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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by mike harris » Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:07 pm

16" mate this is the issue.

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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by mike harris » Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:07 pm

Art offroad are on the case now I think mate, I hope.

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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by Jordi » Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:14 pm

Ha ha, I see now. Getting wide 16" rims is almost impossible from what I hear.

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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by mike harris » Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:18 pm

Yeh mate it's proving tricky.

Bought 16 inch go wheels, took them to be banded and have the centres moved, they couldn't grind the welds, tried 16 inch sellers there too narrow and can't get good offset.

15 inch isn't a problem as I could use my wheels, but it wouldn't be that easy would it lol

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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by Jordi » Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:58 pm

If you get no joy Richard may always be an option, amazing the stuff he can get a hold of or make / modify.
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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by mike harris » Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:39 am

Yeh he may be an option, I speak to him most weeks, we shall see how art get on

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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by dazerede » Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:38 am

i know this sounds daft but i know landrover have a good selection of wheels so cant you get the landrover wheel spacer adapter things and use landrover rims
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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by mike harris » Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:09 pm

Not bolting any dirty land rover bits to my Suzuki !!

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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by Darrell » Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:19 pm

mike harris wrote:Not bolting any dirty land rover bits to my Suzuki !!

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Re: Mikes Samurai build updated 17/05/13 :)

Post by ROBBIE » Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:24 pm

mike harris wrote:Not bolting any dirty land rover bits to my Suzuki !!
Good man :salute:
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