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Offline Diamond Hell

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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #10 on: 23 September 2008, 13:04 »
One of the biggest pieces of information about those wheels is missing (or have I just missed it?).

The weight of the wheels.

As this has a big impact on how the car handles with the wheels fitted I don't understand why so many companies don't list it with all of the other stats.

Nice enough wheels, shame the PCD's not right for VAG fitment.
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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #11 on: 23 September 2008, 16:21 »
Would the weight of the wheel have such a bearing when its going to be used on a road car rather than thrashed around a track? After all the speed limit is 70 and I dont see to many tight S's on the m6  :laugh: :grin: :evil:

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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #12 on: 23 September 2008, 16:26 »
it can actually make quite a difference to fuel economy.. used to get tons of posts from people whining that they had engine problems when they lost 10mpg after fitting heavy 19" replicas to mk4's :grin:

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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #13 on: 23 September 2008, 17:08 »
it can actually make quite a difference to fuel economy.. used to get tons of posts from people whining that they had engine problems when they lost 10mpg after fitting heavy 19" replicas to mk4's :grin:

i did not know that  :shocked: nice 1 :afro:

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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #14 on: 23 September 2008, 22:07 »
One of the biggest pieces of information about those wheels is missing (or have I just missed it?).

The weight of the wheels.

As this has a big impact on how the car handles with the wheels fitted I don't understand why so many companies don't list it with all of the other stats.

Nice enough wheels, shame the PCD's not right for VAG fitment.

in the lad's original post he said he had adapters. obviously not ideal to be running stuff like that while pushing hard i'd have thought. a lot of the rota wheels are available in 4x100 though cos that's what hondas use.

i think the rota's are reasonably light in general, but not as light as the original wheels they're based on (mugen, rays, enkei etc.)

you found out the weight of g60 steelies yet?
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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #15 on: 23 September 2008, 22:33 »
One of the biggest pieces of information about those wheels is missing (or have I just missed it?).

The weight of the wheels.

As this has a big impact on how the car handles with the wheels fitted I don't understand why so many companies don't list it with all of the other stats.

Nice enough wheels, shame the PCD's not right for VAG fitment.

is this to do with the "unsprung weight" or is it the "sprung weight" can never quite mind also taking into account the brake disk/calipper and the hub etc??

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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #16 on: 23 September 2008, 22:37 »
they're nice but i could dream of better :grin:

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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #17 on: 23 September 2008, 22:54 »
nice wheels  :smiley: have you photoshoped em yet?

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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #18 on: 24 September 2008, 16:45 »
if they are et 10 without hub adapters they are going to effectively end up with a negative offset by the time the adapters are fitted. i cant imagine a car designed for et35 to drive very nicely!

they do however look hard as feck on the e30!

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Re: I've found my dream rims
« Reply #19 on: 24 September 2008, 21:34 »
These look OK

http://www.rarerims.co.uk/alloys_sub2.asp?id=48

need more dish though of course

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