Help me choose wheels

markeg · Post by **markeg** » Sun May 01, 2016 5:16 pm

Agree with sars, the gunmetal is lovely. Not keen on the shiny blingy wheels... but the design is good for #1.

ekimj10 · Post by **ekimj10** » Sun May 01, 2016 5:25 pm

I've gone for set #1 but as others have pointed out, the current set look good.

Baza · Post by **Baza** » Sun May 01, 2016 10:51 pm

Sorry your on your own with this one, ask ten people you get ten different answers. You have to live with them trust your own decision.

z4pilot · Post by **z4pilot** » Tue May 03, 2016 10:22 am

I've voted 1, but in all honesty I think they all look a little too 'aftermarket'. Best option for me would be to drop the suspension a little to reduce the arch gap and add some spacers to the existing wheels to improve the stance - you might be surprised how much of a visual improvement that would make.

Johnfm · Post by **Johnfm** » Thu May 05, 2016 9:33 am

Interesting that nobody has mentioned weight.

Surely you get the lightest and reduce unsprung weight.

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Thu May 05, 2016 10:08 am

mr wilks wrote:Interesting that choice 4 is out front yet virtually matches the cars own grey paint colour
i think they would virtually "kill" the cars looks & look smaller than they would if a contrasting colour
The same wheels in matt black or high silver or hyper black would look great on the OPs car imo

Have to agree with this - you really need a contrast - as they stand, I'd prefer #1 but #4 in a different colour would probably look better on the car

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Thu May 05, 2016 10:11 am

Baza wrote:Sorry your on your own with this one, ask ten people you get ten different answers. You have to live with them trust your own decision.

Of course....

I often find that, if you can manage to narrow it down to two choices but can't make up your mind between them, just flip a coin to decide, if you feed vaguely flat or disappointed at the result you know that you really wanted the other choice....

sars · Post by **sars** » Thu May 05, 2016 10:51 am

PerryGunn wrote:
Baza wrote:Sorry your on your own with this one, ask ten people you get ten different answers. You have to live with them trust your own decision.
Of course....

I often find that, if you can manage to narrow it down to two choices but can't make up your mind between them, just flip a coin to decide, if you feed vaguely flat or disappointed at the result you know that you really wanted the other choice....

so I'm not the only one that does that then

enzed4 · Post by **enzed4** » Thu May 05, 2016 11:31 am

Johnfm wrote:Interesting that nobody has mentioned weight.

Surely you get the lightest and reduce unsprung weight.

If you're buying them for the track, yes. For every other application, weight would be down the list after fit and appearance. I don't think track use was mentioned, so we're voting on looks alone.
If the OP intends on tracking these, then it's a valid question.

stevo///m3 · Post by **stevo///m3** » Thu May 05, 2016 1:20 pm

option 1.
Stevo

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Thu May 05, 2016 1:25 pm

sars wrote:
PerryGunn wrote:I often find that, if you can manage to narrow it down to two choices but can't make up your mind between them, just flip a coin to decide, if you feed vaguely flat or disappointed at the result you know that you really wanted the other choice....
so I'm not the only one that does that then

I wondered about posting that... don't feel quite so mad now...

sars · Post by **sars** » Thu May 05, 2016 2:52 pm

PerryGunn wrote: I wondered about posting that... don't feel quite so mad now...

No I think most women in the western world employ this technique as a sure fire decision making process when making a purchase of clothes or shoes when you can't decide between two items.

I have now evolved past this basic concept and just purchase both

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Thu May 05, 2016 2:53 pm

sars wrote:
PerryGunn wrote: I wondered about posting that... don't feel quite so mad now...
No I think most women in the western world employ this technique as a sure fire decision making process when making a purchase of clothes or shoes when you can't decide between two items.

I have now evolved past this basic concept and just purchase both

Mister T · Post by **Mister T** » Thu May 05, 2016 3:06 pm

Johnfm wrote:Interesting that nobody has mentioned weight.

Surely you get the lightest and reduce unsprung weight.

They're both flow formed, so should be pretty light and almost as strong as forged wheels.

Johnfm · Post by **Johnfm** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:53 pm

enzed4 wrote:
Johnfm wrote:Interesting that nobody has mentioned weight.

Surely you get the lightest and reduce unsprung weight.
If you're buying them for the track, yes. For every other application, weight would be down the list after fit and appearance. I don't think track use was mentioned, so we're voting on looks alone.
If the OP intends on tracking these, then it's a valid question.

Not just for track. General dynamics improve. The 108 alloys are around 12.5kg each. An OZ superleggera about 8kg each. That's worth saving, track or street. But each to their own.

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