Strange 205 Sight In Rotherham

[omega 82]

today at about 1130 i saw a white 205gti in rotherham

what was strange was the wheels ,on the front he had speedlines and the rear had pepperpots

so 15 on the front and 14 on the rear

the car looked tidy

i suppose he done it either for gearing or brake upgrade but ive not seen this before

anybody on here own it?

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

Or lack of 2 more Speedlines....or pepperpots even.

[welshpug 1,657]

it had ford wheels on?!

[omega 82]

it had ford wheels on?!

 

 

yeah i know but

1 you know what i mean

and

2 i dont what else they called

 

please enlighten me oh great one

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

There are a couple of white cars that kick about, I've not seen one running odd wheels though.

[richsmells 2]

I saw a Ford Ka with 1.9 speedlines on.

[Baz 421]

So what?

 

 

[Rippthrough 98]

It's Rotherham, someone probably nicked the rear pair of speedlines whilst he was stood at traffic lights.

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

It's Rotherham, someone probably nicked the rear pair of speedlines whilst he was stood at traffic lights.

 

Or swapped the 'pepperpots' on the front for Speedlines.....at the lights.

[omega 82]

So what?

 

 

 

so why?

[Rippthrough 98]

Or swapped the 'pepperpots' on the front for Speedlines.....at the lights.

 

The only reason it takes the Virgin boys so long at pitstops is because the local lads are blowing over the old wheels to sell on ebay.

[lyncho23 3]

ive done this before just because my front tyres were bald and i couldnt afford new ones so i put 2 spare 1.6 wheels i had with good tyres on the front

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

I done this a while back due to a bald tyre, there needing to be matching tyre size on a axle, and the fact 14" smr wheels don't fit over 1.9 brakes

Edited May 15, 2010 by Daviewonder

[Rich_p 23]

14" smr wheels don't fit over 1.9 brakes

 

Really?

 

Do speedlines?

 

Best I check the pepperpots I have in my garden, pretty pointless them being there if they won't fit the car!

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

14" 1.6 wheels did not fit over the brakes on my phase I 1.9. Well they did, but they rubbed badly.

[rubyna 4 1 Cars]

Really?

 

Do speedlines?

 

Best I check the pepperpots I have in my garden, pretty pointless them being there if they won't fit the car!

 

The Speedlines will obviousley as they were origionaly fitted to the 1.9....

[Phil H 16]

I thought it was an MOT fail to have a smaller tyre on the rear...or is that the width?

[SurGie 54]

Yes, both the front and rear have to be the same size, ie 15 inch for example.

 

But the two tires at the front have to be the same, ie 50, even if the rear two are slightly different in height of tire. Mine passed with the two front being different to the rears.

Edited May 16, 2010 by SurGie

[Rippthrough 98]

Seems strange, are you certain that's the case? As there's a few cars that were released with 18" rears and 17" fronts for example...

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

No, you can have different size wheels front and back. you just have to have matching wheels/tyres per axle.

[jeremy 70]

I've also done this to try and eliminate a vibration problem ie an unbalanced wheel, and due to low rubber.

[Rich_p 23]

The Speedlines will obviousley as they were origionaly fitted to the 1.9....

 

I was talking about pepperpots made by speedline as opposed to pepperpots made by smr!

[omega 82]

I was talking about pepperpots made by speedline as opposed to pepperpots made by smr!

 

 

carefull rich you will upset baz calling them pepperpots

[see earlier post in this thread]

Edited May 16, 2010 by omega

[shalmaneser 26]

Seems strange, are you certain that's the case? As there's a few cars that were released with 18" rears and 17" fronts for example...

 

Just what I was going to say, half of the new mercs have bigger tyres on the back than on the front. I assume they have to match across the axle.

 

I've seem lots of fords on 205 wheels actually, a guy near me used to have a capri on 1.9s, and in Brighton I've seen a fiesta on 1.6 wheels.

 

Both looked quite good I thought.

 

Obviously would look better with the rest of the car swapped for 205 bit tho!

 

[omega 82]

Just what I was going to say, half of the new mercs have bigger tyres on the back than on the front. I assume they have to match across the axle.

 

yes they have to match across the axle

 

merc smart cars also have diffrent size tyres front and rear and no spare which is great for me as i sell/install a lot of my puncture safe on these.