Discussion
You could try the German ATS wheels.
Dave Hidge has a set of the black ones on his car in the August 2014 Complete Kit Car magazine. He states that the 295 rears he has fitted have got rid of the tram lining and the reduced size means cheaper tyres.
I am looking at these as they have come out at quite a reasonable price including the required special adapters.
If you want the contact details of the UK guy who supplied them please email me.
Dave Hidge has a set of the black ones on his car in the August 2014 Complete Kit Car magazine. He states that the 295 rears he has fitted have got rid of the tram lining and the reduced size means cheaper tyres.
I am looking at these as they have come out at quite a reasonable price including the required special adapters.
If you want the contact details of the UK guy who supplied them please email me.
I would recommend you give a call to Jonny at http://www.macgracing.co.uk/home.shtml or a PM to macgtech on here.
Otherwise try contacting Spatz who posts on here from time to time. He has two Can-Am's both with non-factory wheels if I recall.
Otherwise try contacting Spatz who posts on here from time to time. He has two Can-Am's both with non-factory wheels if I recall.
Racing Roj said:
You could try the German ATS wheels.
Dave Hidge has a set of the black ones on his car in the August 2014 Complete Kit Car magazine. He states that the 295 rears he has fitted have got rid of the tram lining and the reduced size means cheaper tyres.
I am looking at these as they have come out at quite a reasonable price including the required special adapters.
If you want the contact details of the UK guy who supplied them please email me.
What tramlining?Dave Hidge has a set of the black ones on his car in the August 2014 Complete Kit Car magazine. He states that the 295 rears he has fitted have got rid of the tram lining and the reduced size means cheaper tyres.
I am looking at these as they have come out at quite a reasonable price including the required special adapters.
If you want the contact details of the UK guy who supplied them please email me.
This I suspect will be down to tire choice, pressures and suspension geo.
I run Pirelli Corsas and can say hand on heart no problem with tramlining at all.
note to op.
Wheels are a moot point with me at the moment, I have non standard 365mm brakes and corresponding calipers so wheel choice is critical.
MacG have some nice Braid wheels and are very helpful.
Edited by F.C. on Wednesday 1st October 18:00
I have run c 10 one piece forged rims from CCW for several years on the Ultima. The rims where not overly expensive and they are lighter than the factory rim. It did take a couple of months to get them because they where custom built for the GTR but that would probably improve now that they have completed a set or two. Lee
Has anybody used there guys
Just spoke to a guy there and he tell me they can be built in any size £2k to your door
http://www.splitrims.com/pages/cast.html
Just spoke to a guy there and he tell me they can be built in any size £2k to your door
http://www.splitrims.com/pages/cast.html
Edited by Bailer twine on Wednesday 8th October 15:05
Edited by Bailer twine on Wednesday 8th October 15:07
Bailer twine said:
Has anybody used there guys
Just spoke to a guy there and he tell me they can be built in any size £2k to your door
http://www.splitrims.com/pages/cast.html
They just look like Image wheels to me same designs and range.Just spoke to a guy there and he tell me they can be built in any size £2k to your door
http://www.splitrims.com/pages/cast.html
Edited by Bailer twine on Wednesday 8th October 15:05
Edited by Bailer twine on Wednesday 8th October 15:07
first of all the factory makes a very nice set of wheels. their price versus quality ratio is where it needs to be and we all know that numerous world records have been captured on those wheels plus by now 100s of thousands of miles and I, for one, never remember a quality related complaint. I say all of this because I strongly believe that if you are going to change rims then you should be thinking at least as good or better on weight, run out and strength. Some people have suggested forgeline, I suggested CCW the point is that both of these are quality manufactures with solid reputations. CCW was the rim used by Chevrolet early on their Leman's Corvette effort, I was told this by Dan Binks, Corvette racing crew chief. I have never heard of the manufacture "split rims" and until I fully understood who they are and what level of materiel and process they use they would not be going on a car with the performance potential of an Ultima. I come to this thinking after almost being killed by a mis manufactured, after market rim, on my Renault R5 Turbo years ago. To make matters worse my wife was with me. So if those things are being knocked off in China ect ect count me out. All of this is not to say that they may produce a great rim at really good prices. Lee
ROWDYRENAULT said:
I come to this thinking after almost being killed by a mis manufactured, after market rim, on my Renault R5 Turbo years ago. To make matters worse my wife was with me. So if those things are being knocked off in China ect ect count me out. All of this is not to say that they may produce a great rim at really good prices. Lee
Couldn't agree more. We get numerous customers looking for wheels for their cars that have been caught out by wheel failures from cheap wheels from low cost regions.Pretty sure that split rims is just a reseller. They offer the same design and page layout as Image Wheels.
I looked into a lot of wheel suppliers when changing mine and there really are some shockers out there.
for the record my ATS wheels are made in Germany by a company with a long long motorsport pedigree including their own F1 team in the 80's. I believe that Chevrolet use ATS on their WTCC cars.
Yes I had tram lining when using the 335 back wheels especially when changing lanes on the motorway, the car would drag itself into the next lane.
The bump steer , camber, toe in etc had been set up twice with a well respected engineer.
Going from 245 to 255 on the front and reducing from 335 to 295 at the back seems to have eliminated this now. Not a straight forward swap for you new builders, lots of planning involved.
Also as was mentioned it puts my tyre sizes into the Porsche market significantly reducing prices.
I'm not saying anything is wrong with the setup from the factory there are plenty of cars out there running in original form, i now just prefer mine.
I looked into a lot of wheel suppliers when changing mine and there really are some shockers out there.
for the record my ATS wheels are made in Germany by a company with a long long motorsport pedigree including their own F1 team in the 80's. I believe that Chevrolet use ATS on their WTCC cars.
Yes I had tram lining when using the 335 back wheels especially when changing lanes on the motorway, the car would drag itself into the next lane.
The bump steer , camber, toe in etc had been set up twice with a well respected engineer.
Going from 245 to 255 on the front and reducing from 335 to 295 at the back seems to have eliminated this now. Not a straight forward swap for you new builders, lots of planning involved.
Also as was mentioned it puts my tyre sizes into the Porsche market significantly reducing prices.
I'm not saying anything is wrong with the setup from the factory there are plenty of cars out there running in original form, i now just prefer mine.
Tram lining is a major issue with me. I feel that it makes a car feel cheap and poorly engineered. I have never had an instance of this with the GTR I give a lot of the credit for that to the Michelin tires that I run on the car. I would like to hear the opinion of some of the guru's "yes you know who you are " as to the involvement of alignment in tram lining? My take has been that if the car is mechanically sound, meaning bushings, bearings ect and the alignment is in the ball park then tires and proper tire pressures are the most important factors causing tram lining. Any comments? Lee
ROWDYRENAULT said:
Tram lining is a major issue with me. I feel that it makes a car feel cheap and poorly engineered. I have never had an instance of this with the GTR I give a lot of the credit for that to the Michelin tires that I run on the car. I would like to hear the opinion of some of the guru's "yes you know who you are " as to the involvement of alignment in tram lining? My take has been that if the car is mechanically sound, meaning bushings, bearings ect and the alignment is in the ball park then tires and proper tire pressures are the most important factors causing tram lining. Any comments? Lee
I was initially running PZero,sGassing Station | Ultima | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff