Today I recieved some alloy wheels....

Nitro_Junkie · 4 Feb 2007 at 01:03

too big imo, looks caricature like

The_Judge · 4 Feb 2007 at 01:22

Doesnt look too bad. Save your money and buy a decent car.

Stellios · 4 Feb 2007 at 01:33

Too big for that car IMO. It looks a bit daft.

Barry Smalley · 4 Feb 2007 at 07:36

gr1mey said:
Def gonna lower the car, and so far looks like a good pair of coilovers will do the job nicely, hopefully around a 30-40mm drop should improve the looks well.

If you are short of brass, why are you buying coilovers? Eibach springs will do a better job on the car, and they about 4x cheaper.

penski · 4 Feb 2007 at 07:59

[TW]Fox said:
I just did.

Like.. OMG.

Then just when you think it's odd enough.. it's an E34

There's no accounting for taste, huh?

The vast majority of the stuff on there is lovely...

...There's just the odd one or two...But then again - they're Belgian.

*n

gr1mey · 4 Feb 2007 at 09:27

Barry Smalley said:
If you are short of brass, why are you buying coilovers? Eibach springs will do a better job on the car, and they about 4x cheaper.

I have been advised that fitting new springs whilst keeping the original dampers is not such a good idea :confused:

MagicBoy · 4 Feb 2007 at 13:41

What about something from higher up the Bora range. The 1.8T or V5 would have had lowered sports suspension as either standard or an option.

And before someone goes "What about the V6?" - I'm discounting it as the rear suspension is totally different due to the 4Motion...

Luke · 4 Feb 2007 at 13:44

gr1mey said:
I have been advised that fitting new springs whilst keeping the original dampers is not such a good idea

Only if you go for an extreme drop. Anything up to about -40mm will be fine on standard shocks. Ok, it will shorten the life of the dampers, but not to any major extent. And you are already looking to replace them, so you've nothing to lose aside from a shedload of cash that you said you didn't have in earlier posts.

jellybeard999 · 4 Feb 2007 at 13:47

I saw a Bora V6 4Motion the other day on 17" OZ Superturismos (my favourite wheels

) and it looked awesome

gr1mey · 4 Feb 2007 at 14:08

MagicBoy said:
What about something from higher up the Bora range. The 1.8T or V5 would have had lowered sports suspension as either standard or an option.

And before someone goes "What about the V6?" - I'm discounting it as the rear suspension is totally different due to the 4Motion...

I would love a 1.8T or V5 Bora, but insurance premiums dont permit unfortunately

emailiscrap said:
Only if you go for an extreme drop. Anything up to about -40mm will be fine on standard shocks. Ok, it will shorten the life of the dampers, but not to any major extent. And you are already looking to replace them, so you've nothing to lose aside from a shedload of cash that you said you didn't have in earlier posts.

Yes you make a good point here, maybe the person advising me thought that I was attempting a huge drop, but no, for me 40-50mm would be more than enough, thanks very much!

Logsi · 4 Feb 2007 at 14:16

jellybeard999 said:
I saw a Bora V6 4Motion the other day on 17" OZ Superturismos (my favourite wheels ) and it looked awesome

Bet it looked nice! 17 or 18's would have looked better imo.

They are a bit too big, they dont really suit the car either. What do the top of the range Bora wheels look like?

Josh

Barry Smalley · 4 Feb 2007 at 15:48

gr1mey said:
Yes you make a good point here, maybe the person advising me thought that I was attempting a huge drop, but no, for me 40-50mm would be more than enough, thanks very much!

I think you'll struggle at 50mm with those wheels. Eibach springs are excellent on OE dampers.

gr1mey · 4 Feb 2007 at 15:54

Well maybe 40mm is more realistic then, but I have heard of many people lowering their boras 50mm on 19's without much hassle at all.

On another note I was thinking of alternative wheels, and I wondered, what do you think these wheels would look like if I dropped the car 40mm, I was inspired by the belgian website and I think the deep-dish style wheels really suit the Bora, unfortunately I cant afford BBS alloys and I think these ones might look quite nice, and at a far more reasonable price....

http://www.topgear.co.uk/acatalog/4x_18_inch_Fuel_5_Alloy_Wheels_with_225_40_18_tyres.php