Compomotive MO Wheels

[jamesrose]

Morning All,

The wheels on my 3R are starting to look a little past their best, and rather than getting them refurbed given the well known wheel issues, I am going to change to a set of compomotive MOs.

I have had a trawl though previous posts and it seems the sizes to go for are 8*18 and 10*18. Im still a little unsure of the other details so can someone confirm what bolt pattern and offsets are needed for the Noble. I would like to keep the original 225 and 265 tyre sizes.

Is it best to get these wheels direct from compomotive or is there another prefered supplier ?

cheers !

[snuffy]

See : http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=983...

[jamesrose]

thanks - must be the only thread I haven't read.

[Blu3R]

jamesrose said:

.......I am going to change to a set of compomotive MOs.....

No you're not! They don't fit since they changed tooling for the rears.

[rb5230]

Blu3R said:

jamesrose said:

.......I am going to change to a set of compomotive MOs.....

No you're not! They don't fit since they changed tooling for the rears.

I thought compomotive pretty much made/drilled the wheels to your desired offset and pcd?

[funkybmx1]

I been waiting over a month for a set. Which I won't be unhappy if I don't get them as they ain't my first choice. Just a nessary evil

[jamesrose]

Blu3R said:

No you're not! They don't fit since they changed tooling for the rears.

Ok, so you learn something new every day...

Is there an alternative then or am I stuck with the originals ?

[Blu3R]

rb5230 said:

I thought compomotive pretty much made/drilled the wheels to your desired offset and pcd?

Correct. They just can't clear the calipers without a 25mm offset anymore.

[Chapppers]

"well known issues" ...?

Ah... on M400 wheels. Interesting.

Edited by Chapppers on Thursday 26th May 10:54

[jamesrose]

Chapppers said:

"well known issues" ...?

Ah... on M400 wheels. Interesting.

Edited by Chapppers on Thursday 26th May 10:54

Am I wrong then and wasting my time considering alternatives ?

Having read the barrage of posts on here about it you would imagine the 3R/M400 wheels were made from cheese.

[hollowpockets]

In my experience the M400 wheels are strong, my rear skelped a curb sideways at high speed as the car spun (when i made the mistake of giving a friend a shotty) and it only suffered a slight buckle and dent, the way people talk the rim should have separated from the spokes.

I may have been lucky but that's just an example, i refused to pay nobles £500+ for a single wheel and bought the MO's which are lighter and look stronger for less than 1k for the set.

[Gadgeroonie]

it appears Comopmotive have changed the basic hub style casting for the wider rear wheels

this now means the rims do not clear the caliper and you will need a spacer to get them to fit !

the earlier design works fine

just make sure if they are going to make you some wheels they use the older style casting

Funky - Black MO's will look awesome on your car

[andygtt]

If we get 10 people wanting wheels we can get the rotas

Has to be 10 min tho

[funkybmx1]

I wlike rotas and again the different shape looks good

[Blu3R]

Here we go again

[snuffy]

Blu3R said:

Here we go again

Yep - I think there is more chance of pissing in the Queens's handbag then getting 10 people to agree on the Rotas.

[wessexrfc]

snuffy said:

Blu3R said:

Here we go again

Yep - I think there is more chance of pissing in the Queens's handbag then getting 10 people to agree on the Rotas.

[TuxMan]

I,ve got a full set of GT03 Wheels powder coated black for sale .......only £500 each...........

[andygtt]

TuxMan said:

I,ve got a full set of GT03 Wheels powder coated black for sale .......only £500 each...........

lol