Dum-Dums Stage 2 HDi Estate Project

[Dum-Dum]

March 2011

Right well heres a few updates. After not getting the Challengers I wanted I settled on a set of airanes from stevieg for a bargain price.

So Ive went over to speed shack today and paid £ra*e for 4x15mm ally hubcentric spacers. A stud conversion and 16 toyota size wheel nuts with a peugeot thread.

Long story but 2 pairs of spacers at £35 a pair, 16 x 60mm M12x1.25 wheel studs at £1 each and 16 x toyota wheel nuts (cos theyer an amazing fit in the airanes) that are being specially made in M12x1.25 insted of M12x1.5 with a 21mm nut at £1.95 each and suddenly thats the best part of £130 however theres no chance of my wheels coming off.

Im just about to go and spary the last coat of black on the wheels but for whats going on top of that youll have to wait and see the pictures tomorrow evening.

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The wheels are on and are going well apart from the fact that one of my front tyres got a massive screw diagonally through it and the other front got a sidewall bulge. I wasnâ??t happy with the 195/45R16s so I upgraded to 205/50R15 and the car feels so much more planted. Just waiting to find some cheap 205-50R16s for the rear and Ill be running them all round.


Wheel pictures;










The wheels were fitted on a 60mm stud conversion that makes it a lot easier to get the wheels and spacers on and off. Fitted with 15mm hub-centric spacers all round and Toyota style wheel nuts with a pug thread up the middle as these nuts were a much better fit in the wheels than the pug wheel nuts and had a 21mm hex meaning that theyâ??re less likely to get rounded.

Bare rear assembly


The all important thread lock


Studs thread locked in


Spacer On and one of the spacer writing



Wheel bolted on


Centre cap plugged in