New Wheels for my MK1 GTO

[RobGTO]

I desperatly need new tyres for my car, but may as well spend a little extra and get proper wheels for it to.
The only thing, is I dont know what technical info I need to know about "pcd" and all that kind of stuff.

Would a "spacer" sort out any problems I could face with wheels that arent going to fit straight on ?

[RobGTO]

Cheers mate !

[RobGTO]

I found some wheels on the net that I think will look absolutly awesome on my car - BUT the guy said my brake calipers are too big so they wont fit... WTF ?

Checked out another site which has GTO ready to fit wheels and they look cr4p, and a rip off.

Cant bloody win.

[RobGTO]

Hmm, so filing is one option...

The new wheel specs are:
pcd = 5-108
offset(ET)= 40

Info from another site says my wheels need to be:
PCD of 114
35mm offset

I havent a clue what that means, and have no idea if there's some kind of magic spacer that will save me.

Its so annoying, I could probably just about afford the wheels I want... really not happy, I think most alloys look bad.

[RobGTO]

What about something like this ?

www.performancealloys.com/alloy_wheel_spacers.asp

[RobGTO]

What about something like this ?

www.performancealloys.com/alloy_wheel_spacers.asp

[RobGTO]

Yeah they are the kind of style im after...
5 spoke Enzo style.

[RobGTO]

Nothing is really turning up that I like...

"Have a look at SRB power for some wheels, they have some really nice Ultralites in stock at the moment."
I checked their site, but its a mess, cant find alloys just other stuff.


This is the style im after:
www.atspeedimages.com/pebble_2004/concorso_italiano/ferrari_enzo/ferrari_enzo_red.jpg

[very much like the ones for sale but way too expensive for what my car is ]

[RobGTO]

Mmm not bad, but they are gonna be stupid money arent they ?

Im working with a budget... £500 - £800 [MAX MAX MAX], my car only cost me £3.5k - so why the hell would I want to spend silly money just on wheels...
Well tomorrow im picking up some standard 17's, that have fairly new tyres on them for cheap...so they will have to do for now. Altho im really on the hunt for something thats within my price range.