Got my 16's on!

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:30 pm

What do you guys think?
They certainly fill the arches out nicely!! Oh, and its lowered now as well with new bilsteins too

Before:

After:

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:35 pm

Looks really nice Paulo!

looks unlowered though??

Steve.

Milosz_480 · Post by **Milosz_480** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:35 pm

Nice wheels dude!
What type are they?

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:40 pm

They are 16x7j OZ Superleggera with 205/50 Toyo tyres.

look at the before pic groomus, the arch gap is smaller by a noticable amount but i didnt want to lower it too much cos i want to keep it fairly practical! I reckon its lowered about 20-25mm.

Another few tweaks (late spec vented brakes, clear clusters, fixed focus fogs and a 1/2 leather interior) and it'll be worthy of a picture in my sig! Then its on the road for the turbo and bye bye MR2!

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:51 pm

LOL!!! You're selling the MR2? You're like me...change the car just because you can.

dave · Post by **dave** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:23 pm

i love legs, one of my fav ever wheels

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:23 pm

Its lookin' nice Mr Murf. Wheels suit it-nice to see it all lookin' clean and polished too. as if you just chop and change your cars like that. I need to be earning some of your wages

Good work!

JayTee · Post by **JayTee** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:38 am

Great looking ste of wheels Mate

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:14 am

Cheers all, glad its not just me that likes them

Cost more than the car did, embarassingly enough!

LOL!!! You're selling the MR2? You're like me...change the car just because you can.

I promised myself i'd keep it for a year but its got to go, it really is far too quick and it kinda scares me to be honest, especially in the wet!
Also, i was driving it pretty hard last weekend and got 160 miles from a full Â£45 worth of optimax, that scares me too!

Plan is to perfect the turbo 480 over the summer whilst i'm not using it, then flog the 2 and have a nice safe winter of FWD comfort!

guitarcarfanatic · Post by **guitarcarfanatic** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:52 am

Good job Mr Murf! Looking good. I'm looking for a set of pictors to go on my (near identical) turbo. And also some leather/half leather

owen080808 · Post by **owen080808** » Mon May 01, 2006 3:23 pm

Looks good!

any noticeable difference when driving with them? mates just gone up 2inch in wheel size (15-17) on a vr6 and recons the handlings not so good anymore, would like to know how the 480 is affected...

i guess i'l join the que in quite fancying the idea of a half leather interior!

Agwa Moose · Post by **Agwa Moose** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:15 pm

Looks good mate

J

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:02 pm

Nice wheels.

These style of wheels are pretty popular here where I am, alot of people put them on cars, and even though they are a nice wheel, I'm a bit sick of seeing them. They just don't suit some cars.

However, they look good on the 480. Reason they work is because of the shape of the body, with the pointy nose and the way the curves run over the roof. My boss has an FTO with similar wheels, and they work nicely because of the exact same reason.

They'd be nice in another colour too.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:06 pm

any noticeable difference when driving with them? mates just gone up 2inch in wheel size (15-17) on a vr6 and recons the handlings not so good anymore, would like to know how the 480 is affected...

No idea! its stored off the road till i finish modding it so i cant drive it anywhere other than round the private car park that its parked in!
Having said that, it seems to have made the steering a wee bit heavier but thats to be expected, going from 185's to 205's.

I changed the wheels on my MR2 from 15's to 17's and its made the handling better except for slight tramlining on rough roads. the lower pro sidewall has also made the back end break away easier when you boot it, just what you need

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:38 pm

I like

piper1st · Post by **piper1st** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:48 pm

very nice Paul ... a good buy!

pol · Post by **pol** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:07 pm

Pimped!

pol

volviz · Post by **volviz** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:03 am

Agwa Moose wrote:Looks good mate

J

Agree

ReVolvoLution · Post by **ReVolvoLution** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:34 am

Looking good mate, Oz SuperLegs are the biz!

I've always found 16's to be the ultimate for comfort and handling. 15's get to much tyre wall flex and 17's never want to turn in to corners in the wet..... anyone got a set of 16" TSW Eurace going spare?!?!?!?!

How did you get on removing the rear bump stops to replace the springs? Mine caused no end of problems, thought i was gona need a new rear axle

robin_xr4i · Post by **robin_xr4i** » Tue May 02, 2006 7:41 am

superleggera's look good on anything, nice choice! Love the arty photo as well