Put fuel in it. Drove to Spydermans Funeral service which was packed to outside the crem. Beaker, classic Kev and Spitfiremk1uk were all there. Brett had a good send off. Brett will be missed. Herts laners has a Massive hole in it. :-(
 
jai_landrover said:
Put fuel in it. Drove to Spydermans Funeral service which was packed to outside the crem. Beaker, classic Kev and Spitfiremk1uk were all there. Brett had a good send off. Brett will be missed. Herts laners has a Massive hole in it. :-(
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We'll have a glass for him raised tomorrow and/or saturday at the LZ10th .. ;)
 
Got some new wheels + tyres from Silverline 4x4. Can't fault them, had a small problem with the courier being late, but they were very quick to chase them up and couldn't do enough to help :)

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Chuffed with the look of them, just waiting on my extended arches for legal reasons :rolleyes: They're 16x8 D-mods -32 offset and 285/75R16 Cooper Discoverer STT's if anyones wondering :D
 
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Actually as long as they tuck into the arches you're ok, my mate looked into this for a hotrod. 40 cm from the lights is your max width!
 
Put the final coat of paint on my noo chassis and it looks brilliant.

Decided against blue and went for black with grey springs, camera gone kaput so looking for a new one, might get phone with camera on it instead:)
 
Dr_evil said:
Actually as long as they tuck into the arches you're ok, my mate looked into this for a hotrod. 40 cm from the lights is your max width!
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So mine now are legal? I was sure that if the treads stick out it's not legal? Might be wrong though :eek:
 
Dave90 said:
So mine now are legal? I was sure that if the treads stick out it's not legal? Might be wrong though :eek:
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If they can tuck into the arches you're fine, if it catches them then you aren't


My mate was looking into this and how hot rods are allowed to run fenderless or with stupid tyres on the rear
 
Dr_evil said:
If they can tuck into the arches you're fine, if it catches them then you aren't


My mate was looking into this and how hot rods are allowed to run fenderless or with stupid tyres on the rear
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Ah right, that makes sense. If I went on an axle twister now it would probably rip the standard arch off :D Got some +2" 'Indestructible' ones on the way :D
 
Dave90 said:
Ah right, that makes sense. If I went on an axle twister now it would probably rip the standard arch off :D Got some +2" 'Indestructible' ones on the way :D
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it used to be that any part of the tyre that was proud of the bodywork with the wheels in the straight ahead position,then it was illegal to use on a public highway.
 
gemsdad said:
it used to be that any part of the tyre that was proud of the bodywork with the wheels in the straight ahead position,then it was illegal to use on a public highway.
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is it not? i thought the whole point was to reduce the chance of chucking stones up at the cars behind.
 
I know about 5 years ago my mk3 astra had the wrong offset wheels that were real wide and stretched and it was only legal due to the tread finishing level with the arch even though the stretched sidewalls and lip of the rim were about an inch outside the bodywork. obviously things change and that might not be the case now. I would at lest get the tread inside the body/arch and so because you don't have any stretch on the tyres it would put the wheel and sidewall in line with the body/arch anyway
 
gemsdad said:
it used to be that any part of the tyre that was proud of the bodywork with the wheels in the straight ahead position,then it was illegal to use on a public highway.
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trax said:
is it not? i thought the whole point was to reduce the chance of chucking stones up at the cars behind.
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Animal88 said:
I know about 5 years ago my mk3 astra had the wrong offset wheels that were real wide and stretched and it was only legal due to the tread finishing level with the arch even though the stretched sidewalls and lip of the rim were about an inch outside the bodywork. obviously things change and that might not be the case now. I would at lest get the tread inside the body/arch and so because you don't have any stretch on the tyres it would put the wheel and sidewall in line with the body/arch anyway
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All these points make sense. I think I'm better off being safe than sorry. I've heard of people meeting the wrong cop and getting 3 points for each wheel, instant ban basically :rolleyes: Might be made up, but I don't want to take that risk
 
trax said:
is it not? i thought the whole point was to reduce the chance of chucking stones up at the cars behind.
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the reason the wheel/tyre had to be inside the wheel arch was for public safety,ie so no one would get injured if they got caught by a passing car. but things might be different now,me i would not take the chance.;)
 
Finished painting the chassis and had a look at the engine, needs steaming off and the gearboxes painting maybe blue I think:rolleyes::)
 

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