Hmmmm dunno.
Maybe 17" GTi 180 wheels are a better bet. As they're an option anyway (albeit in Anthracite - but i'm not sure Anthractie goes with blue).
What's wrong with Team Dynamics? Looking for some actual reasoning here not just 'They're s*it". It can't be that Halfords sell them, 'cos they sell Compomotive wheels as well, and they have a good rep. And some touring car teams used to run Team Dynamics wheels. So....?
And they do like quite lovely in silver...
Touring car teams do not use the same alloys that are available (or recommended) to the public, as already mentioned in the "Lightweight Wheel" thread they are very brittle.
When I think of quality alloys I think Volk and Compomotive, team dynamics make 'ok' wheels. I own a set of 7.5x16s and they are quite soft, but not excessively.
But you just said Team Dynamics wheels weren't half decent? But now they're 'ok' ? Make your mind up :-). I don't really see their softness being a problem, i just won't hit anything. I survived with Fox wheels on the 405 for 3 years, including going up at kerb head on at 15mph...
Depends on the model.
I was tired and thought you ment 18" ripspeed alloys... selective reading ;)
Sometimes there is a formula that defines what you can use, but there are some definite advantages. You can use the tyres as part of your suspension compliance so run stiffer, and if I read Burgerman right, when it comes to pulling away off the line, tyres that give work better, hence the balloon tyres on the back of a rail.
Utter bollucks driven by "phat moddin' wiv' me mates" psychology. They've gotten to you!
Manufacturers design the car, design the brakes, then design the smallest (and should be the _lightest_) possible wheel to go over the brake.
Then marketing come along and ruin it by insisting it needs upsizing by two or three inches.
There are two reasons for this. One is unsprung mass. The other is rotational mass.
There's also a reason why F1 cars run small wheels.
Yes it's in the rules, that wheels(1) must be no wider than 355mm front and
380mm rear, with a diameter no larger than 660mm in the dry and 670mm with wet tyres. The bead of the rim must be between 328 and 332mm (13 inches), F1 teams would run bigger rims if they could.(1) actually it's "complete wheels" defined as including inflated tyre (1.4 bar}.
My V8 sierra ran very wide, wrong offset 13 inch wheels wiith 205 60 13 stretched over them. They looked great. This modern fashion thing of big wheels is all pose and harsh ride for road use...
No, because they don't all frequent this group :-)
I tend to run on foot to be honest...
alt.autos.peugeot.sucks
:)
Aye and do you wear great big heels to run, or running shoes? :)
Gosh, that's a high traffic group. Peugeots must be utterly terrible.
Douglas
:) I think it depends on the server; I get loads and loads of posts. Not none of them Peugeot related. ;)
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