Just signed up, been meaning to do it since I bought my BX 2 years ago
heres a few pics, need to get a few more but it currently needs a bit of bodywork and some polish!
Currently done a few bits and bobs: front spoiler, yellow bulbs and fogs, C5 16" wheels, 16V front brakes, french 'plates, stuff like that.
Bought it on a whim on ebay unseen after having a hankering for one since doing my apprenticeship at Citroen as a mechanic. Turns out it had nearly full service history!
Anyway, Hi!
I think we're Instagram friends! Welcome, those C5 wheels look good.
I do believe we are, I'm sure we have had the C5 wheels discussion on there at some point they fit fine with no need for spacers now, now that my rear arms aren't doing an impression of a VW beetle
Stinkwheel wrote:Welcome indeed Rich,
I think the C5 wheels are an interesting choice, not to my taste, but i dont like C5's either (ducks and runs off)
I just thought why not when I found a set for £60 on ebay. But yea, not a fan of the C5 as well Had one run on its oil the other day at work out of the blue. That was fun..
Welcome, wheels look good although I assume you lose a bit of ride comfort with the lower profile side walls? Can be quite a shock when an engine starts running on it's engine oil from turbo bypass with no governor to control the rev limit can't it
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Defender110 wrote:Welcome, wheels look good although I assume you lose a bit of ride comfort with the lower profile side walls? Can be quite a shock when an engine starts running on it's engine oil from turbo bypass with no governor to control the rev limit can't it
It's a little more crashy over potholes but otherwise it much the same. I'm used to cars on low pros so this is still a world apart from my previous cars and to be fair, it's much better than our other car- mgb on race suspension!
I like the wheels purely because they are different, they sit quite nicely on the BX,
mind you I am about to put Hyundai Coupe alloys on my trajet people carrier.
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Mickey taker wrote:I like the wheels purely because they are different, they sit quite nicely on the BX,
mind you I am about to put Hyundai Coupe alloys on my trajet people carrier.
Welcome to the madhouse
Cheers. I owned a Nissan 300C with jeep Cherokee cross spokes and a skoda Felicia pickup with rover 9 spokes so coupe wheels on a trajet sounds pretty normal to me
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern 2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN 2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD 2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement 1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN 1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN 1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN 1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped 2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car 1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014 1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN 1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
There is less room in the wheel arch because of the large sized alloy's that you've fitted. So as the snow builds up inside the arch, the wheel will stop turning.
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
MULLEY wrote:There is less room in the wheel arch because of the large sized alloy's that you've fitted. So as the snow builds up inside the arch, the wheel will stop turning.
Wheels and tyres are near exact same rolling radius at the oe wheels and tyres. Only difference is width. I've kept my stock steel wheels anyway should the weather turn foul but we don't see hardly any snow in this country anyway! If we do, I just walk to work.
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern 2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN 2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD 2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement 1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN 1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN 1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN 1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped 2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car 1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014 1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN 1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
Ok, didn't realise the height was the same, but the width would have an impact potentially. I've personally never suffered locking wheels & that was in very deep snow in which i had to raise the suspension so that the underside didn't act like a ski.
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN