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CinqyAbarth

Drives A Red Cinq Abarth
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Well wheel problems over! Sold 14" Speedlines, Seicento Abarth wheels have a buyer, so left with 7 of these Lancia Cromodora wheels which have been lying around for a while, got my arse in gear to get them finished for show season as i'm not selling it anymore!

Found 2 Goodyear 175/50/14s on ebay !£14! for the front as longer 6speed box so need thin tyres. Had a brand spanking Conti 185/55 in the shed so phoned local tyre man, he had a matching tyre for £30 plus £5 a corner for fitting, wider for the back and not much higher profile really. Done deal! Then got 2x19mm spacers on front and maybe going to put some of my spare 10mm on the back to bring them out a bit!

Anyway enough talking, pictures tell 1000 words..

Pre-refurb..
Cromodoras_1.jpg

My fav pic, on driveway
CJ_Betas_Best_2.jpg

again
CJ_Betas_Nice_3.jpg

Posing with the Jetta
CJ_Betas_Best.jpg

Rear
CJ_Betas_1.jpg


Theyre Gloss Black with a yet to be polished lip, got the Autosol already so going to get started soon!

Share thoughts!

Craig
 
Cheers guys, i really like em!

Adam: No (y)

Liam: they are just quick shots, am going to take some good ones of the whole car when ive got the arch extensions back on, lip polished, them waxed up, and car nicely t-cutted and waxed.. All due this weekend!

I think they really work.. we were going to go for gloss white but then the lip wouldnt show as much, and anthracite is used too much imo, and as theyre 32 year old wheels :eek: they have some little imperfections so black hides that best (y)

only downside is they hide the PGT Red Dot grooved discs and GT Calipers (n)

Craig
 
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refurbing my other 3 this weekend ;) the front two were new but the other 5 i bought off ebay needed a good refurb and when the tyre guy took of the tyre the inner tube was corroded, he didnt bother cleaning this so my rear tyres now leak.. every two days or so have to re-fill them as they drop to like 20psi!
So doing the other 3, (he took the tyres off them for me due to being a complete arse and not cleaning my other wheels inside!), he also scratched some of the paint off with his tyre remover thingy! so one needs a refurb already!
But they do look the sh*t if i do say so myself! Especially as they were cheap..
5 x used ones - ebay £15
2 x brand new ones - ebay £10.50
2 x as new Goodyear 175/50/14 tyres - ebay £14.50
1 x new Conti 185/55/14 - got with a set of PGT alloys £0
1 x new matching Conti 185/55/14 - £30 from tyre bloke
4 x fitting - £20
paint - £30
Grand total = £120 for a set of 7 sexily refurbed alloys ;)
 
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