Wheels for Westfield Megablade
Discussion
I'm looking to buy a spare set of wheels for my Westfield Megablade (and keep the current 14" Superlights shod with all weather Yokohama's for the Winter), and then put some A048's on some new wheels so I can easily interchange them for the track / road (bearing in mind I plan to use it all season).
Any suggestions about the following would be appreciated -
1. Wheel size. This seems to vary from 13" with fat rubber to 15" with low profile tyres, what's the consensus on this?
2. Sexy looking, lightweight wheels - where is a good selection?
3. I was planning on using Yoko A048's as I had these on my Exige and they were amazing, any other better alternatives?
Cheers!
Any suggestions about the following would be appreciated -
1. Wheel size. This seems to vary from 13" with fat rubber to 15" with low profile tyres, what's the consensus on this?
2. Sexy looking, lightweight wheels - where is a good selection?
3. I was planning on using Yoko A048's as I had these on my Exige and they were amazing, any other better alternatives?
Cheers!
Keep wheels at 13" for track driving, the tyres are a lot cheaper, wheels are lighter and 60 profile tyres give better handling than stiff walled low profile tyres on larger rims.
As for tyre recommendations, Yoko 48s are a good choice yep, the only others worth consideration is the Toyo 888 and possibly Kumho Ecsta (cant remember the exact model), but Yokos / Toyos are similar price on a 13" rim (~£60-80 a corner) and some preople prefer one, others prefer the other.
ACB10s are probably the ultimate trackday tyre (apart from slicks) but they're a crossply consrtuction so you need a completely different suspension setup than radials to make them work. You could adjust it to suit but then you're compromising your road setup more, and also they're more expensive and last half the time of the 48s.
Chris
As for tyre recommendations, Yoko 48s are a good choice yep, the only others worth consideration is the Toyo 888 and possibly Kumho Ecsta (cant remember the exact model), but Yokos / Toyos are similar price on a 13" rim (~£60-80 a corner) and some preople prefer one, others prefer the other.
ACB10s are probably the ultimate trackday tyre (apart from slicks) but they're a crossply consrtuction so you need a completely different suspension setup than radials to make them work. You could adjust it to suit but then you're compromising your road setup more, and also they're more expensive and last half the time of the 48s.
Chris
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