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Mrbarry

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Have fitted my new wheels today, 15 inch team dynamics 1.2 in the end because they came my way with new RainSport 3 tyres for a song. They look a bit lost in the arches after removing the 17s I had on there but Im sure the handling will be better as a result.

I will be advertising the old wheels on eBay but have no idea what brand they are, was hoping someone here might be able to help. They are 17x7 et40 made in Italy. I know no more lol.

I do know the tyres are Autogrip P308 lol. Good old 205/40/17s.

 

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I've got 17" 40 profile Rainsport 3s on mine and find them great. You have to watch as they have soft sidewalks so I run them at 20 psi, any less and they "squirm". They will take a bit more pressure without giving too hard a ride but I didn't find any improvement in handling.

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Well I decided to weigh those 17s with the tyres and the 15s with tyres. By fitting pro race 1.2s in 15 inch Ive saved 33kg in total, 7kg per wheel and Ive not removed the spacers at 1.25kg each. Those are accurate numbers too. Pro race 1.2 with 195/59/15 RainSport 3 is 12.8kg.

 

Looking at that youre talking 8kg per corner unsprung weight. And because Ive removed 30mm spacers and altered the offset by 25mm they are 5mm closer to the center of the car now, shorter moment of inertia for the dampers to control. Add those two together it should be far better in the corners.

 

Still have no idea what brand the black wheels are lol.

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