Your opinions/views on after market wheels ?

[PYNEY]

Hi all

I've been thinking of changing my standard imola wheels on my chim the main reason for this is looks
the standard wheels just don't fill out the wheel arch as nice as it should !

the wheels that i'm thinking of using would be the sp12 or the team dynamic's pro race 1.2 size
either 17" all round or 17" front and 18" rear

so your views on looks , how does it transform the handling of the car , is the ride a lot harder with the lower profile tyres

your views please cheers keith

[PYNEY]

thanks Qbee yhm

[PYNEY]

I must say that looks the dogs do dars , if I do go for a set of wheels silver will look great on my chim
I didn't know whether to go black or anthracite to suit my colour of chim but the silver looks great and it really suits the car
without looking to blingy

[PYNEY]

ok we are getting lots of ideas on wheels options now , now what about the change in ride quality for road use ?
does the handling/sharpness change being the the newer /larger diameter wheels will have a lower profile tyre

[PYNEY]

hi all

I think I know ! but does anyone know how to confirm the offset on a set of team dynamics pro race that don't have a number stamped on them ?
Is it from the centre of the wheel and you take the distance from the centre to the hub ?

am I also correct that you need et 25 on the front and et 35 on the rears

cheers keith

[PYNEY]

Qbee yhtx re et35 all round ?

cheers keith

[PYNEY]

just thought I would resurrect my old post on wheels to run with the other wheel posting if this helps anyone trying to fit new rims
I myself am still looking for a set of wheels but really want to buy second-hand but as time goes on waiting i'll end up buying new lol
team dynamics pro race seem to be the best option but I have been looking at the lenso bsx range which will give the car a more classic look

[PYNEY]

hi andy43 , I have emailed rimluxe "lenso's" and found them very helpful , yes
looks like they can do most offsets as in your case , they were offering me 16" 7.5j fronts
with et30 and 17" 8.5j rears with et 25 just not sure if the offsets work ?

any chance you can post up some photos of your car with the new wheels

cheers keith

[PYNEY]

Trying to understand offsets still ! If I was to use a 7.5j wheel on the front and a 8.5j on the rears what would be the best offset to use ? Et 25 f and et33 I'm sure would have to change as the wheels are 1" wider , so would you try to central the wheels or have more of the wheel sticking outwards so it dozens catch inside

[PYNEY]

hi Anthony ,i'm sure the fronts are a 7j and the rears are 7.5j , so would I be correct that the offset should change to allow for the new size of wheel

[PYNEY]

Simonwedge , those wheels look great , what sizes did you use front and back

[PYNEY]

Simonwedge thanks for the information
I thought the rears looked a bit wider looks very good on a 8.5j and I take it you have not had any rubbing on the rear wheel arch
on a et35 how far do your wheels stick out ? im guessing they are nearly flush with the outside of your wheel arch
are you using a 40 or 45 profile on your 17" rears
cheers keith

Edited by PYNEY on Monday 20th April 16:55

[PYNEY]

hi all , as the original op for this thread I thought I would update you as to where i'm at with wheels

with all your help i'm considering between 2 wheels at the moment 1st choice will be the lenso bsx 17"
which as you can see from the photos below look great the other choice is the lenso eagle 2 which I hope to
see next week when they are back in stock to try them up against my car , the eagle 2 is a new wheel from lenso
and I think it may give the car a modern classic look I wont know until I see it in the flesh

if any one knows how to post up a link for this wheel "eagle 2" please do so I would like to hear your thoughts/views on it ?

Edited by PYNEY on Saturday 25th April 18:35

[PYNEY]

Thanks guys for posting up the lenso pics of the eagle 2 etc and comments

I think I've made my mind up over the weekend and am going for the the lenso bsx
even though I haven't seen the other wheel the bsx looks good and I think more in keeping with a 15 year old car
what I don't want to do is have a tvr with wheels that are ott the lenso bsx are a safe aftermarket upgrade from the original imola's
and with a 17" wheel back and front should fill up the arches nicely

will post up when there all fitted

Edited by PYNEY on Sunday 26th April 20:49

[PYNEY]

daren have to agree that the original chim wheels do look good and very hard to better
the down side is they are 15" and 16" and just don't fill the wheel arch enough

comments from people at car shows when they see my chim is "very nice car" the wheels need to be bigger ?

ATS3 thanks for the info regards to wheels , what wheels are you thinking of putting on your S

[PYNEY]

hi all

well I now have some new wheels for my chim , I would like to thank all those that helped me with sizing , tyres. offsets etc
also those that I emailed for advice and Qbee "Anthony" for his valued experience

what I went for in the end was the lenso bsx 17" all round 7.5j , 25 offset on the front and 35 offset to the rear
I tried to keep the new tyre sizes as close as possible to the original overall wheel/tyre diameter allowing for the new 17" wheels
I done this to make sure the new wheels would fit with no problems of rubbing which was a major concern

so the front tyres were 215/40/17 and the rears 225/45/17 , please take note that 215/45 on the front would have rubbed on the inside of the wheel arch on full lock for me

now some photos of before and after , cheers keith




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[PYNEY]

Yes will need to find a good product to help keep them clean
and a set of wheel brushes as well

[PYNEY]

hi all

I need some advice on tyre pressures for my new wheels , i'm very pleased with how my chim handles now
it feels more planted to the road and a slightly firmer ride which I like I guess that the lower profile tyres are doing that

my only query is the steering feels lighter "not so much driver feed back from the road to steering wheel" than when I had the original tyres on ? I thought the steering with the new wheels /tyres
would have been slightly heavier going from a 205/55/15 to a 215/40/17 ? I do have power steering

I have set tyre pressure to 24/25psi front and the rears on 26/27 psi
today I have lowered the fronts to 23psi and the rears at 26psi and this seems to be a bit better , how low can you go before the pressure is to low

your advice on what you are running psi wise on similar tyre sizes please "road use"

[PYNEY]

Thanks Qbee will try 22 psi and 24 psi but I don't think I will go any lower

[PYNEY]

22 psi front and 24psi rear has improved the cars handling and a better steering feel I wont go any lower though cheers Qbee