Saffy wheels. Lattice or shark tooth?
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Saffy wheels. Lattice or shark tooth?
Just acquired a J plate saffy in black. Wanting to put standard wheels on it, but should they be lattice or shark tooth? I love the shark tooth wheels personally, but what's everyone's opinion please?
Also if anyone has some, please pm me.
25-09-2016, 05:08 PM
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Early j plate is lattice and facelift late j plate is sharktooths.
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Here's mine on both
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25-09-2016, 05:42 PM
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sounds like a pre facelift so should be lattice
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I love the shark tooth alloys but they seem hard to find
25-09-2016, 08:27 PM
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sounds like a pre facelift so should be lattice
Yep lattice wheels for pre face lift.
Martyn,loved the look of that gte 16v you had on e bay the other day, did it sell?
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early ones for me marty
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Yep lattice wheels for pre face lift.
Yes lee, sold straight away, was absolutley mint! Regret selling but filled its place with a cossie!
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Yes lee, sold straight away, was absolutley mint! Regret selling but filled its place with a cossie!
Nice Martyn, I want to get one next year, I loved them back in the day, never owned one though, came very close once but bought a white 90 spec S2 RS Turbo instead.Had two mk3 Astra GSI, Cav GSI and many cav mk2 SRI 130 back in the day.MK2 GTE 16v is on my shortlist Martyn, gonna be mighty expensive in a year or two so I better get my skates on.
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26-09-2016, 02:56 PM
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If it has the swoopy dash with the fog and screen lights in a square and the led in top you need the later type
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Better engine in the very early GTE 16V cars as no cat and cos cast head etc.I think the early cars were 156 bhp.
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Reason: GTE now mentioned..lol.
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Better engine in the very early cars as no cat and cos cast head etc.I think the early cars were 156 bhp.
Lee for a minute I thought you where talking about cossies there I was like what lol.
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Lee for a minute I thought you where talking about cossies there I was like what lol.
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27-09-2016, 11:58 AM
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As said, the earlier J plates had the lattices but the Sharktooths look a hell of a lot nicer!
Me personally I'd put it on Sharktooths if I wanted to go to a standard wheel, I'd rather roll on 3 spokes or those teddy bear wheels than lattices! Can't stand them!
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I'd rather put it on something like comp mo6 or Raceline rl7 lol
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Lee for a minute I thought you where talking about cossies there I was like what lol.
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Sorry lads, I was referring to the GTE, I should have made it a bit more clear.
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I do love a good gte. Had to sell mine to fund Cossie repairs. Got any pics?
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Sorry lads, I was referring to the GTE, I should have made it a bit more clear.
I see a white one only yesturday.
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I do like them myself one of the few good vauxhalls made, some numpty round from my mum bought 4 mk2 astras think 3 of them where gte's and he stripped all of them what a waste. He bought them all off the same bloke who had them for years.
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I do love a good gte. Had to sell mine to fund Cossie repairs. Got any pics?
Here's a pic of my old one, Burgundy, whilst you're waiting....
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Here's a pic of my old one, Burgundy, whilst you're waiting....
Wow Bordeaux red with cav mk3 cdi alloys, looks very nice indeed.
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Now that's a bit of me
only ever had the 8v ones, would love a 16v
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Wow Bordeaux red with cav mk3 cdi alloys, looks very nice indeed.
If you look closely they're actually the 5-slot Cav Gsi alloys rather than the 4-slot CDi ones
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If you look closely they're actually the 5-slot Cav Gsi alloys rather than the 4-slot CDi ones
Mike, I was just gonna post up that they are indeed cav gsi alloys and not cdi wheels. I should know better as I owned one back in the day..lol.
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That's a mint gte mate.
I remember buying one off a guy back in the day with a blown headgasket.spent 70 quid on a gasket and sold it 3 weeks later for Ł1750
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Great pics Martyn, looks a cracking GTE, I would have loved that.
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If I'd have known lee, I'd have sold it to you, was a very clean car.
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If I'd have known lee, I'd have sold it to you, was a very clean car.
It was a bit to soon for me Martyn, next summer I would have snapped you arm off, looked lovely.
2wd sapp aswell, same as me then..lol. Mine is white.
James RS1600i looks cracking.
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Ive been looking at GTEs online the last few weeks and this tread isn't helping... Oh and I'm still trying to to get over the fact I'm not in a position to buy the White rs1600i right now...
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Need to change your sig Martyn lol
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Need to change your sig Martyn lol
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25-09-2016, 04:48 PM
Saffy wheels. Lattice or shark tooth?
only ever had the 8v ones, would love a 16v
