London 300GD

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Fri, 12/06/2009 - 18:01
tanex
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Fri, 12/06/2009 - 23:57
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Re: London 300GD

The paint's in super condition for the year, perhaps it has been repainted or had front-end work done to it, tho the bumper seems to be original. Clean lines with no fenders, side-steps or protruding wheels, but the steering's on the wrong side?! First registered in the UK in 2007.

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Mon, 15/06/2009 - 20:46
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Hi, its all original, no repainting anywhere. A one owner car imported from Belguim in March '07- see my original post. Wonderful honest G and we're having a good time together covering many miles. Regarding steel wheels, now looking for correct alloys if any sources known. Regards to all, Tombo

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Mon, 15/06/2009 - 21:46
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Ah so you found yourself on the forum ;) Looks lovely as it is, if you get alloys they'd likely be wider, requiring wheel arch extensions, not a cheap prospect any way you go. There was a set of 5x 18" G500 alloys on ebay not long ago, with tyres, ~£711! A set of older 6x16 alloys (like the earlier 300GE/D) went for only ~£200. Keep an eye on ebay, plenty come and go, esp. on the continent.

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Tue, 16/06/2009 - 08:06
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Thanks for compliment. Steel wheels are 7kg heavier per and on mine the black undercoat is grinning through the thin orig silver and gets worse at each powerwash after an off-road trundle. Would prefer to get alloys but only the original 6jx16 type that fit the arches as they are without spats. For our use/needs narrow is good, better manouverability and sharper steering and honest looks. I've picked up 2 reasonable wheels on ebay, scouring uK and continent as still need 3 as well as boot carrier.......... Regards Tombo

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Tue, 16/06/2009 - 11:07
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Hi Tombo a word of caution! some MOT centres fail the vehicle if the wheels/tyres sit outside the profile of the arches.....in your case "no arches" so you will be limited to alloys which allow the tyre outer sidewall to sit inboard of the dish 6 or 6.5J 15" or 16"........

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