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Posted: **Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:14 pm**

ratbox wrote:are the colours on the car the original colours ? have you considered them as a colour it's another nice original colour scheme, not that there's anything wrong with white it looks good on them aswell

The colour is "ory-ginal" but the "Minister for War and Finance" don't like the "Baby Blue"............... so it looks like someone (yours truly) has to do the door shuts and dash aswell to keep the peace.........

must be something to do with Venus and Mars....

Posted: **Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:29 pm**

V8EK4us wrote:Thanks DR, I read your post yesterday (in "suspension and steering") where you said you used the EK steering and I thought...."that's a bloody great idea"! Thanks for the helpfull tip.

No prob glad to be of some help occasionaly

, you've got the same setup as in mine brake wise too! Much better than drums for every day use. I found drums needed adjusting once a month if used daily.

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:28 am**

Devilrod wrote:...Much better than drums for every day use. I found drums needed adjusting once a month if used daily.

Agreed. If an EK is going to be used as a daily, then a HR disc front end makes sense.

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:28 pm**

Phhheeeewwwwwww................. glad I got away with the disc brake front end! It will be a daily driver and I love Sue so it would be reassuring to know that the EK will stop and keep her safe (because she drives like s@#t).

Anyway, need HONEST FEEDBACK on the following (keep in mind that it is on jack stands and will have a ride height with the tyre just inside the guard), found these babies (13x7) but have not bought them (yet), trying to stay away from the "newer" styles, also want to drop the old girl lowwww ..... god knows why I would want to keep it olschool, do you know how hard it is to find old wide rims that fit under the guards!

................ I actually found a set of 13x7 and 13x8 American racing rims but I can't get the EK as low as we want because the offset is to much..

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:00 pm**

V8EK4us wrote:The colour is "ory-ginal" but the "Minister for War and Finance" don't like the "Baby Blue"............... so it looks like someone (yours truly) has to do the door shuts and dash aswell to keep the peace......... must be something to do with Venus and Mars....

Might be something to do with uranus as well if you don't

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:28 pm**

to be totally honest i think the hotwires dont suit the 60s holdens that well they look great on toranas, they sort of look dull on the car even when polished up they are very much a race track style wheel to me! just my opinion, i think something a bit more shiny but still old school would complement the car better. but at the end of the day its totally up to you.

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:34 pm**

HPaddict wrote:to be totally honest i think the hotwires dont suit the 60s holdens that well they look great on toranas, they sort of look dull on the car even when polished up they are very much a race track style wheel to me! just my opinion, i think something a bit more shiny but still old school would complement the car better. but at the end of the day its totally up to you.

That's ok HPaddict..... if I wasn't in 2 minds then I would ask for opinions, your opinion is taken onboard and appretiated (with no offence taken) ...... I'm struggling to find something suitable that's not new

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:01 pm**

22' wire wheels........................

sorry....i'll stop now

aidan...

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:12 pm**

Garry,
Have to agree with HP addict, the hotwires get lost with the big bulky hieght of the body. 5 spoke wheels seem to look allright or the oldschool chromies. I had a set of kidney mags on my car many years ago that looked ok but I pumped the guards a little to fit them ARGHHHHH ! wish I hadn't done that.

Greg

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:34 pm**

I get the occasional nag about power steering from the boss, when she's out on a credit card run

and that's 175s on 5.5inch rims. Maybe get Sue to try a few shopping park maneuvers with the 7s

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:43 pm**

Hotwires eh ?

we need a vomit emoticon ......

Posted: **Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:02 am**

Blacky wrote:Hotwires eh ?

we need a vomit emoticon ......

who would put hotwires on a car?

cheers
NoMAD

Posted: **Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:46 am**

good i was hoping not to offend, wheels are a personal taste thing i guess, i have the same drama with my missus EH i cant seem to find anything that looks better than 5 spoke dragways that still looks old school. everything else seems to look bland or too new style,

i tried my weld rims on it and it just dont look right with the stock type colour, and looses the look im after with that car. maybe some dragway indies, or 5 spoke dragways. or 15inch chromies for something different.

sorry dude thats all i can think of, its a hard one !

Posted: **Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:48 am**

NoMAD wrote:
Blacky wrote:Hotwires eh ?

we need a vomit emoticon ......
who would put hotwires on a car?

Those wheels are purely for rego purposes

cheers
NoMAD

Posted: **Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:01 am**

Hey Gaz, sorry dude but I agree with the others. I think they more suit a Torrie than EK.
What about 14's with an aftermarket hubcap?? It will fill out the guard out more and will look cool when dropped on its guts, like RBs last beast.
Just my 2cents,

Dave.

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