Wanted WB Statesman Front Bumper

[adam perth]

There was a set of the magnum rims off a statesman advertised recently on the net (aussie v8?)about $800 I think. I was tempted for my WB but the SLE type alloys on it now are more authentic,the magnum rims would make a few do a double take if you drove by though.

the magnums had momo polaris rims..i am off to aussie v8 to have a look, i have a WB deville that i am trying to make into a magnum clone..

[commodorenut]

Magnums also had the 15 x 7" Aero wheels available after they were released on the VK.
The WB versions are different to the Commodore ones - they've got the right WB 4.75" PCD, and the offset is different too (more meat on the back of them, around the hub area).

[Nearly]

Yep they were definately 15'' aero's correct offset as the guy was saying they were bought, but wrong for his commodore and thought of machining them down (possible??).
Funny about the difference in wheels, the sle ones on my wb are correct offset 14'' but On separate occasions to 2 different tyre services I have had the blokes launch into a speel on commodore rims being wrong / dangerous for my car (until I have set them straight).

[wbute]

Commodore rims ARE dangerous on HQ-WB stud pattern. Its not the offset, its the size the wheels are drilled at. HQ-WB are imperial and commodore are metric. Its a small difference, but you will notice the commodore wheels dont quite slip over the wheel studs corectly. When you tighten the nuts and force the wheel over the studs it weakens them. This leads to greta chance the wheel will come off the car. Dangerous for all and sundry.
They were not sle commodore wheels on late sandmans and sle statesman, they were imperial PCD and suited HQ-WB. They were also 14' wheels, not 15" like commodore.
just re-read your post, tell them they are not commodore wheels as they are 14". Amazing how knowledge is lost so quickly at some buisness's.

[Scott Davison]

also wants wb bar mint , tho does not need to be statesman as already have rubber n overiders ...... p.s been running persuit rims on my van for cpl yrs all kool , 10mm spacers solve the problem of larger hub centre , n u can get studs imperial with mtric outer from all nutz so they fit tightly,

[agr071]

From memory the PCD on HQ -WB are 120.00mm and Commodore are 120.65mm

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i have a WB deville that i am trying to make into a magnum clone..

mmmmmmmmmmmmm Nice.I like the Magnum's.
Are you doing it the Silver or Blue?

[wbute]

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Just going back to the metric vs imperial pcd. Think about where the broken wheel studs go when the snap off. 100km throwing a wheel stud at a car coming the other way is not something that bears thinking about. I can put a pic up of where a wheel stud hit my hilux 2cm above the windscreen that came off a b-double about 12 months ago. It shook me up that much that I had to stop on the side of the road. No word of a lie, I could see it flying through the air towards me in slow motion and the noise it made when it hit the roof was devestaing to say the least. Doesnt bear thinking about if it had hit the windscreen.

[ozbox]

also wants wb bar mint , tho does not need to be statesman as already have rubber n overiders ...... ,

wb statesman rear bar is a unique bar to wb statesman with the way its holes and recesses are..

[jennie285]

We met a guy from Melbourne, who had a yellow HZ with a WB caprice front end on it, was at Van Nationals, we became quite friendly with him, and ate our meals together, he was the guy Rodney and I identified his jasmine yellow van as a sandman, and had the original deck out still in tact from the 70/80's. Point I am trying to make is he is going to put the original HZ twinheadlight front end back on this van, and messaged us a month ago to say he had picked up a nose cone and rad support etc. to do this, then he planned to re-spray her....so the WB front end would have the bumper and from what I can remember it was in pretty good nick, he is after our rear stato bumper and is planning to re-chrome it, and put it on his van...as his didn't fit correctly and hung down....So maybe I can do a deal with him and get the WB front end if he is planning to sell it....