My New 18's
22 May 2004, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mrklaw
to everyone who's had these for a little while, are they holding up ok with no corrosion etc? I was warned about this in another thread where I mentioned that I was looking at bk299s in gold.
Are they a polished rim? Do they require any special looking after?
Jonjo, any pics of the hyperblack? Thats another option if I don't go for the gold!
Are they a polished rim? Do they require any special looking after?
Jonjo, any pics of the hyperblack? Thats another option if I don't go for the gold!
Don't need any special looking after but they are a nighmare to clean but a pressure washer seems to clean them up without too much hassle.
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El
22 May 2004, 10:06 PM
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Offsets are genrally between 48 and 53 depending on the wheel.
Prodrive use a 53 offset on the 7.5 x 18 inch OZ's for the Classic with 215's or 225's (P1 WR is 225). But then they are extra carefull about clearance/rubbing
Compomotive use a 50 offset for 8 x 18 Compomotive MO's (these can rub the arch slightly if 225's are fitted
Speedline use a 48 offset for 7.5 x 18 SuperLegaras of GT1's and recommend 215's
P.S I love this wheel, but the extra 5 holes really bug me especially as the insdie of the unused holes does do not appear to be painted that well. The Mania wheel only has 5 (instead of 10) holes, but I am not sure if you cn get them in this colour.
Prodrive use a 53 offset on the 7.5 x 18 inch OZ's for the Classic with 215's or 225's (P1 WR is 225). But then they are extra carefull about clearance/rubbing
Compomotive use a 50 offset for 8 x 18 Compomotive MO's (these can rub the arch slightly if 225's are fitted
Speedline use a 48 offset for 7.5 x 18 SuperLegaras of GT1's and recommend 215's
P.S I love this wheel, but the extra 5 holes really bug me especially as the insdie of the unused holes does do not appear to be painted that well. The Mania wheel only has 5 (instead of 10) holes, but I am not sure if you cn get them in this colour.
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22 May 2004, 10:31 PM
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I can only guess my offset, but know my Speedline Turini's are 18x8 - they clear my AP 6-pots by a comfortable margin (more so than the previous Brembo's as the AP's are flatter).
But there's oh so few wheels that will go near my car sadly (I was looking for 19"ers at one time and only the SuperL's will go on apparently), I'm not a massive fan of them, so I'm leaving out the expense and sticking with the 18's!
But there's oh so few wheels that will go near my car sadly (I was looking for 19"ers at one time and only the SuperL's will go on apparently), I'm not a massive fan of them, so I'm leaving out the expense and sticking with the 18's!
23 May 2004, 05:52 PM
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The Corosion is only caused by damaged lacquer I.E. Kerbing or stne chips. The only way to cure this which has been done quite successfully is get the wheels double lacquered when you get them refurbed. Also dont try kerb hopping like the toruing car boys.
23 May 2004, 10:36 PM
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Like this you mean ?
A perfect example of what not to do to your wheel and shows the corrosion which is starting to appear from my (or to be more accurate the other half's !!!) kerbing damage. This happened about a month ago and is already starting to corrode quite badly.
Any idea who much it costs to get one wheel repaired and re-lacquered ??
El
A perfect example of what not to do to your wheel and shows the corrosion which is starting to appear from my (or to be more accurate the other half's !!!) kerbing damage. This happened about a month ago and is already starting to corrode quite badly.
Any idea who much it costs to get one wheel repaired and re-lacquered ??
El