The A110 wheels thread (OEM and aftermarket)

[7en]

7en said:

I should also mention I have a puncture warning on, so the above could potentially be affected by tyre pressures.

I found today my tyre pressures were quite low, with one front wheel certainly below the 1.6 bar minimum where the puncture warning is activated, which is quite likely why the steering felt a bit numb. There is still a noticeable difference in ride and character, but I feel the gap is slightly closing to the 18"s with the pressures topped up to the same 29psi.

After some more driving I find the 296mm brakes do have a softer pedal/less bite compared to the 320mm, which I find most noticeable in traffic, although perhaps they're also bedding in.

Edited by 7en on Tuesday 26th March 20:39

[leglessAlex]

Meonstoke said:

To achieve a softer but still controlled ride, I really wouldn't know which "quality" dampers would achieve this. Thoughts anyone?

I mean, quality damping is quality damping, irrespective of spring rate. As long as they have the travel for it, I'd say any of the aftermarket dampers with standard springs would give just the ride you're looking for.

At the moment there are Ohlins, ASTs, Bilsteins and Tractive, right? Of those I'd guess tractive to be the most configurable.

[Julian Thompson]

Will the standard springs fit the ast dampers though?

And where do you look at the ohlins ones? I’ve looked and I can’t see that they are available anywhere?

[Teatowell]

Julian Thompson said:

Will the standard springs fit the ast dampers though?

And where do you look at the ohlins ones? I’ve looked and I can’t see that they are available anywhere?

No the standard springs wouldn’t fit AST coilovers.

[Julian Thompson]

Thanks that’s what I thought. So for standard springs really you’ve only got the bilstein option. Appreciate clearing that up.

[Andy665]

Newly refinished Evo Corse wheels in Lamborghini Gold but looks more like bronze, nice subtle metallic flake in it

[neil-g8km6]

Triple Bronze.

[Spokeyblokey]

Neodyme? (Slightly more 'bronzey' than it looks in the photos)

[BCA]

Andy665 said:

Newly refinished Evo Corse wheels in Lamborghini Gold but looks more like bronze, nice subtle metallic flake in it

I really want a set of these, they look superb!

[James Elmer]

Hi All,
For those with Protrack One wheels (or perhaps other wheels too), I know that the OEM Alpine centre cap does not fit - it's too small in diameter.
Some people have 3D printed adapters/ collars to put the OEM Alpine centre cap into a collar and the whole lot into the wheel centre. I admire that approach! But I don't have a 3D printer!
In a similar move to the vinyl circles I make and post out to fellow [modern] A110 owners, to replace the ones that get damaged or lost (the ones where the engine glass cover sits on the bodywork), I am getting hold of a 58mm circular die cutter, so I can cut vinyl to stick on Protrack wheel centres to enable an Alpine sticker to go on top, to make them look a bit more cohesive.
I'm having some Alpine 'A' logo stickers made in 40mm x 28mm to, hopefully, fit neatly in the 58mm diameter centre circle sticker.
A small thing I know, but I have a busy mind!
I'll keep you posted and if it goes well, I'm happy to make and send to people as needed.
James.

[James Elmer]

Also, to give context, here are my new wheels now fitted - Protrack One 8x18 ET40 (with 5mm spacer) and 9x18 ET50 (with 5mm spacer), originally anthracite, painted gloss black by Rolling Rims in Great Dunmow, with 3mm silver rim tape from Awesome Graphics (I'm going to change to 6mm soon) and a French flag sticker.
With thanks to Neil neil-g8km6 for the inspiration!

[five50]

Was looking at a megane 4 RS on these wheels over the weekend - sat really well - caught my eye. Not sure what kind of offsets it was running.

Edited by five50 on Wednesday 8th May 19:32

[James Elmer]

five50 said:

Was looking at a megane 4 RS on these wheels over the weekend - sat really well - caught my eye. Not sure what kind of offsets it was running.

Edited by five50 on Wednesday 8th May 19:32

At a guess, it could have been either the 8x18 ET40 or the 9x18 ET50, as if I recall correctly, the Megane 4 RS runs an 8x18 ET48, so quite a good match either way.

[James Elmer]

Does anyone know how to get the actual pressures (and temperatures?) from the TPMS sensors, rather than simply a tyre is inflated or has deflated beyond a threshold that trips the warning? Thanks!

[tony993]

New 17" wheels. Fronts are 7.5J & rears are 8.5J. I'd have liked 9s at the back, but they weren't available. 7.5 is just right for the fronts running the standard 205/45/17s. I tried 8s & they gave too much stretch.

[7en]

Nice, I'm interested how you get on with them, and how they look on the car.

[tony993]

Here they are on the car. In case anyone's interested in how these fit: the CB is big - so you tell the OZ distributor which car you're fitting the wheels to & they provide appropriately sized spigot rings, so the wheels are held properly on the hubs' spigots. But these wheels don't come in the required offsets, of course, so I'm not using the OZ spigot rings. A company called PCD Parts made some spacers for me, to my specification. They call them "custom lightweight centre bore adaptors". The insides of the adaptors/spacers fit onto the spigot on the hub & there's a spigot on the outside that matches the big centre bore on my new wheels.

[leglessAlex]

Woha, what’s up with the front? Is it just perspective/uneven surface you’ve parked on?

[tony993]

I've only done a few short journeys so far, but I'm very pleased with them - as you'd expect, having used my OE wheels fitted with winter tyres for the past several months (Cross Climate 2s - so not as bad as pure winter tyres, but not good at this time of year).

[tony993]

leglessAlex said:

Woha, what’s up with the front? Is it just perspective/uneven surface you’ve parked on?

The gap always looks bigger on cars with 17s. The crappy iPhone camera isn't helping. I keep meaning to get the app that converts nasty bendy iPhone pictures into normal pictures, but there's always something more important to do.

One of these days, I'll find time to get myself up to Spires for the AST kit. I'm sure that will make the car more photogenic.