Prolly a bit of misunderstanding: i am using the 5 speed tranny. We pulled the A14 out of the 79 310 Coupe along with its 5-speed tranny. For some reason the A15 (to my knowledge) came with a 4-speed, the original A15 in my car only had 4 gears . Somehow ( I honestly can't tell you) when installing the A14 with its tranny into the hatchback, it didnt quite fit in directly, so my dad made a modification to where all 5 speeds came out in reverse order. i honestly have no idea, ima ask my dad again, hes been out of it lately. Bah I need to learn more about what really happened.Bandit240 wrote:Why didnt you just use the 5sp that was on the A14 motor.
skillet wrote:60mm flares, 15X8" mesh with a neg offset, and an oil cooler on the outside with the lines running through the bumper......hotness.
wouldnt flipping them be like super dangerous, i mean improper mounting of the wheel is consequential. I may be wrong (which i don't know how to do btw)As far as getting them repolished is it expensive to get them repolished? Where would i take my wheels to get it polished. thanks alot bro for all the good info. Apologies for all the questionsskillet wrote:best bet would be ebay or junkyards, but ebay will be expensive. you can find them on alot of oldschool imports in the junkyard though. (old celicas and Zcars especially) almost all old enkei/work/espilon mesh wheels (3pc) can be flipped. they look like high offset wheels on the car and you can get them cheap. flip the dish, get them polished, and you have $1000 wheels for $100 bux.
do you have any more info on wheel flipping? If you had a 3-pc wheel and flipped it wouldn't you end up with the opposite offset you started with. If this is the case you wouldn't want to start with a high offset wheel like +35 because you would end up with an almost unuseable -30ish offset. Am I thinking about this right?skillet wrote:the wheels come in 3 pieces. usually the offset is high, and the back side is much deeper than the front.. you can take them apart and swap them so they have crazy lip/low offset. as far as safety, people have been flipping wheels for a long time. back in the day you could order wheel halfs and basicly set it up for whatever offset you wanted. they dont make these wheels any more, so its junkyards or nothing. he also has a set of 13x10 espilons that look crazy. i saw a pair go on ebay for over 1000
the place he had them polished, and i had my Onis polished is called nu-wheel. they do an unbelievable job, and make aluminum look like chrome. they also fill all the scratches and repair any rash. its not cheap, around 150 a wheel. look in your phonebook for local wheel repair shops.
http://www.nuwheel.com/
that's kinda the point though.ytboy4ever wrote:
do you have any more info on wheel flipping? If you had a 3-pc wheel and flipped it wouldn't you end up with the opposite offset you started with. If this is the case you wouldn't want to start with a high offset wheel like +35 because you would end up with an almost unuseable -30ish offset. Am I thinking about this right?
Im really considering selling this car. How much do you guys think i could get for it. Aside from the bad paint and squisky suspension, the car runs just fine and has no issues. Its momentarily at "no operating" because noone at home drives it. How much could i sell it for?swtslvrmonkey wrote:If i were to put my car up for sale, how much do you guys think it would sell for. THe car runs great, probably just needs new tires, and thats about it. What do you guys think?
i just bought a 79 310 Coupe Hatchback with 111,000 miles no rust and im the 2nd owner runs and drives great paid $400 for itswtslvrmonkey wrote:anyone here on the boards happen to have or know someone who has a 310 Coupe Hatchback?