EDGE's Fox

art b · July 16, 2008, 05:30:59 AM

yep like the five spokes i like the ones T5 volvos have, in a dark grey, chrome is a big no no...

them gurls should stop licking each other on that car,

it will get marked...

EDGE · July 16, 2008, 06:58:56 AM

Quoting: ianjpage

dont start "tweaking" this one - you need one car to work properly

exactly... thats why im just doing the exterior and giving it a service.....

Incursus · July 16, 2008, 02:51:44 PM

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

I like the stock wheels actually.

Quoting: Fieldy

I prefer the originals

Me too.

though something a little less shiny might work.

F Body · July 16, 2008, 02:56:22 PM

Quoting: EDGE

cheers for that brief interlude of insanity....

Well you bought a Fox

IMHO the wheels are OK

EDGE · July 17, 2008, 04:13:24 AM

i quite like these wheels too though... but not in this finish, i dont like the way that the centre cap doesnt match the wheel, these are the stock finish though... theyre from the 1993 cobra..

There was a company making anthracite ones that looked awesome, but theyve stopped doing that colour.... unless i have them powder coated

CJ-IROCZ · July 17, 2008, 06:29:50 AM

Yeah center caps are WAY too big and the different finish looks strange, the wheels you currently have look better than the ones in the pic above.

EDGE · July 17, 2008, 06:54:25 AM

i prefer the design, but no in that muti-finish look, the rims are painted and the caps are machined....

EDGE · July 17, 2008, 07:07:36 AM

unless i can paint the caps to match the rims, that'd look way better...

CJ-IROCZ · July 17, 2008, 07:44:05 AM

The two different finishes highlight the size of the centre caps, like you say the same finish would look much better

EDGE · July 17, 2008, 08:36:52 AM

exactly......

HardRockCamaro · July 17, 2008, 08:38:37 AM

Not keen on the design, at least not from that angle.
And mis-matched centre caps doesn't look to good either...

EDGE · July 17, 2008, 02:20:39 PM

yeah. its the mismatch of colours i dont like...

haveing said all this about wheels, i drve past a glass fronted shop a while ago, and it does look f**king cool as it is....

this ladies and gentlemen.. is square one, and yes, we have arrived back at it....

nick69 · July 17, 2008, 02:31:35 PM

You can pick these up pretty cheap sometimes, plus they are mustang wheels

art b · July 17, 2008, 02:40:43 PM

Quoting: nick69

You can pick these up pretty cheap sometimes

yep ive picked those up b4.....

nick69 · July 17, 2008, 02:52:18 PM

and do you remember how cheap they were!!!

art b · July 17, 2008, 02:59:30 PM

as chips wiff tyres too,

i bought 4 wheels, with as new tyres for the ni$$an for £80
one tyre would have been that,

then sold the old wheels,with knacked tyres on egay for £60

recyclin FTW..

EDGE · July 17, 2008, 03:04:51 PM

that looks like a modern merceded wheel to me?

nick69 · July 17, 2008, 05:03:54 PM

Fair enough

EDGE · July 17, 2008, 05:56:02 PM

sorry, i didnt mean that i didnt like it, i meant, is it actually off a merc.. it looks lke the once on the c class....

nick69 · July 18, 2008, 01:06:14 AM

Dude dont be sorry, they are 2004 mustang wheels.

EDGE · July 18, 2008, 03:38:31 AM

are they

.... that means they're 5 lug then... i need 4 ......

nick69 · July 19, 2008, 04:01:45 AM

Didnt know they had 4 lug.

EDGE · July 21, 2008, 12:36:02 PM

yeah, 79-93 where 4 lug

Fieldy · July 22, 2008, 04:22:35 AM

Hows this car going then mate?

EDGE · September 22, 2008, 04:22:20 AM

Big-ish update,...

I bought that 92LX to part out but im becoming attached to certain parts of it... namely the lights, wheels so far...

I've fitted them to my fox and in my opinion it looks FAR better....

I also rubbed down one of the wing morrors last week and painted it yesterday, it did look like this.. it was painted with a rough badgers arse by the looks of it..

now..

this is only a temp measure as I have the original mirrors off the parts car to fit when this is re-sprayed. I'll be painting the other side to match for now though.

MUCH better even if i do say so myself...

I had to rewire the rear lights yesterday as the indicators were a strip of LEDs which have no load. This required some numpty to put a pair of caravan lights in the rear panel (INSIDE THE FOOKING CAR) to add load to the circuit. No wonder there were big rattles and bangs from the rear, they weren't taped down or anything, just thrown behind a panel and left to bang about... tossers...

I was planning to sell the motor and trans out of the parts car but I'm SO tempted to put it in mine..

fancy tubular GT40 intake manifold and larger throttle body

Ford Racing rocker covers

You can JUST see the stainless steel headers in this one

Its also got a t5 manual transmission which would be cool. With a Pro 5.0 short shifter that feels really nice....

Plus all round Koni adjustable shocks..

Plus Im having the whole rear hatch but keeping the GT spoiler as I like the higher level one.

both spoilers can be seen in this pic.

I'm also swappign the rear axle as the breaker has a rear disc conversion as well as some sneaky gearing I believe

not a bad weekend's work really.....