An old flame

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:07 pm

After my old Phase 2 16v dropped off the radar some time back, I had been wondering what had happened to it. Well, a guy has got hold of it and is fitting a supercharger etc. to it. This'll be interesting. Check out the dutch video link too - awesome.

http://www.bx16valve.co.uk/forum/viewto ... 19&start=0

Post by **Defender110** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:42 am

Nice alloys, ''Hurricane'' are they readily available for a BX then?

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:01 am

"Hurricane"? I understood the rims were "Nimrod"... and I guess they are available from somewhere - but these have had the outer rim polished I think. Also, some pretty serious spacer mods were needed.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:52 pm

Nimrods are 206 GTi alloys. They have the same offset as the C2 alloys which I had on mine, and agreed they needed spacers!

Post by **Defender110** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:27 pm

So do we think 5.5j x 14" nimrods would fit a standard BX when spaced out or would the wider GT arches be needed? realy like these alloys!

Post by **Tim Leech** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:16 pm

The 16v arches are just stuck on over the top, the bodywork behind is just the same as any other BX. 5.5 or 6j x 14 alloys should bolt straight on to your TGD if they are the right offset.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:00 pm

Defender110 wrote:So do we think 5.5j x 14" nimrods would fit a standard BX when spaced out or would the wider GT arches be needed? realy like these alloys!

Being that Nimrods are 6.5J x 16", the relevance of 5.5J x 14" doesn't really matter

The offset is bigger than the normal BX wheels, so they'd need spacing out slightly to avoid a really crap looking stance, not to mention unsettled balance in corners.

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:55 am

Would 6.5Js fit though without rubbing the arches? I had 6Js on a couple of BXs and they were a tight fit.

Post by **Defender110** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:34 pm

Thanks chaps

Nimrods are available in 5.5 x 14 (link) as well as 6.5 x 16, I wouldn't want the 16's as I wouldn't want to loose ride quality but I am tempted to try a set of 5.5 x 14's with the 4 x 108 DPC but I think they would need spacing out because of the off sett?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/peugeot-nimrod-al ... 35a60b1ebb

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:38 pm

Cor you learn something everyday! Didn't know they did 14's too, how random!

Personally, if I were fitting A/M wheels I wouldn't go for anything other than 15's purely for looks. The only 14" wheels a BX can get away with are Speedlines IMO. If it's not a valver, I'd put the 5.5J GTi wheels on.

Otherwise I'd go 15's. You might well be able to fit 195/55/15's under the arches...can't see it riding much worse with those. 195/45/15 definately loses some ride quality though, I can vouch for that. As do 16's.

Post by **Defender110** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:10 pm

strangely Kitch it would appear they do 15" Nimrods aswell

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Genuine-PEUGE ... 3ca78936be