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Finally fitted! Much better than the plain, boring silver wheels IMO.

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They dont look half bad actually! Better than the originals.

What size are they?
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Citroenmad wrote:What size are they?
They're 15's but I think they look bigger somehow. Took a bit of grinding to get them to clear the calipers at the rear, offset must have been a bit off.
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Jabo wrote:
Citroenmad wrote:What size are they?
They're 15's but I think they look bigger somehow. Took a bit of grinding to get them to clear the calipers at the rear, offset must have been a bit off.
:shock:

Check the rear calipers!
If you extract a pad and find it is worn wedge-shaped, the problem there is corrosion on the rear face of the calliper.
This will only get worse and the worse it gets the harder it will be to remove the callipers and risk shearing the bolts.
Prevents fitting of the spare in the event of a pncture - guess how I discovered this :?
Sometimes it gets bad enough to damage the calliper, forcing replacement and they are not particularly cheap.
Which will be what you have experienced with your new wheels.

Not a fun job either.
((Mine were supposed to be done this weekend but weren't :(
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