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Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:21 pm
by e21-Mark
sleepy wrote: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.
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:34 pm
by 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
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:41 am
by dannyboy
company called ESM..
these might be to deep..
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:17 pm
by 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?
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:43 pm
by Jason_323i
16x9 will require effort, rolled archs et0 or less, possible issue with hiting the front strut
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:44 pm
by m3gaz
e21-Mark wrote: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.
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:22 am
by sleepy
What about the rear, would there be trouble getting 9j on rear and 7.5j on front?
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:01 pm
by olivewoo
Front should be fine, don't know about the rear, i've got 7.5 all round.
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:41 pm
by sleepy
what offset are your alloys front and rear?
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:58 pm
by 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
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:34 pm
by 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
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:18 pm
by 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?
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:25 am
by nas80
sleepy wrote:
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?
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:18 am
by 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...
Re: Suspension (where to buy)
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:26 am
by olivewoo
sleepy wrote: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..