Had a busy old day today with the help of my girlfriends Dad I now have 3G Discs fitted all round, red dot pads and new wheels (and new rear wheel bearing but thats not exciting ). Painted the calipers as well but have yet to apply the brembo decals.

The tyres that came with my wheels are 205/40's but these are far too low, therefore I will be getting new tyres but unsure as to what to go for, 205/50's?

Opinions welcome on the wheels etc by the way

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Very nice Craig, very nice.

The tyre size you need is 215/40/17.

The Brembo's look really strange without their logo's, so get them on ASAP , and please please please....

GET IT LOWERED

Yes, they look pretty good on the car I must say.

Just ran through a tyre size estimator thingy and it said 215/45/17

And patience...all will come in time

Those 3gs will be noisy set aggressively

Looking good

That's the passive way round bockers you nugget.

Thats what I was thinking

but I got you thinking

Could just imagine you having done all that work and even cleaning the car and then some smart arse says its all wrong

TBH I have tried both ways and hardly noticed any difference anyway.

Not being arsey but are the discs the wrong way round ??

How are they the wrong way around?? Look absolutely fine to me my man.

Cars looking really good Craig, last time I seen it it had been attacked by bloody seaguls!!!!

I meant that should,nt the grooves go the opposite way or does it not matter.?

the other way is for raceing,i also did my calipers today but why did you not fit the decals as you need to lacquer over them and by the looks of it you have already lacquerd them

Paint was still a bit tacky, letting them dry and then will put on stickers and lacquer them

ok mate,by the way you got my fav wheels and they look stunning on your car,but you will have to get it lowerd like matt saz.was it hard getting the bearings off the rear as i have just done the fronts and its one hell of a job

The rear bearing came away fairly easy, but my girlfriends dad had a *huge* wrench which helped taking the 32mm bolt off.

Think another reason it was quick was that we were replacing the disc too so just took it off in a one'er

Looking into lowering later in the year, manifold to fit and oil cooler pipes and the slight expense of a new house in 3 weeks

hay good luck with the house

Cheers, can't wait.. my own garage and driveway Sad isn't it

Nice coup you have there!

Is it just me, or are silver coupes few and far between?

It's looking tasty! as has been said, brembo sticker, and some lowering springs, and you're done

Looking good Craig !

Nice wheels , really suit IMO , nice wobblys too

Not sure about lowering ..............definately look good .......but it does slightly effect the ride quality...

Brembo decals are now on

I have however opted for having both Brembo logos on the top resulting in one facing in and one facing out

Anyone else done that or am I unique

Looks nice Craig, does need lowering though!! And never mind all this mucking about with wheels, have you fixed the bacteria farm in the boot yet?

Oh yes, that was sorted.... years ago Or at least last year

Italian Day this year MrB?

Sadly, I doubt it, due to the twin factors of a coupe that doesn't go (dead battery, nowt serious, well not that I know of!!) and a dreaded visit from the inlaws.

Think I would be getting a battery sorted out rather than endure the visit .

Baz

Hmmm, good point.

Now, how can I make purchasing a battery last a whole week?

I know, push the coupe to Halfords!!