which wheels .. ?
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Thinking of sprucing the cerb up a bit and thoughts turned to wheels .. car is starmist green and currently sitting on standard saturns, but i also have a set of 17inch rl7s which i bought to go on .. however I really like the look of yoichi's wheels in the pic ..
what other styles suit the cerb other than saturn / rl7 / spider / sp12 .. anything slightly unusual but still good looking?
what other styles suit the cerb other than saturn / rl7 / spider / sp12 .. anything slightly unusual but still good looking?
Those wheels do look good, and a great pic from yoichi as always. I also like that the roof looks a darker colour, makes the cerb look even sleeker.
My search for wheels took me on a bit of a crusade to find the lightest wheels that would fit. I was fed up of crashing about on the heavy spiders so my motivation was more performance than looks - I think the spiders look ace. I looked at Advan, Enkei and all the usual suspects and eventually settled on the weds sport TC105X. See GermanCerb's thread, he also has some great looking wheels - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I went for 18x9.5 ET45 rear and 8x17 ET32 front, and they fit very well...
I like that they're the same colour as brake dust
. Finished off with some generic black centre caps from ebay.
About 5Kg saving per wheel compared with spiders, the difference is very noticeable.
My search for wheels took me on a bit of a crusade to find the lightest wheels that would fit. I was fed up of crashing about on the heavy spiders so my motivation was more performance than looks - I think the spiders look ace. I looked at Advan, Enkei and all the usual suspects and eventually settled on the weds sport TC105X. See GermanCerb's thread, he also has some great looking wheels - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I went for 18x9.5 ET45 rear and 8x17 ET32 front, and they fit very well...
I like that they're the same colour as brake dust
. Finished off with some generic black centre caps from ebay.About 5Kg saving per wheel compared with spiders, the difference is very noticeable.
Edited by FarmyardPants on Wednesday 11th August 13:38
Theyre nice but look too much like spiders ..
there was a white cerbera owned by someone called i think david morgan which had lovely wheels .. sadly can't find a pic and i think it was exported anyway. They were a delicate spoke and i think were BBS ..
will try and see if i can google bbs wheels and see if there's anything similar
there was a white cerbera owned by someone called i think david morgan which had lovely wheels .. sadly can't find a pic and i think it was exported anyway. They were a delicate spoke and i think were BBS ..
will try and see if i can google bbs wheels and see if there's anything similar
Mr Cerbera said:
Never been one to follow fashion. everyone seems to be following the 5x2 spoke effect. 
If I were seriously looking then I would go for the Mag omes, like Mike.
You could then get the centres in any colour you prefer...
10K a wheel or something like that.. If I were seriously looking then I would go for the Mag omes, like Mike.
You could then get the centres in any colour you prefer...
Edited by Mr Cerbera on Friday 13th August 13:10
spitfire4v8 said:
Well after saying that i wanted something a bit out of the ordinary i've completely gone against that and bought a pair of 18inch RL7s to go on the rear and partner 17inch RL7s on the front .. thanks anyway to all who contributed
Well they're a great looking wheel, what's the reasoning behind bigger rear wheels? I know another chap has done the same. I think slightly bigger wheels on the back always look good, plus it allows you to keep the 17s front wtih a slightly taller sidewall to protect the rims .. I'm not a fan of 18s on the front with rubber band tyres, but on the back with a decent sidewall they will be fine ..
Wasn't looking for rl7s at all but was offered a pair of 18s , agreed a price, and they're coming on monday
Wasn't looking for rl7s at all but was offered a pair of 18s , agreed a price, and they're coming on monday
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