yfin
24-03-2004, 04:46 PM
As some of you know - I have been looking for rims for my Euro for a while now. Well I just found some and picked them up!
They are Prodrive GC07C - Made in Japan and fully forged. I found a set in great condition at www.chasers.com.au = 17x7.5 in ET48. There is only one minor gutter scrape on one rim - otherwise close to perfect condition for all rims. I was apprehensive buying second hand so I had the rims checked at the local tyre shop - they said they spin true and there is nothing wrong with them.
Donnellans wanted $800 per rim for new GC07C- I managed to pick these up for $400 a rim. Hopefully I didn't get ripped off too much! Did I do ok?My inclination was that it is a lot of money for second hand rims - but these are lightweight (6.9kg) and should improve handling and performance.
Now for tyres - any suggestion on where to buy decent performance tyres at a good price? Looking for 225/45/17.
By the way- chasers have lots of Volks Te37 at good prices - but only in 16" at the moment.
Some pics:
http://www.prodrive-japan.com/products/gc_07c/
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.c o.jp%2FMotorCity-Rally%2F1054%2Ffriends12.htm
* half way down the babelfish site there is a artic blue euro
They are Prodrive GC07C - Made in Japan and fully forged. I found a set in great condition at www.chasers.com.au = 17x7.5 in ET48. There is only one minor gutter scrape on one rim - otherwise close to perfect condition for all rims. I was apprehensive buying second hand so I had the rims checked at the local tyre shop - they said they spin true and there is nothing wrong with them.
Donnellans wanted $800 per rim for new GC07C- I managed to pick these up for $400 a rim. Hopefully I didn't get ripped off too much! Did I do ok?My inclination was that it is a lot of money for second hand rims - but these are lightweight (6.9kg) and should improve handling and performance.
Now for tyres - any suggestion on where to buy decent performance tyres at a good price? Looking for 225/45/17.
By the way- chasers have lots of Volks Te37 at good prices - but only in 16" at the moment.
Some pics:
http://www.prodrive-japan.com/products/gc_07c/
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.c o.jp%2FMotorCity-Rally%2F1054%2Ffriends12.htm
* half way down the babelfish site there is a artic blue euro