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200sxer
22-10-2002, 13:45
Looking for a set of alloys but have heard that the lighter the better and the more expensive.

Any recommendations and the benifits of having them and the difference in weight?

Ta:)
YODI
22-10-2002, 15:23
My cossie had 354 hp(fly), I had ford 7spokes on it and they weighed a tonne. Then I bought some 17" OZ Superleggeras.

I can honestly say, the tseering was lighter, handles better, accelerated better and the wheels weighed 6.9kg each if i remember correctly. When I had them though they only had titanium gray colour but now the do them in silver too.

Hope this helps mate. a pic is attached of what the wheels looked like

YODI
YODI
22-10-2002, 15:24
Also the leggeras are (i think) the only wheel on the market to be the same price as a normal set of good branded alloys and wheigh 1/2 as much.

YODI
200sxer
22-10-2002, 15:33
So how much were yours and on my car - below would you recommend the silver or the gray for best appearance

Ta
JohnW
22-10-2002, 15:37
Got to be grey and 19s - but then I am a bit biased:D
YODI
22-10-2002, 15:42
depends what size you wanted mate, 17" or 18"

Personally I'd go with 18's for the simple reason that 17's look small due to the amount of wheel arch space on our cars. Id also get the Silver ones. They werent around when I bought mine, I paid £900 for them in 17's but they hadn't been out long at the time.

yodi
YODI
22-10-2002, 15:45
Greys nice.

Silvers brighter

17's are about £750 and

18's about £1200
200sxer
22-10-2002, 15:58
Yeah was thinking silver made the wheels look bigger if I was to go for 17's.

Not sure if I want to stretch to 18's for cost reasons yeah they would look better I guess I could fill up the space with more rubber:)

Besides I don't want to have too hard a ride, I've got a brace and am going to uprate the springs. So I was considering 17's with 220 width with the above for handling and have 40 - 45 rubber to keep the ride quality.

Does this make any sense

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