling them and he said they wouldnt but i think he is wrong  :y

yes i think he's got that wrong mate defo have a look in the gallery at some of the other memembers see what you can find like i said sure albetross has them oh have a look at the calendar pics think its one of them. :y
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #9 on: 05 December 2009, 10:14:19 »

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Yeah i thought so too ... its a car place thats selling them and he said they wouldnt but i think he is wrong  :y

yes i think he's got that wrong mate defo have a look in the gallery at some of the other memembers see what you can find like i said sure albetross has them oh have a look at the calendar pics think its one of them. :y

Yeah i saw the calendar pics and thats what convinced me i wanted them .. i understand i may need a spacer although i dont know what size  :y
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #10 on: 05 December 2009, 10:21:50 »

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Yeah i thought so too ... its a car place thats selling them and he said they wouldnt but i think he is wrong  :y

yes i think he's got that wrong mate defo have a look in the gallery at some of the other memembers see what you can find like i said sure albetross has them oh have a look at the calendar pics think its one of them. :y

Yeah i saw the calendar pics and thats what convinced me i wanted them .. i understand i may need a spacer although i dont know what size  :y

Not sure about spacer's think you mite only need them to make them look better but i'm sure someone will be of more help than me i want spacers for mine but not sure what size and how to go about finding out but thats gonna have to be well after crimbo now seeing as mine up the wall in fact i'm just going to have a long hard stare at it now. ;D ;D
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #11 on: 05 December 2009, 12:32:15 »

You will need eibach hubcentric spacers, 15/16mil on front and 20mil on rear. the fronts dont come with the longer nuts, but I have a spare set you can buy, as these are very hard to find. Dont buy cheap spacers as the wheels will just wobble at high speed.
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #12 on: 05 December 2009, 15:33:45 »

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You will need eibach hubcentric spacers, 15/16mil on front and 20mil on rear. the fronts dont come with the longer nuts, but I have a spare set you can buy, as these are very hard to find. Dont buy cheap spacers as the wheels will just wobble at high speed.

Ok thanks .... it all depends if i buy them but i do fancy them a lot  :y
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #13 on: 05 December 2009, 16:48:06 »

This is mine with 19" snowflakes, before the spacers were fitted.
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1247325342
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Re: 18" Alloys
« Reply #14 on: 05 December 2009, 17:02:52 »

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This is mine with 19" snowflakes, before the spacers were fitted.
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1247325342

Yeah i had been looking at those pics before .... you say thats before spacers , looks fine to me without  :y
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