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haha no chromies.. not a fan. yeah i probably should have,, but the rims i saw on tempe caught my eye first and i had to have them.

wat size (mm) are your spacers and how long have u been using them for. Also was kind of nuts are u using and how many?

ps. shud have posted in styling mod;s forum. o well.

Ok, so last week i purchased some new Gf7 18" wheels from tempe tyres. I had some speclation to wether they would actually fit an r33 as the stock brakes are quite large, but the tempe staff assured me that they would fit and they would even send some spacers just 'incase.' The wheels rocked up at my house after a couple of days, when i searched through the boxes i found no allen key specific to the the size of the new nuts that came with the tyres.. with a little improvisation i managed to get the nuts fully tightened and the wheels on, all looked pretty sex. A little later i took the car out for a test run with the new wheels. It was evident after just 5 mins of driving that something was not right, i was getting really annoying vibrations and shuddrs on deseleration and some pretty nasty sounds. I took the wheels of when i got home to investigate and found metal filings on the base of the new rims... (oh shit). i made sure i had correctly fitted the tyres and went around the block to try and find out what exactly the problem was... once again shudders. I spoke to a friend who works at beurepaires and he told me a few things 1. Spacers are absoloute shit and 2. they are illegal. The spacers i was provided with did not fit like i was told. The quality was so bad actually that just after going around the block my rear right was near falling off. The spacers weere actually knocking the bolts out and creating a gap between the rim and the hub, this was also causing grinding (i.e. the metal filings) so i immediately took the wheels off and got the stockies back on. I spoke to a another mate who has bolted-on spacers and he too is finding similar problems and is getting rid of the wheels. Tempe told me to call back tomorrow as they pretty much cbf'd sorting the problem out. Hopefuly i will be able to get a refund or an exchange for something that fits. Just making my problem known to anyone who has or is considering getting spacers so that their new wheels will fit... its definatley not worth it. lol. + if you go throught the pits they will slam you for it. If you are buying from tempe be weary not to get rims that require spacers, eventually you will just be sending them back . pce.

awesome, i wouldent be buying second hand tho. brand new thkx for th feedback

had a new clutch fitted not long ago.. ever since when my car is still a bit cold, shifting into second causes a weird grinding sound similar to jamming the gears, even tho my foot is floored on the clutch. the sound goes away when the car warms up tho. ithink it could just be my 2nd gear syncro? possible some tranny fluid could just fix it? ne 1 else had a similar problem?? tks

thinking of getting some tein coilovers fitted into my r33. anyone had any problems with them or would suggest something else? the car is mostly street driven.. occasional 1/4 mile.

cheers

Would any 1 happen to know the aprox price of the trust frontbar? Or if some1 has it, how much it cost them. not inc paint and fitting. Thanks! looks like this;

oh sweet, cheers!

haha yeah wave if they are sau, if not just race..

Hearing shit like this drives me nuts. is the current paint faided at all? cos resprays can be a **** if thats the case. id recommend u drop ur insurance policy, its hardly worth it with a 1k excess LOl! unless your doing alot of drifting or somehting.. best bet wud be to just take it to a respray joint and get it quoted.

looks like the ones you see on the 4 door r32's.. id say they are fake

Looking for some kool designs as im thinking about vinyls, im thinking something simple and sleek.. my r33 is marone colour. please post a pic if u have vinyls on yours! Thanks guys!

If your looking for rims chek out tempe tyres.. you can easily get a nice set of 18's for under 2k inc tyres lock nuts etc