WillT

I somehow managed to spin one of my cars a few months back. I refuse to believe it was a fault of mine but the turbo spiking (it is a bit broken). Any way, this was a nice car and had some nice alloys on it but I completely wrote off the wheels (the car is fine), so i'm on my second RX which I didn't really drive until now.

It has a set of terrible alloys, and cheap shitty tyres. As you can imagine, these don't grip for **** and look awful too.

Any one recommend a really good set of alloys and what tyres. I have been looking at bridgestone potenza's for the tyre, but no idea what to go for on the alloy side of things.

Is a really light alloy a good idea for this car? Or is a heavier alloy better.

This car has 300bhp at the wheels, and am looking to get another 50-60 in the next few months.

Also am uk based, so would be helpful if the alloy is available over here!

Thanks guys.

Mahjik

iTrader: (1)

Are you looking to purchase wheels locally or is mail order an option? I would look for something around a 17x8.5, 17x9 or 17x9.5 for a wheel size. Offset will be dependent on your suspension setup and use of the car. However, I would shoot for +38 to +45 in those sizes above.

As far as tires, I would look at the new Kumho XS. They have good tire sizes for 17" wheels.

dgeesaman

iTrader: (7)

The weight of the wheel is always a tradeoff between strength and performance. It makes no sense to spend a couple grand for a 17# track wheel if you'll only drive it on city streets and crush it on a pothole.

As for tires have a closer look at the tire model. "Potenza" is a line of tires from Bridgestone that range from crappy to outstanding. It really matters which model you're after. (That said, I can recommend Bridgestone RE-01R's for example)

Dave