Suspension (where to buy)

[e21-Mark]

Thanks for your help guys, I have now ordered the sax psx kit for £394....as the car will be used on the road only i thoughtthese would be the better option, also means i can spend the other £200 on something else for the car..

I'm now hunting for alloys, think i'm going to go woth the Lenso BSX...thinking 16'sand looking for a nice dish, anyone know what kind of width offset i will be able to get away with?

Might be worth researching Lenso's as have heard a few people question their quality.

[sleepy]

Really,thanks for the heads up, not saw anything myself...i'm looking through forums etc just now.

Any of these people on this forum?

Its the BBS rs style i'm looking for but if anyone has any suggestions for a nice deep dish rim please let me know

[dannyboy]

company called ESM..


these might be to deep..

[sleepy]

Thats the kind of thing I'm after (not the massively deep one), will scan web today.
Called a couple of places re the lenso's, have been told the amount of dish doesn't change regardless of offset so if I want the deeper look I would have to go 9j......anyone running 16" 9j, any clearance issues?

[Jason_323i]

16x9 will require effort, rolled archs et0 or less, possible issue with hiting the front strut

[m3gaz]

Call RPM and get Gaz. I had the Spax kit and it was OK but I prefer GAZ. That's just my preference though and not a reflection on Spax.

Nice disclaimer,Mark.

[sleepy]

What about the rear, would there be trouble getting 9j on rear and 7.5j on front?

[olivewoo]

Front should be fine, don't know about the rear, i've got 7.5 all round.

[sleepy]

what offset are your alloys front and rear?

[sleepy]

ok so been thinking this weekend and i hink i'll just go for 7.5j x 16 all round...
can anyone see any fitment issues with this or does anyone have similar size fitted?

Hopefully will order alloys tomorrow

[e21-Mark]

15's might be better? Just personal preference but think anything over 15 looks a bit out of proportion. Just my preference though.

My road car has 8 & 9 x 15's and track 7 x 15's

[sleepy]

Ah Mark don't make me doubt myself again, only got a couple of weeks to get these before the classic car show i'm going to lol

Honestly have been going back and forward between 15's and 16's and width between the two, was going to get the Lenso with the black centre so thought 16's would look better as th black centres might make the wheel look a bit smaller.?

Anyone on the forum have lenso's?

[nas80]

I'm now hunting for alloys, think i'm going to go woth the Lenso BSX...thinking 16'sand looking for a nice dish, anyone know what kind of width offset i will be able to get away with?

fake bbs?? are you serious?

[dannyboy]

lenso's are "ok"... but they corrode very quickly.. id stick with the BBS splites as they are the wheel to have also can make wider or thinner as required.. touch pricey though... rs or rm style...

[olivewoo]

what offset are your alloys front and rear?

I think mine are et35 (off of a Golf), the front has a 20mm spacer so works out to be et15 and the rear has a 25mm spacer and works out to be et10.

Hope this helps..