So Don all those pesty links I sent you to
Otomoto got to you in the end? :)
Congrats! 5.5 x 13s are made for thouees.
It might not seem like much going an inch
bigger but it makes a big difference to the
overall look and range of tyre choices.

I finally got some rubber on the wheels. Some Federal 175/65R13 did the trick. They are only 6mm larger in diameter than the 12's. It's as if these rims were made fot the thou. I managed to drum up some camber shims from the spare car and a spare box of stuff I found and gave it a couple of degrees camber and a bit of caster too. i took it for a drive and she drives much better.

Unfortunately the mags need a special tapered 2 piece wheel nut so I got on the lathe at work and made some washers to use with standard shank mag wheel nuts. It worked out well in the end but I think I'll save for the right nuts but the cost over $200. It's funny, when I asked the boss if he'd mind if I used some crap he said use whatever you want. I still used offcuts but of S155. A very expensive steel.




Special washers I made.

Wow thats hot! awesome work there.

looks cool don, definately needs some low. cheap/free to do...

love those spacers, better with them then the cheaper metal on the right nuts...

Looking like it should! now for guard Mirrors :)

I'm not sold on guard mirrors D, They are constantly in the way when working on the car. When Chris's was in the shed and I was having a fidget they were a total pain in the arse.

On a plus note, my new (second hand) engine arrived today, all the way from sunny QLD and is ripe for putting in imediately. I'm not sure if it is a genuine GX engine but it is a front dizzy A12 with a proper GX top end. Not the later A12T stuff but the ridgey didge stuff. Also noticed it has a lightened flywheel and s reasonably new clutch too. Sweet. I'll put up some pics when I start work. Hopefully I'll be having the new exhaust fitted by Thursday. Road testing for the next week!!

Get it in the hole don- tap tap tap it in.

Yeah know what you mean about guard mirrors, they look good
but do get in the way abit.
GX motor well done, you will see a big difference.
Has twin sus I gather and twin outlet mani?
The gx motor come alive in the upper rpm range so
a 3.9 diff ratio is as low as I would go but 4.11
respond much better to it.

Also is you go to pickapart there is a 1000 atm with
steelies inside it and you can have my hubcaps if you like
as I gave the new owner some original kb10 ones instead.

curious what's special about the wheel nut? looks like any tapered nut but smaller socket size, which you can get in a one piece