DreamZproject

Bit about filters is in the first 4 mins, watch and be quite surprised... I thought K&N was all about name, but this guy seems pretty sold! (not bought )

Wow he loves K&N fliters, very interesting that he says no race engine should go filterless!

Wow, i'm really confused, the rota link you gave me doesn't even list the grid classics.... This is the site I've been using...

yeah I will! Yup just a nice holiday. Not sure if we'll be in the area that he's located, but I'll try and get in touch with him!

Could you possibly tell me whats written on, or take a closer pic of the center caps?

May I just ask where you bought these from? I don't mean to be distrustful, but the colour seems a little off from the rota pictures, and I know that there are knock off rotas (crazy huh!). Don't mean to put a downer on your sale.

Hey guys i'm in Hungary at the moment for holidays, and I just remembered that there was a really cool Z built here, I beleive it was aardman or aardvark or something... anyone have this guys contact details? I'd love to go check it out if I'm near by. Chanks

I have for sale a 99% fine 260 shell. http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,13677.0.html shipping to NSW can be had for around $500 if you search around.

Interested, just want to clarify a few details... Are these the ROTA grid classics? What is their offset? What are the tire sizes? Thanks!

Yup that's the style! And looks bloody fantastic on that z!

Oh! You're going for non retractable belts! Sorry miss read that.

Hmmm I have been told differently... I got a hemco belt installed in my MR2 for a roady, was still very expensive but didn't require engineering. This was all done by a place that brings in cars from the US and gets them certified for AUS, so I'm sure they know what they're doing. To be honest, I don't like the hemco belt. More than a few times I have been unable to retract it as it has gotten jammed. Sometimes with myself in it! I'm not sure if it should have been installed differently or what, but it just seems its locking mechanism is a little over zealous. Oh also I was told that it would be a straight bolt on to my car, but I had to go to their workshop twice because the first time the belt was too long so they has to send it back to Hemco (which I had to pay for :/), and then they had to custom make up a bracket for it. If I wasn't so in need of the car immediately I would have told them to eff off!

Lollllll Roosterpit

FT86, 1/2nd gen celica, MR2 (Mk1 or 2), C10 GTR.

I'm sure the price I'm paying is similar to what Rota would pay (minus a bit of shipping and bulk discount). They just have the storefront and the Australian warranty and all. Yes some rims I look at and think it's amazing that they can hold all that weight. I am not too worried with the TE37 design. It has some fairly thick spokes. I'd love to get a set of Rota's, unfortunately they don't make any 16x9" rims

I'll say it again. Respect the knowledge, not the delivery. Anyway, moving on. I'll have a look in to the seat rails, but I have a feeling that I'll modify the mounts and just get them engineered anyway.

Thanks Vik, would love to come check out your z sometime, looks much more developed than mine!

Well I'm actually after that dark gold/ bronze colour. I guess like any other part on a car they should be periodically checked, and should I ever end up sliding into a gutter I'll make sure i throw them away!

Oh yes, and back on topic. I got a quote for 16x9's -20 offset (is that the ideal size?) which came to $360 for the rims and $400 for postage. It comes with these certificates; SFI, TUV, VIA, TSE, ECE and their factory is friggn MASSIVE which leads me to believe that their certificates are legit.

And? Just because I don't like to drop 4k on wheels? I like to do things intelligently not just throw money at them. I mean this just for your own information Decoy, I respect your opinions as you are very knowledgeable, but I certainly don't respect you as a person, the way you go around scolding people and ridiculing people. Seriously I am more than happy to take your advice, but for the integrity of the site, can you please stop being such a jerk to people? So far on my car I have spent around 10k, I am personally doing (what was quoted at) 10k's worth of rust repair, and then I'll be dropping another 10k on paint. I'm sure there'll be at least another 5-10k on other bits and bobs. If I wasn't careful with how I'm spending my money this build could have easily cost me 50k. Basically all I'm saying is I would like you to stop commenting on my posts unless you are posting useful information. Sorry if this offends you, I'm just bored of it.

Yeah that's a good point. Just most of the time it's either curved, or has no way of getting behind it. I've also found where I have used copper that sometimes the weld on the rear side doesn't look like it has properly penetrated and has little airpockets, which is fine, until you grind it down and get heaps of pinholes....

http://sainbogroup.en.alibaba.com/product/1598223450-213797430/new_replica_alloy_wheel_rim_Volk_TE37_003.html?edm_src=sys&edm_type=fdbk&edm_grp=0&edm_cta=read_msg&edm_time=realtime&edm_ver=e Extremely reasonable price, even considering the shipping fees. The product looks good as far as i can tell from the pictures, they also produce a very large quantity of rims, so I guess they'd be more likely to be of better quality. i have heard rumours that the might be one of the suppliers for Lenso...

I realise that there are a lot of those "cheap alloy rim disasters" but in reality, this happens even to the good ones! Most of the time these rims have had some form of serious trauma first, then some wally takes it out to the track and then just blames it on the "shitty construction". But yes, I know that I am increasing that risk, but if the rims have all the ratings they claim they have, surely they can't be that bad?

Hey guys, looking at some cheap Chinese replica rims at the moment. They seem to be fairly well rated! They claim that they have a SFI, TUV, VIA, TSE and ECE rating, and the company (Sainobo Group) i have heard manufacturer the some of the Lenso rims. What do we think? Also if i were to get 16x9" rims (obviously for flares) what offset should i be looking at? Is -20 about right? I'd be interested to see what everyone thinks.

Goodbye big useless holes. I'm still finding it hard sometimes to prevent blowthrough, even when there is a very small panel gap... Oh yes, this will be my last bit of progress for the next month, I'm of to Europe on Friday, so I should be posting again by mid July!