Benno's 63 Ute Resto Begins

tar76 · Post by **tar76** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:34 am

That ute is hot mate!! Where did you get your exhaust done? I'm looking to get one done for my panel and yours looks the goods.

benno · Post by **benno** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:10 am

G'day tar76, the exhaust is a side winder from George at Classic Vee Dub. Al at DAS resto did the fit, they dont bolt straight up without hitting the rear valance and will most likely need to be cut and re angle for clearance. If your in Qld give Al a call they sort it out for you.

Cheers Ben

tar76 · Post by **tar76** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:08 pm

benno wrote:G'day tar76, the exhaust is a side winder from George at Classic Vee Dub. Al at DAS resto did the fit, they dont bolt straight up without hitting the rear valance and will most likely need to be cut and re angle for clearance. If your in Qld give Al a call they sort it out for you.

Cheers Ben

cheers mate!

Ted2 · Post by **Ted2** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:25 pm

benno wrote:Hey Ted2 the top is Alpine white and the bottom is Hell Blau.

Thanks Dutchy glad you like it, just waiting on the gates to be painted now.

Hey Benno

Are these vw colours?

Cheers

Ted

Tonz Magonz · Post by **Tonz Magonz** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:48 am

Benno,
Looking very smooth....

Not sure if mentioned earlier,but ,what are the specs on the wheel /tyre combo and where did you buy them from..?

Cheers Tonz

benno · Post by **benno** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:51 pm

Hey Ted2 the Hell Blau is vw colour but im not sure now on the alpine white, I'll ask the painter its been a while since I looked at the colour charts.

Cheers

benno · Post by **benno** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:02 pm

G'day Tonz, I haven't mentioned the tyre combo before, the fronts are 175/55/15 the brand is Ecsta (never heard of them before) they seem pretty good and have a decent tread pattern they were around $130/tyre.
Rear's are 185/55/15 brand is Star (again never heard of them) but look quite good $140/tyre.
The rims I off got off roy (Busstop), my only complaint with the Fuch's are the offset, you loose a lot of the benifit of the narrowed beam but I have been told you can get the centers milled down which im going to look at shortly.
If you are running a lowered setup milling the centers is a good idea as I do get a bit of rubbing on decents bumps, I only need about 1/2in taken of the center to bring the rims back in to get enough clearance.
The tyre sizes fit really well on the rims and the rear tyres just clear the inner guard any wider tyre with fuchs and you would have trouble.

I hope that makes sense, cheers Ben

Tonz Magonz · Post by **Tonz Magonz** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:35 am

Thanks Ben,

The rims look perfect on your ute..Just the right amount of bling..

Are they a vw (5x112mm PCD) or Porsche..?

Is this clearance problem unique to the rims supplied by roy or are other brands available which have a more suitable off-set..?

benno · Post by **benno** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:06 pm

I like em too Tonz, they are bay window stud pattern so yes VW (i think thats 5 x 112). The offset im not sure but I think most of the aussie import rims will be the same but someone might add there comments to clarify.

Cheers Ben

benno · Post by **benno** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:46 pm

Gates have some colour on now, they've had two coats of high build primer prior to the blue going on. Should be fitted monday will post some more pics then.

Cheers

benno · Post by **benno** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:36 am

Hi all, happy days the ute is finally complete. I've just got a few small bits and pieces to do but am looking forward to seeing you all at Valla this year....

Dutchy · Post by **Dutchy** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:57 pm

A1 - fantastisch!

shark · Post by **shark** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:47 pm

Cool ride dude

whipps · Post by **whipps** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:11 pm

Hi Benno.
Awesome looking SC. love the color combo!
Great work as usual Al, your shop is like a little magic box, put the old one in one end, turn the handle and out pops a show stopper! If only it were that easy!
Whipps.

GFresh · Post by **GFresh** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:33 pm

Lookin Luscious

Love your colour choice ey brO