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Thats half the reason why I bought it, was to do trackdays and events like it.

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Yes Ian, after that run I spun a bearing on number 3....... Bit of a bugga, but I put in an A15(with the EFI etc).

I asked for opinions on the Look and not the laws/safety issue's. I didnt want this to be about that at all. Most people who have commented dont like them, hey thats OK by me, as I am the one who will be driving him and in the end its up to me what I use. I just like to know what others think.

You asked for opinions, I gave mine, you don't like it, ignore it! I'll still sleep tonight

If they are legal in NZ go for it. They are not legal here in OZ, doesn't matter how much you can justify having them - STILL illegal.

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Isn't there a bit of a story about the end of that first video?

Love the videos mate. The one through the fence is cool. Your car looks and sounds great and it's good to see it getting used on the track.
Matty

Sounds really nice mate, looks like it handles pretty well too. I like the video through the fence where you double back and go through the esses, cool.

Btw, stick with the watanabe's, paint them black for something different, but I wouldnt use those other mags, in my opinion they dont look very 1200-ish.

Also here is acouple of video's of what he sounds like and goes like on the track............


http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/B110/Monty/?action=view¤t=Monty2ndrun.flv
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/B110/Monty/?action=view¤t=24March2007001.flv
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/B110/Monty/?action=view¤t=24March2007002.flv

OK now, since I am in NZ and different laws apply to the use of bolt on spacers over here. So I know what I can and cant get away with for a WOF. So it will be all legal and FULLY covered by insurance and safe. So its NOT dodgey.

Like Steve said show me a rear diff with these hubs..... Also I agree with alot of what he has said about track width etc, these wheels have a FWD offset so to space them out would retain the track, well with in acouple of MM either way, which at the end of the day isnt a biggie, as adjustable camber tops and LCA's are also getting put on as well.

Monty is running an A15E...... with some work, I am not looking for a performance upgrade with the wheels, just after a different "Look". As I have said before, heaps of cars are now using the minilite style of mag, so I am just playing around with different idea's or "looks". I will end up still using the wats for doing trackdays, as the 15's would make it to big in the gearing for the stuff I do.

I will not have to flare the guards as they fit inside the guards, dont want to lower it anymore then it is now, really I want to raise it up a wee bit as its to low for my liking.

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I agree with what you are saying on many levels about the centre hub taking the weight. But please oh please show me a photo of a stock 1200 sedan, coupe or wagon diff with this hub that you speak of.
Fact is Datsun never put a centre on the hub. The hub doesnt even protrude through the brake hub. Now how about the hubs on the front of a 1200? hmmm

It would be interesting to see if the spacers and these wheels greatly affected wheel track. The wheel centre line determines track. The wheels need spacers because they sit in too far. Maybe correctly made spacers will retain nissans factory wheel track and deliver the weight load to the studs at the hub face just like nissan originally made it.

yes illeagal is the word.

i dont justify the use of them but from an engenieering point of view not unsafe. They are legal in 2 states (well ones a teritory).


I know how insurance work dodgeman... glad your pointing it out to everyone else.

And that word 'illegal' is the key to it all.
If you are involved in an accident, even a little one, even if it isn't your fault, & if the police report shows that the vehicle isn't 100% legal [even if it IS 100% safe] then you have just gifted the insurance company their 'home free' ticket.

I say 'free' because they will use this fact to make themselves 'free' of any obligation to pay anyone so much as a brass razoo. [A valueless & fictitious coin]
When you sign the insurance papers, you agree to keep the vehicle in a roadworthy [= legal] condition. If we don't comply with our obligation, then trust me, they won't need to comply with theirs.

You pay's your money, you takes your chances.