Alloys part II: The revenge!!

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:27 am

perhaps this might help http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.acutt/Alloyguide/

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:34 pm

The Nimrods off the 206 are ET28, don't suppose you noticed what offset your Vulcans were did you Puggy? Will be the same as the 406 Nimrods. If they are different I'm going to be VERY annoyed with my local Peugeot dealer!!

Fog

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:06 pm

pretty sure they were 15 and as i read that table it seems to say

they can vary between 13 and 23 only one's i have seen advertised

were 15 and i think 28 that table also says you can go a few mill either way

dont know if that helps .

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:16 am

Welton wrote:Right! That's it!

*Goes down to Halfords for some 19" chrome spinnaz*

They spinnin crakka, they spinnin ! ! !

Seriously man they would lokk phatt with a capital PH

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:37 am

Foggy you managed to find out about your alloy's yet , tried asking my local stealer
about them but may as well have foned planet zog useless tw$t , what is it with
peugeot and fooking vin numbers !!! tried emailing Yeoman peugeot cos they have
got them for sale but guess what , no reply !!!

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:15 pm

Wrong offset for the 406, looks like they'll be going back on eBay.

Moral of this story is don't trust the official Peugeot Dealer as they are incompetent buffoons

Fog

PS my standard alloys are 6Jx15 with an offset of 18, the 206 are are 6.5Jx16 with an offset of 28

TooT · Post by **TooT** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:09 pm

Thats bad news buddy. Nimrods for the 406 dont come up on ebay very oftern either, i know coz i was looking for some.

At least you might make a profit on the 206 alloys since you got them cheap

puggy · Post by **puggy** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 3:24 pm

sorry to hear that foggy and yes pug main dealers are wank

406sri · Post by **406sri** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:45 pm

Hi there;

Today I fitted a set of nimrods off a 206 on to my 406, and all I had to do was to fit a set of 15mm wheel spacers. So you dont need to put them back on ebay just buy some spacers, the tyres are 205/55/16. I haven't took car out yet to test it out but everything looks ok cant see any rubbing anywhere.
I hope this is helpful
Simon

Foghorn Leghorn · Post by **Foghorn Leghorn** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:51 am

406sri wrote:...15mm wheel spacers......

15mm spacers!! I hope you put in some good wheel bolts, The central hub is used to support the wheel and to keep it central. With spacers fitted your wheel will be off centre and will also only be supported by the four wheel studs. The wheel bolts are not designed to be used for supporting the wheel, only to hold it in place.

Fog

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:30 am

Foghorn Leghorn wrote:
406sri wrote:...15mm wheel spacers......

15mm spacers!! I hope you put in some good wheel bolts, The central hub is used to support the wheel and to keep it central. With spacers fitted your wheel will be off centre and will also only be supported by the four wheel studs. The wheel bolts are not designed to be used for supporting the wheel, only to hold it in place.

Fog

True that!

Also I know here in Australia, spacers are frowned upon by insurance companies and they will deny a claim if they find out that you have been using them due to the safety implications involved! Hence why my 406 doesn't have a set of nice and shiney wheels on it....yet! Just gotta keep your eyes out for a 406 set - try all the wreckers...there has to be a 406 nimrod set out there somewhere!

Joel

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:34 am

YOu can get hub centric spacers that have the lip on as well... but they cost a bit more

406sri · Post by **406sri** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:10 am

Hi there;
Yes the spacers what I fitted was hub centric spacers complete with the correct extended bolts. I heard rumours about the cheaper spacers, that's why I decided to go for the hub centric spacers.