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Posted by Coup on Jun-28-2003 17:35:

FAO: Alloy Wheel Buffs

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i want some alloy wheels, i went to a place in wigston (leicester), as i got told it was the dogs. they had a fair few wheels yea, anyway, i asked what i could have. he said as i have a citroen ax, the only type i could have are these. and pointed. he said as my car wheels are 3 pin (bolts that hold the wheel on) and not 4 or above, these are the only 3 pin'd wheels around. they look ok, but im asking coz i know jack shit and ive looked on the net but cant get very far.

these are the ones hes said i can have:

They also come in a dark grey but personally i dont like them, esp with a black car, just looks like ive got dirty wheels. �450 with tyres for 4.

Is it true about this being the only type of 3 pin wheels? he said that they only come in 15", but 15" will fit my car ok, i currently have 13" wheels on it. Anybody know about other design 3 pin alloys? blah blah ..

tar.

Posted by tu_face on Jun-28-2003 17:40:

why bother..? its a citroen ax

Posted by jon on Jun-28-2003 17:42:

also i do belive having alloys will increase your insurance...

and i think they are telling prokies about that being the only 3 pin alloy around

Posted by Coup on Jun-28-2003 17:45:

quote:
Originally posted by tu_face
why bother..? its a citroen ax

you're sigs go loads of coding

Posted by jon on Jun-28-2003 17:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
you're sigs go loads of coding

id imagen he would have it saved in a text file somewhere just incase something happened, depends on how much commen sense hes got i suppose

Posted by tu_face on Jun-28-2003 17:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
you're sigs go loads of coding

bothered..

Posted by Coup on Jun-28-2003 17:56:

stop hi-jacking my thread!!

Posted by jon on Jun-28-2003 17:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
stop hi-jacking my thread!!

can you prove you have legal ownership over it? a more appropiate statement would be "stop hi-jacking the thread i started!!"

Posted by tu_face on Jun-28-2003 17:59:

all i said was that theres no point in trying to make a citroen ax look good.. now im just replying to your messages

so stop hijackin ur own thread

Posted by TidyAL on Jun-28-2003 18:37:

U little boy racer

Posted by Coup on Jun-28-2003 18:38:

quote:
Originally posted by jonsimmonds
can you prove you have legal ownership over it? a more appropiate statement would be "stop hi-jacking the thread i started!!"

Yes, i made it, therefore it is mine. plain and simple.

im gona make this thread again

Posted by jon on Jun-28-2003 19:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
Yes, i made it, therefore it is mine. plain and simple.

im gona make this thread again

well technically it belongs to swamper, as he owns the license for Vbulliten Forums software, as well as the server...

Posted by Coup on Jun-28-2003 19:42:

i know im wrong so ill retire gracefully.

Posted by Coup on Jun-28-2003 19:46:

so much for what that bloke said. im gona cancel my order from him (i havent paid) and go elsewhere, partley on principle but mainly coz he didnt tell me the whole truth. wanker!

Posted by jon on Jun-28-2003 20:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup

so much for what that bloke said. im gona cancel my order from him (i havent paid) and go elsewhere, partley on principle but mainly coz he didnt tell me the whole truth. wanker!

well people like that deserve to go bankrupt, he obviously thought you was a mug and belive his lies! how wrong was he!

Posted by dj_mdma on Jun-28-2003 21:16:

The Citroen AX does only have 3 Stud wheels. Unfortunately, that leave very few designs of alloy wheels around. Off the top of my head there are only like 5 different designs from 2 manufacturers max!

In MAx power there are always some pages on alloy wheels and there is always a small section on 3 STud wheels.

Alloys DO increase premiums on your car for a few reasons.

1: they add to the value of the car.
2: They make the car more desirable to thieves.
3: In the event of a crash, and your wheels get buggered, it'll cost more to replace them (related to reason 1)

However, on certain insurance policies (usually by specialist companies in the back of Max Power), they will not add to the rpemium of your car if u have Alloys on 3rd PT, or 3PFT poliicies, asthose policies do not pay for damage to your car in the event of an accident.

Of course good rims will increase performance on your car via increased handling and stability. You will experience marginally less body roll around corners. And of course you will feel the true benefits of big wheels with a decent suspension setup!

And if you're willing to spend, then you can actually get Stud conversions on cars, and you could convert your car to a 5 stud format and get some nice big 20" chromes! That would get you into Max Power!

Posted by Technaut on Jun-28-2003 21:59:

you can get a conversion kit (much the same as a sex change) but i would advise just to wait and buy better stuff for your next car mate

ive had 5 cars now since i was 17, 22 now - its no good wasting money on shit cars (no offence but its only an AX)

yeah so id sell the thing after a while and get smg with a bigger engine

Posted by Coup on Jun-29-2003 09:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Technaut
yeah so id sell the thing after a while and get smg with a bigger engine

ive been pondering this thought. either i can spend about �1000 roughly making it good, sound system, alloy's, mini things like re-spreay bunmper and shit, or i can flog it (guessing about �1000), put �1500 with that and see what i can find for �2500, depends what insurance will think of me with a bigger engine. after all i do to my 1.1, it still struggles abit up hills..

ill let know.

Posted by Technaut on Jun-29-2003 09:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
struggles abit up hills..

I remember that feeling.....i used to have a shitty seat ibiza for my first motor, always in 2nd gear for steep hills and it was a task to get up into 3rd

Posted by dj_mdma on Jun-29-2003 09:57:

OI! DOn't mock Seat Ibiza's! I've got a top example of one, 1.4L Engine, 95/M Mk2! Then again, my system is worth 60% of the car

Posted by djrichy on Jun-29-2003 14:44:

is it an AX GT? they can look nice. not being funny, but rate nice alloys like that just looks tacky and stupid on an AX (unless its a rate nice AX GT!)

Posted by Coup on Jun-29-2003 16:55:

i think im gona flog it. its a fucking mint first car, 1.1, electric windows, sunroof, imoboliser, sporty-ish design, roomy, v.good condition, interier is nice, but still a 1.1 and im not really after a first car no more.

saw this in the autotrader, i can afford 3k, thats a max tho: http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WW...x=37&search.y=6 (4th one down)

I mean thats just an example, 3k and its mint, where as ill be spending �1000 on a �1450 car, so...

Posted by djrichy on Jun-29-2003 19:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
saw this in the autotrader, i can afford 3k, thats a max tho: http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WW...x=37&search.y=6 (4th one down)

so your gona get a fiat bravo? eeeeerrrrrrr - they're horrible! i'll be getting a nice 10k Citroen Saxo VTS when i leave uni! i'll come down to passion (seeing as though your always there) in that and you'll drool.

Posted by Coup on Jun-30-2003 15:11:

quote:
Originally posted by djrichy
so your gona get a fiat bravo? eeeeerrrrrrr - they're horrible! i'll be getting a nice 10k Citroen Saxo VTS when i leave uni! i'll come down to passion (seeing as though your always there) in that and you'll drool.

i was just brousing, god, i cant do anything right