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Wrong grey for me - this looks much nicer:
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KarlT wrote:Mrs loves it, Ahhh she's not all bad!!

Think its a VW colour, like the wheels, what are they?

Just Pentas aren't they?

Like the plastic arches. What they from?

Colour is an old VW one "Mausgrau" or Mouse grey. Full sales pitch here:

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syncroandy wrote:Ridiculous price. Nasty small wheels. Weird expensive non-std. thirsty engine which still probably doesn't shift the thing well enough. Paint job looks unfinished somehow, needs decals ? Crappy looking non-oem arches. Need I go on ? Horrid.

You want to be careful you dont get any splinters in your a*** sitting on the fence as much as that

jed

Maybe we should feel a bit sorry for the US syncro buyer. Clearly they have far more money than common sense, and they're lacking the variety of original vehicles we have in Europe, so maybe they resort to bolting on expensive aftermarket tat to make what they do have a bit 'special'. I would add that Russel builds a far better 'expedition vehicle', for a much more reasonable price.

KarlT wrote:
Think its a VW colour, like the wheels, what are they?

I love the whole thing - the colour, the arches ..... all of it

The wheels are Ronal's either 7x15 or 7x16. I have them on my Multivan and a spare set for the other yoke ...

Do the need longer bolt/spacers, SP?

KarlT wrote:Do the need longer bolt/spacers, SP?

Mine are an ET23 and I felt I needed longer studs as I only got 6 turns on a nut and I reckoned it wasn't enough. However even with the 'smallest' long studs I had to drill through and tap the nut as they were the chrome type. Maybe a bit over cautious but there you go

Synkraut wrote:Wrong grey for me - this looks much nicer:
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I think that is one of the nicest Syncros I have ever seen in my life

jed

jed the spread wrote:

Synkraut wrote:Wrong grey for me - this looks much nicer:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 082011.JPG" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think that is one of the nicest Syncros I have ever seen in my life

jed

Isnt it just the bizz ..... where did those wheels come from? Are they banded 16" originals?

I would say so, first thing that caught my eye

jed

That is very nice. Just need to get my wheels banded. Oh and about a 1000 hrs and my doka will be the same

syncropaddy wrote: Are they banded 16" originals?

When a wheel is banded, is it just cut down the middle, and a band of metal welded in, thus making them more 'dished'?

mrmule wrote:

syncropaddy wrote: Are they banded 16" originals?

When a wheel is banded, is it just cut down the middle, and a band of metal welded in, thus making them more 'dished'?

It depends who does it. In the old days that was how it was done but nowadays you need to supply twice the rims so they can machine off the narrow side on one set. Then they slice up the wide side off the other rims giving two wide sections per wheel. There are a few places in the UK that do it well.

I thought that wheel banding was now illegal for road use? Correct me if I'm wrong!

Yep that Satin Graphite paint job really does look the dog's