Lightweight Alloys

[Spirit_Styling]

Im looking for some lightweight 15/16's in white. Can anyone help me out?

Phil smileys/smiley2.gif

[Smithy]

Have you tried Compomotive? Demon Tweeks sell them.

[Spirit_Styling]

Cool thanks, are lightweight alloys like getting a lightened flywheel, less effort required to spin them?

[dannsax]

yeah pretty mutch on the same theory then . . . . . just

mean's you can shift abit quicker if you know what i mean

[Spirit_Styling]

Yeah, does this mean ill be getting away from the lights that little bit quicker?

[Scott]

speedline wheels are light weight as are OZ superleggras.

The difference may not be entirely noticeable but it will make a difference

[Spirit_Styling]

i didnt know superleggras were lightweight. smileys/smiley3.gif

[Scott]

extremely light weight!

[dannsax]

it all help's for that power / to / weight ratio smileys/smiley17.gif

[Andyt]

i didnt know superleggras were lightweight. smileys/smiley3.gif

U do now! smileys/smiley2.gif

[jonnosaxo87]

superleggras are very nice aswell as lightweight but i think u wud have to get them powdercoated white as i dont think OZ do them in white


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[Spirit_Styling]

the new super t's, gt or something come in white anyway. cheers for the info, i may invest in some of them so, and powercoat them if nessesarysmileys/smiley2.gif

phil

[Spirit_Styling]

dont suppose anybody knows how much weight loss ill get from mk1 vts alloys to 15" superleggras smileys/smiley5.gif

[jonnosaxo87]

umm i think i read sumwhere that superleggeras (without tyres) were 4.5kg each??? actually that seems unrealistic... but the VTR alloys or ur mk1VTS alloys weigh 18kg with tyres on so fairly big diff....

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[Spirit_Styling]

is that 18kg per wheel with tyre, if no thats not much difference at all.

[jonnosaxo87]

i sont no how much a tyre weighs lol..... but its 18kg each with tyres for ur VTR wheels

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[Scott]

bear in mind i the old super T's were far from light and i think its the same casse with the new ones, would tell you on OZ's website

[Spirit_Styling]

id say at least 40kg loss,all told.Slimfast smileys/smiley17.gif

[jonnosaxo87]

using superleggeras not superturismo'ssmileys/smiley17.gif


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[Spirit_Styling]

weird, the 106gti and saxo vts have 15kg in the difference and theres one complete second in the difference for their 0-60 times.

[Scott]

lol there has been mass debates about this like the 106 was loaded with more people etc... etc... i basically feel it was probably a marketing ploy by peugeot to get it in a lower insurance group, they are both as rapid as each other in my books

[Spirit_Styling]

could be, i hear the gti's are better in crashs so maybe they do weigh that bit more. Volkswagen do the same with their gti golfs and tdi's. What i was hinting at was if you can get a second slashed off your time by 15kg then what would you get for 40kg from changing to superleggras!? and im getting a full carbon bonnet too smileys/smiley17.gif

[charlieb]

i am getting some 15's in white! they are compamotive they are a magnesium alloy!! proper light weight!!! should have them on by sunday!!!!

[Spirit_Styling]

cool, can you find out what they weigh when you get them please.

Phil