58 replies to this topic

[carboy001]

Looks good James, nice work. You look pretty busy at work also, why so busy? The snow has been and gone haha.

Id keep the GB's silver, would go black or white, maybe just refurb them to the same colour?

[James182]

Thats just the paint shop lol!! dunno why its so busy? We are the souths hq for our particular company?

I saw your gbs and thought they looked nice in white!! but i can get them proffessionally done for 15 quid a pop?

[James182]

Pretty much all that happened today after work was rubbing down filler.


Oh and i collected my paint..!!!



Looks a little bluer in the pictures but is more green in life? if that makes any sense?!

[James182]

HAHEHA! I have a update for yee! I am away for a week tomoz so i thought id do it before!!!


Its aa big un'! Firstly.....



















ITS PAINTED!!!!!! woop! (fair nuff it has been for a week !)

Loads of piccys to follow!

[James182]

Prepped at work.


All my paint!


In the booth


Spraying primer


Car


Door


Done!!



I did have one of it being sprayed? cant find it though!!

Back home


New grille


All thats left is bumpers, lights and i have a big order with minispares coming for when i get back from Reading. Then ill have lots to do!

[GreaseMonkey]

Colour looks great

[James182]

Ta very much Greasey baby! Does need a polish to get it sparkling!! And i am going to ask chris at retro retrims to do me some custom door cards and ill cover my dash rails in suede to match my steering wheel. Its coming together

[jbs.998]

looks amazing mate!
do the small black arches cover the 6x10 wheels ok?
i am looking at getting some and wonder if they will fit my standard set up 1987 mayfair?
My 12x5 wheels rub a abit at the moment but i dont what to cut any of the body!
jack

[James182]

The special arches do cover my wheels. however you have to tke into consideration the offset of some wheels. I am getting grp 2 arches which are exactly the same width as specials. the gbs have a large offset so they dont stick out that far. i think ultralites and the like have a small offset so they stick out lots. Maybe grp 5 euros or group 2 race arches would be better for smaller offset wheels. Hope that helps and thanks for looking!!

[jbs.998]

thanks for the reply mate, what exactly do you meen by large/small offest?
how do i know what to look out for if i want a large offset so i dont have to change arches?
i want weller wheels really, is this a good idea?

[James182]

Weller 6x10s would fit under specials or grp 2s . Offset from wiki:

The offset of a vehicle's wheel is the distance between the centerline of the wheel and the plane of the hub-mounting surface of the wheel. It can thus be either positive or negative, and is typically measured in millimeters. Offset has a significant effect on many elements of a vehicle's suspension, including suspension geometry, clearance between the tire and suspension elements, the scrub radius of the steering system, and visually, the width of the wheel faces relative to the car's bodywork.

Zero Offset - The plane of the hub mounting surface is even with the centerline of the wheel.
Positive Offset - The plane of the hub mounting surface is shifted from the centerline toward the front or outside of the wheel. Positive offset wheels are generally found on front wheel drive cars and newer rear drive cars.
Negative Offset - The plane of the hub mounting surface is toward the back or brake side of the wheel's centerline.

"Deep dish" wheels typically have negative offset or a very low positive offset.

To maintain handling characteristics and avoid undue loads on bushings and ball joints, the car manufacturer's original offset should be maintained when choosing new wheels unless there are overriding clearance issues.

Wheels are usually stamped with their offset using the German prefix "ET", meaning "Einpresstiefe" or, literally, "insertion depth". An example would be "ET45" for a 45mm offset.

I'd disagree with this, just in one important detail.

If you extend the kingpin (or steering) axis, which on a mini, is the line through the centre of both ball joints, it should ideally go through the centre of the tyre contact patch on the road*. Offset would be the distance that the kingpin axis is from the centre of the contact patch.

*Caster means that kingpin axis will actually be in front of the centre of the contact patch to make the steering self centre and the car want to go in a straight line.

The hub mounting face for the wheel is rarely going to be above the where the kingpin axis meets the contact patch, so you can't gauge the correct offset by purely looking at the wheel.

Ethel

[jbs.998]

thanks mate, il keep that info for future reference.
keep up the good work with your mini.

[James182]

Ta mate, means a lot to be complimented

[sweetser]

Mini looks amazing mate, what a lovely colour

Weller 6x10s would fit under specials or grp 2s . Offset from wiki:

When i had 10x6 wellers theres not way they would have fitted under the standard special arches, i had to use grp 6's.

[James182]

Thanks mate. ive had soo many people say " oh....why did you spray it that colour?" or " so when are you gonna spraay over your primer?" Only people on the "scene" would know why or recognise or appreciate the colour. will look good when its all fitted up with my shiny new stuff bolted on


EDIT: sorry to have given wrong info i thought wellers were same offset as my gbs?!

Edited by James182, 15 May 2010 - 07:01 PM.