Fitting Superlite wheels
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I'm doing a flared to cycle wings conversion and at the same time moving to 13" wheels.
Originally I was going with MB wheels but they cost a fortune so I was thinking JBW Minilites wheels in 13x6 (175/55 CR500) for fronts and 13x7 (205/55 CR500) for rear. So a few questions:
- Do the wheels and tires match or should I go wider in the back?
- The 13x7's have a ET -7, I do believe standard Caterham items are ~ET +20 so do they fit in the rear?
- How is the quality of JBW, any experiences? I'm going to make my order from Midland Wheels.
Originally I was going with MB wheels but they cost a fortune so I was thinking JBW Minilites wheels in 13x6 (175/55 CR500) for fronts and 13x7 (205/55 CR500) for rear. So a few questions:
- Do the wheels and tires match or should I go wider in the back?
- The 13x7's have a ET -7, I do believe standard Caterham items are ~ET +20 so do they fit in the rear?
- How is the quality of JBW, any experiences? I'm going to make my order from Midland Wheels.
KN Wheels in Telford manufacture the CC 8 spoke design that is marketed thru CC only, very light and very strong. Used throughout the Caterahm motorsport series.
KN also make the Minator which is a minilite copy, i believe they will sell this direct.
http://home.btconnect.com/knwheelsltd/products.htm...
You want 6" ont he front and 8" on the back.
J
KN also make the Minator which is a minilite copy, i believe they will sell this direct.
http://home.btconnect.com/knwheelsltd/products.htm...
You want 6" ont he front and 8" on the back.
J
Edited by James.S on Thursday 10th May 12:32
The wheel and tyre combo will be fine.
James - why do you say the OP wants 8"s on the back? I would say that very much depends on how powerful your car is and how much you like the back end to be 'playful'. I have an HPC and run MB alloys - in fact I sent mine back to Mike and got him to reduce the rears from 8.5 to 7 because a) I didn't want the back end to be too sticky and b) my preferred 205 tyres aren't so stretched over that wheel width.
Can't advise on the ET I'm afraid but yes I would imagine it would stick out / fill the wheel arch quite significantly. If you run big brakes you may wish to check that the inner wheel doesn't foul the calipers. I had some Superlite wheels ( http://www.superlite-wheels.com/ - so a different make to the ones you are referencing) and they rubbed against the AP brakes so had to go.
Also don't rule out wheels like RIAL, Compomotive CXRs or Image wheels- there was a recent bulk buy on the L7 forum (Blatchat) for Image wheels. A nice alternative but not as expensive as the MBs.
Cheers
SS
James - why do you say the OP wants 8"s on the back? I would say that very much depends on how powerful your car is and how much you like the back end to be 'playful'. I have an HPC and run MB alloys - in fact I sent mine back to Mike and got him to reduce the rears from 8.5 to 7 because a) I didn't want the back end to be too sticky and b) my preferred 205 tyres aren't so stretched over that wheel width.
Can't advise on the ET I'm afraid but yes I would imagine it would stick out / fill the wheel arch quite significantly. If you run big brakes you may wish to check that the inner wheel doesn't foul the calipers. I had some Superlite wheels ( http://www.superlite-wheels.com/ - so a different make to the ones you are referencing) and they rubbed against the AP brakes so had to go.
Also don't rule out wheels like RIAL, Compomotive CXRs or Image wheels- there was a recent bulk buy on the L7 forum (Blatchat) for Image wheels. A nice alternative but not as expensive as the MBs.
Cheers
SS
Edited by snapper seven on Thursday 10th May 14:20
I got buggered about by supelite wheels, (and quite a few other jokers).
If you can manage to buy them good luck!
I ended up buying Force, as I was taken seriously.
I can recomend them highly! http://www.force-racing.co.uk/wheels-13/
Edited, as I see you don't realy mean "superlite". I have no experience with JBW. Sorry!
If you can manage to buy them good luck!
I ended up buying Force, as I was taken seriously.
I can recomend them highly! http://www.force-racing.co.uk/wheels-13/
Edited, as I see you don't realy mean "superlite". I have no experience with JBW. Sorry!
Edited by mickrick on Thursday 10th May 20:16
marginal said:
Originally I was going with MB wheels but they cost a fortune so...
A common misconception. I thought they cost a fortune too, until I saw the new BBS wheels available on the MOG/Westermann site for... €2,500 per wheel! And that does not include tax, shipping, tires, mounting, balancing, etc.BBL-Sean said:
A common misconception. I thought they cost a fortune too, until I saw the new BBS wheels available on the MOG/Westermann site for... €2,500 per wheel! And that does not include tax, shipping, tires, mounting, balancing, etc.
Expensive indeed but they are gorgeous!!Edited by Farlig on Friday 11th May 20:10
snapper seven said:
The wheel and tyre combo will be fine.
James - why do you say the OP wants 8"s on the back? I would say that very much depends on how powerful your car is and how much you like the back end to be 'playful'. I have an HPC and run MB alloys - in fact I sent mine back to Mike and got him to reduce the rears from 8.5 to 7 because a) I didn't want the back end to be too sticky and b) my preferred 205 tyres aren't so stretched over that wheel width.
Can't advise on the ET I'm afraid but yes I would imagine it would stick out / fill the wheel arch quite significantly. If you run big brakes you may wish to check that the inner wheel doesn't foul the calipers. I had some Superlite wheels ( http://www.superlite-wheels.com/ - so a different make to the ones you are referencing) and they rubbed against the AP brakes so had to go.
Also don't rule out wheels like RIAL, Compomotive CXRs or Image wheels- there was a recent bulk buy on the L7 forum (Blatchat) for Image wheels. A nice alternative but not as expensive as the MBs.
Cheers
SS
OP wants to run CR500's, they are the normal rim widths for the tyre in those sizes. James - why do you say the OP wants 8"s on the back? I would say that very much depends on how powerful your car is and how much you like the back end to be 'playful'. I have an HPC and run MB alloys - in fact I sent mine back to Mike and got him to reduce the rears from 8.5 to 7 because a) I didn't want the back end to be too sticky and b) my preferred 205 tyres aren't so stretched over that wheel width.
Can't advise on the ET I'm afraid but yes I would imagine it would stick out / fill the wheel arch quite significantly. If you run big brakes you may wish to check that the inner wheel doesn't foul the calipers. I had some Superlite wheels ( http://www.superlite-wheels.com/ - so a different make to the ones you are referencing) and they rubbed against the AP brakes so had to go.
Also don't rule out wheels like RIAL, Compomotive CXRs or Image wheels- there was a recent bulk buy on the L7 forum (Blatchat) for Image wheels. A nice alternative but not as expensive as the MBs.
Cheers
SS
Edited by snapper seven on Thursday 10th May 14:20
Can't see how changing the rim width and keeping same tyre will really make the back end more playful but then don't know what you mean by playful. You can do more with the set up or go the hole hog and stick 6" all round like the BAT hooners if all you want to do is light the rears.
OP- compos are good alternative and may well be cheaper than the CC versions, although i am a fan of the 8 spoke. Very light nad incredibly strong.
MB's are very pretty but wouldn't have them anywhere near a race car.
Edited by James.S on Sunday 13th May 10:48
BBL-Sean said:
Everybody is different. I've heard rumors of people paying exorbitant amounts for shiny aluminum nosecones!
Ha ha! and wings. I'll never confess to what I paid for a pair of calipers. 
Good point. They are nice looking wheels, but I can't see how they can cost that much.
Especially when you can buy a set of 5 bespoke billet three piece wheels, for half the price of one of those.
What material are they? Unobtainium?
As an aside, if you run bigger brakes, the MB's and Force rims have a larger inner rim dia. than any of the other wheels on the market.
That I could find anyway.
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