New Wheel Choice (MX5)

saitrix · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:34

I must say they are very nice those. Id have them if i has an MX5.

Siliconslave · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:37

hehe, good job you didn't by that conran then mate

woulda ended up waaaay too much like mine

Firestar_3x · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:41

Siliconslave said:
hehe, good job you didn't by that conran then mate woulda ended up waaaay too much like mine

Tell me about it, twas the silver one n all!

saitrix · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:42

Seen the JSPL on Rare Rims? 15" one is only 4.8kg and you can get it with gun metal and a polished rim.

Freefaller · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:44

I'm going to go with the others and stay stick to 15s but get some nice sexy light ones - in black! :cool:

Firestar_3x · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:45

Not a fan of the JSPL, thin spokes > *.

Could do the SubZeros in 15", they are a sexy looking rim indeed!

Thing is i currently have two GSD3's on the back with loads of tread left, i could get the wheels and stick my current tyres on, but would i be kicking myself later for doing this.

Zip · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:54

How much do 15" superleggeras weigh?

Scottland · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:54

I think some ultraleggera's in anthracite would look really good. I was looking at them a while back in 15" size, and it came to about £80 a wheel, which I thought was pretty good.

Firestar_3x · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:54

Zip said:
How much do 15" superleggeras weigh?

4.9Kg

Firestar_3x · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:55

Scottland said:
I think some ultraleggera's in anthracite would look really good. I was looking at them a while back in 15" size, and it came to about £80 a wheel, which I thought was pretty good.

Yea, not sure how those wheels scale down, they look fantastic in 17" but sometimes wheels can look poor when sized down.

Scottland · 6 Jun 2006 at 19:00

Firestar_3x said:
Yea, not sure how those wheels scale down, they look fantastic in 17" but sometimes wheels can look poor when sized down.

Exactly! I think with low profile tyres they look great, but being only 15" there's not much point in having much below ~45 profile, and thus they don't look as good

Photochopping time

Zip · 6 Jun 2006 at 19:10

Thats from the OZ website. I think they weigh about 6 kilos though

Firestar_3x · 6 Jun 2006 at 19:22

Those look to be 17"?

Zip · 6 Jun 2006 at 19:24

Firestar_3x said:
Those look to be 17"?

I dont know, i just grabbed the picture off the website

They do come in 15s, im not sure if they are the 15s or 17s though

Edit: Have a look through because you can see them on other cars and you will see the size change. IIRC they looked to be the smallest ones

Freefaller · 6 Jun 2006 at 19:28

I think the Mk3 can get away with 17s as it's a little bit bigger and wider.

Firestar_3x · 6 Jun 2006 at 20:11

Agree on the 17" on the Mk3, its a bigger car some 17" look good on the Mk2 / 2.5 but must wreck the car!

Looks good on black imho

Siliconslave · 6 Jun 2006 at 20:23

i was faced with the same issue 15-16 wise, and bit the bullet in the end going with the larger wheels and waisting some very very well treaded f1s

After the initial spend i've not regretted the desision at all

although i did go with some bargain toyo proxies so it didn't hit the wallet too hard!

mark66 · 7 Jun 2006 at 11:26

Siliconslave said:
i was faced with the same issue 15-16 wise, and bit the bullet in the end going with the larger wheels and waisting some very very well treaded f1s

After the initial spend i've not regretted the desision at all although i did go with some bargain toyo proxies so it didn't hit the wallet too hard!

Is the handling as good or better with the 16s? Or is it just the looks that are better?

I have a MK2 1.8iS with the standard 15's and have been looking at getting some new wheels and have always thought I would go to 16s so would be interested in your thoughts. Love those black SubZeros

thebrasso · 7 Jun 2006 at 11:31

If it were me I'd stick with the 15" wheels, just so you can get some use out of your tyres if nothing else.

From what I remember there isn't a massive gap in the arches anyway from standard wheels, and they'd be slightly lighter in weight.

I have to say, the Rota sub zeros in black would look the dogs. I don't think the OZ Superleggra's would suit, and they are really common as well.

Freefaller · 7 Jun 2006 at 11:38

mark66 said:
Is the handling as good or better with the 16s? Or is it just the looks that are better?

The chassis is spot on with 15s. The ride gets a little harsher with 16s as the tyre profile probably needs to be reduced a little. It does look good, but I'd take function over appearance any day.