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Hi Matt - 1500 was the roughest mate, for really bad headlights.

Epic-ly COOL mate.

Now that you've "practiced" with the fitment of 20's, it's time to get some MONSTER DISHES! Hehehe.

Yeah 225/40 on mine and considering the wheels are 8.5" wide there's still a very slight, subtle stretch which looks ace. 215/35, jesus I bet they're barely on the wheel! LOL I'll try and remember to get a photo of the side-walls of mine so you can see how they look (might help you make a decis...

Looks absolutely mint on EVERY set of rims you had - nice job!

If you ever decide to buy another Silver B5.5 - get in touch as I'm possibly looking to sell mine very soon (seen something I REALLY want )

Welcome dude

Mmmmm, V6 TDi - I wanted one of those and ended up with PETROL instead

Good look with the modding (and don't even TRY to say you won't change anything, we've heard it all before...... LOL)

Hmmm, it would appear that images are drastically reduced in quality when using Tapatalk's image hosting

Saw the opportunity to get this "arty shot" at the British Grand Prix (yes, the sun came out, lol)




THEN, the Desperado came out
(spot the inscription on my back bumper)

YEEES!
Very nice indeed.
Oh, just so you know, my 15mm spacers are on 8.5x18 so you'd prolly get away with 20mm and they'd look mint.
Sealing wheels, best thing I ever did... only have to clean then half as much now (and I'm OCD about my rims).

Ryan, I'm not sure that the pic of the dark green 5.5 is a JE Design splitter mate, it's more "round" like a Votex. I've seen the JE ones and it's a little too square at the bottom for my liking if that makes sense. Thanks for the suggestion though dude. JK, I feel your pain mate.... but w...

Yeah mate, 15mils front and back.

Sisson, next on my list mate..... colour coding all the black bits and fitting a Votex (rep) front splitter, or a Reiger one, I'm undecided at the moment.

Oh, and it sailed through it's MOT last week, BUT I got an advisory because the spring seats are only 2mm from the driveshafts and there's evidence of rubbing....... damn these 4Motions! Looks like the rear can't go any lower

Thanks again everyone. Well, I spent a good 4 hours on her today: Removed FlyEyes from headlights (what a freaking MESS) Refurbished the headlights (again) using the "wet n dry" method Full wash and polish Sealed the Fat 5's and polished them Re-mounted number plates (so they're straight, ...

Cheers all,
Meaning to get some decent pics when the weather's good, but here's some for now (consider them a teaser)

Spacer fitted:


The EXACT poke I was hoping for:

Looks mint Adam, glad the wheels have gone to a good home and you got them fitted ok in the end

Once it's lowered, it'll look amazing!

bigmenniew8 wrote:restored kevyd way

OMG I'm famous! LOL
Good job, they look great!

JK, WINTERS?? You should have them for all-year-rounders! LOL fat fives look good. Wish i could afford a set :( if you dont mind me asking, what you doing with the old tyres? They're for sale in the Classified's mate.... although Sisson has first dibs at the moment. I'm totally 50/50 with the headli...

Cheers peeps....

Can't decide whether to take off the headlight tints or not.... hmm.

TRIAL FITMENT DAY!! Went to my mate's wheel place today to do some trial fitting...... Got 2 x 15mm hub spacers to start with (primarily for the front): http://www.kevyd.com/car/spacer01.jpg The idea here was to fit one on the front and one on the back to check if I want a wider one on the rear... ...

Drop us a text/pm on Sunday mate and I'll try and meet ya with this other set to try.

How long have you had them in for before they've started flickering mate?

Mine have been in for about 4 months and no problems so far, think I've got a spare set too - try them out sometime and see if you have the same problem if you want.

Greetings Gav...... read these forums at your own peril - you'll be inspired to mod your car and it'll cost you a fortune, LOL (will end up looking cool though).

Looks fantastic mate!

Now just admit that you're gonna go crazy on it.... put us all out of our misery! LoL

Have you sourced the painted and chrome strips? Definitely a "class" mod mate, especially with the chrome grille. They were the 1st thing I noticed on mine when I viewed it.

OK cheers for the advice peeps.. Seeing as they already have the 215/40 stretched on, it's less hassle to leave them on and try them out anyway so I'll see how I get on. Don't wanna be lowering it any more though, as it sits ridiculously low at the moment on the standard 16's and I've literally HIT ...

Cheers mate...

I'm just deciding whether to leave the stretched 215's on or stick some 225's on there (which will still have a little bit of stretch). I would go a lot lower and wider as they are, if it wasn't for these pesky speed bumps (well, KERBS) on my road, ARGH.

The very ones mate.... couldn't miss out on a set of Fat 5's in such immaculate condition.