Ebony and Ivory Yea baby! Coilovers? must be, cuz you are sittin mighty low. Nice! Love your color. It was my other choice. Very very nice.

 

It took me a minute to figure out what you ment about my signiture,but after scratching my head and pounding it on the table I figured it out.(Duh). I like my photo shop painting but your right, it might be time to update. I am now looking for some auto cross wheels and tires. Could you tell me your set up and why you like it. I'm not going to race but every other month and after buying these last wheels my wife will kill me if I spend to much money right now(what ever). I think I remember seeing a post you made with your set up but I can't seem to find it.

 

Megan coilovers

 

My Autox wheels are 16x7 Rota Slipstreams 40mm offset(go with 38 if you can) in Full Royal Sports Bronze. They're 12.5 lbs and very inexpensive, a set of 4 can be had for $450-500 in 16in. Tire wise i run Falken Azenis 215-45-16, but i might switch to Hankook RS-2's next year.

So you can have a great Autox wheel and tire setup for about $800-$900.

 

^^ looks good. i personally prefer 16's on this car too. actually, 16x7.5's.

 

i purchased my mcs june of last year and i only have 1700 pampered miles . I drive my denali daily(comfort) lowered with 22 hre wheels love all my cars made them all the way i like it....

 

SO I cribbed this slogan from the guys at Surley Bikes, but it seemed appropriate:

Check out my new rollers... The wheels are Team Dymics Pro Race 1.2's from Outmotoring.com. They weigh in at 13lbs each and are 15X7's.

The tires are BFGoodrich GForce Sports in 225/50/R15 and weigh in at 24lbs each.

Grand total, each wheel/tire weighs 37 lbs, or a loss of 18lbs (32%) per corner as compared with my S-lites!


Check out more details in this thread: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...647#post855647



RM2k5

 

Why 38 offset? Do they make a 16x7.5? Because of the fact that I'm using the H-sport springs I can't run in the stock class, so I might as well go with what will put the most rubber on the pavment if it helps. A 16x7.5 might not make that much of a difference but I wouldn't know since I haven't race the car. Are there other wheels that you would recommend in the same price range and weight but in a mesh pattern?

 

I was recommending 38 offset to push them out a little further and give you a slightly wider track. I'm thinking about getting 6mm spacers (3mm each side) for mine because it seems i can get them out a little further with no rub, especially with as much camber i'm pushing.

As of right now i haven't really seen too much of a need for 7.5, tire selection is a bit dificult to find above 225 and if you do find 235 you might have rubbing issue's with the strut first before you hit a fender. 225 Hankook Rs-2's fit on my 16x7's no problem and no bulge which shouldn't because causing any skwirm(sp?) issue's.

I guess 16x7.5 would be optimal, and i think there is a group buy going on somewhere for 15x8's, but i'm not sure you'll be able to fit enough tire for those wheels.

Ohh and also if your not planning on upgrading your brakes in the future with a BBK then you can even go down to a 15in wheel (lighter, even quicker gearing, and cheaper tires).

Search for OasisT , he's got a Rota Group buy going for 15x8's i think.

 

A picture of my wheels with the center cap on it...

I really look foward to install them on my car soon. I only need (actually wait for) new bolts and I'm ready to install them!

 

Ahhh... the weathers warmed up enough here that I actually ordered tires for the TrakLites I bought a couple of months ago. Another month or so and maybe I'll be able to post a pic or two.

 

rjman, what color traklites did you get? black ones? i like those a lot

 

New wheels, but the same...

3 pc Enkei 18"
225/40/18 Conti Sport Contact 2 (no rubbing or trim needed !!)

Click to supersize

 

Awesome wheels ! And ur MCS looks great too!

 

Passat very nice, how is the ride with the big 225/40/18s? If i go back to 18s i will try 215/40/18s, but 225 looks good too, but give 0.0000001" drop, you are in trouble

 

I like 225/40/18 and even with a full tank still no issues !! And no plans to lower the car with thise set of wheels!!

And thanks for all the kind words

 

Sorry no, anthracite. Having owned a couple of black cars, I didn't want black wheels. Figured they'd get visibily dirty too quickly.

 

It's been a long, hard road, and the journey's not quite over yet (dåmn hubcentric rings!) but my wheels and tires are on!

15x7" Konig Rewind wheels (+40 offset) with 225/50/15 Yokohama AVS ES100 tires.



More pictures in /.

 

One more, showing that big fat tire. :-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blalor/111626350/

 

 

How close to rubbing are they?

 

Depends on your definition of "close". ;-) I'd say there's around a half inch between the sidewall and the strut up front. I didn't really check the back. Provided that clearance doesn't change with suspension movement, I'll be fine.

 

those rewinds look awesome

 

Thanks. They were supposed to be the graphite color, like DiD's and the RallyMINIs' (RallyMINI and RallyMINI2005), but I failed to specify when I ordered. I'm fairly sure I'm losing my mind. Best to enjoy it while I can... :-)

I'm keeping them, but I'm still not sure which color I prefer.

 

That left front looks flat!
The Thick side is a sweet touch on the MINI, reminds me of a classic