wheels for cav gsi

[kread]

thought i'd do a quick mock up of how i would like my car to look



dare X1's 17" or 18"

colour coded handles or remove them all together

also gonna remove the aerial and build it into the rear screen

and for exterior mods thats the lot everthing else will be under the bonnet

what does everyone think? any other suggestions?

[SimonP]

Arr, Lee May has them on his and they look lush!!!

I wanna see a Cav with AZEV C's or A's. Not seen one.

Alpina wheels look great on the GSi. Chicken George has them on his.

[kread]

not so keen on the alpina multispoke wheels, will try a mock up of my cav on azev wheels, hows your gsi coming then simon?

[SimonP]

Would like to see a mock up with Azev's on it.

Done loads of work on it actually. Very happy with it, love it to bits. Just wanna make it quieter. Manifold wrap and a nice quiet stainless zorst with large silencers will do. But not untill after xmas.

Only done bits to it to make it drive nicer. Lowered it 35mm. New disks and pads up front. New CV boots, new cam belt, modded airbox, new handbrake cable, oil/filter change, brake bleed, steam cleaned and painted underneath, bit of welding and some new tyres.

Got an MOT for it soon. Should pass ok. Car is great.

Once I've got some pennies together it's gonna go in for some new rear arches and a blow over. The tints, then wheels or sorts. Job's a good-un.

[kread]

ive got a full magnex on mine its louder than standered but not ott, its maybe a little raspy would prefer a scorpian system, might get a monza scorpian back box for mine!

how did you steam clean and seal underneath on ramps?

[Tom Williams]

compomotive MO in 17 inch five spokes

[SimonP]

Well, have done the rear. Got some axel stands, jacked up the back, took the wheels off, got me waterproofs out and got underneath it. Gave it all afternoon to dry then sprayed it with black hammerite. Gotta inject the chassis rails with waxoil soon. Gonna do the main floor pan over the weekend.

I'm going to get Stealth systems in Southampton to make me up a zorst. Will get hugfe silencers on it to make it quiet. They are really free flowing so shouldn't hinder performance.

I'm getting them to make me a custom tail peice. Seen the back boxes on Calrton GSi's and Senator 24v's? The twin slimline rectangular ones. Well, gonna get something like that.

[kread]

did a similar thing with my old gsi, dirty work!!!

saw a senator 24v where i work the other day did cross my mind what those slimline tailpipes might look likeon a gsi!!

tom that cav is lovely, how much is it lowered?

[SimonP]

That was his old GSi. Broken for spares due to badly corroded chassis rails. Think it was -40mm. He still has the wheels IIRC.

I will deffo get those tail pipes on my Cav if I get the zorst done. Subtle, but different.

[Tom Williams]

thats standard height in that picture!!

[kread]

shame nice looking car, personally if the chassis rails on mine go id get them rebuilt, did on the previous gsi at the cost of 400 for one side, shame to see good gsi stripped!!

grass in the pic makes it look lower!

[SimonP]

Tom's GSi was nice. Very tidy body work. Drove nicely too since I drove it halfway to Scotland!

[Tom Williams]

that car was stunning and in all honesty that picture alone made me go looking for another one, in my opinion one of vauxhalls best designed cars all round

[SimonP]

Once reason I'm so happy with mine Tom!!

Project number two! Although not much needs to be done to it. Already a good little package.

[lee may]

18" Dare X1's on my cav lowered 60mm

[C6 KML]

Very nice, looks the dogz

[kread]

very nice car that lee, can i ask how much you paid for the wheels? i know you get a discount becuase of the amount of sets you buy.

do you have much problems with rubbing, how do the larger wheels affect handling?

[lee may]

I got them for £850 (Normaly £950) from South Coast Wheels.

They went straight on without needing to touch the arch's.

On the front you may need to cut about 10mm off the driveshaft so the cap sits on properly, I say may as the Dare V2's had a flater center cap which is why I needed to do it but it might be ok for the X1's

As for handling etc its a bit harder ride and you dont want to be crashing over pot holes etc but it still drives nice, I dont race it about so I cant say how it affects the handling.

Dare V2's in 18"

[kread]

dare make some lovely wheels, v2's look ace aswell. seen them for a similar price from mail order, might have been south caost wheels, freind has the x1's on his 306xsi , they look good although the car isnt lowered.

definantly the set im gonna get!!!

what do you do for a spare, do use the original gsi alloy or a space saver?

[lee may]

Just use the space saver, Allthough its a pain if I ever get a flat because my brakes are bigger and it doesnt fit over the fronts

[kread]

what brakes are you using upfront?

suppose with larger wheels standered gsi discs look small?

just for simonp, my cav on azev a's



they look quite nice, motorsport look to them, seen plenty of cosworths with these wheels on!!

[lee may]

I have the V6 set up (284mm Disc's)

[kread]

did you just replace the disc and extend the calipers to fit or replace the entire hub etc?

do they improve the stopping capability a lot or is it just an aesthetic modification?

[lee may]

New disc's and the bigger V6 calipers.

Stops loads better and dont get brkae fade anymore

Have a look at www.vauxmd.co.uk for there brake conversions, They do a 308 mm kit off the Vectra 2.6 gsi that fits too

[kread]

also like the look of these wheels

dare v4



there available in 19" x 7.5 which would look good, quite expensive though!!!