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[RichH]

well that's up to you, but it will certainly make a huge change to the handling of the car.

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3k!..hmm.. strokes new credit card

[snoopstah]

Anyway, I'm sure if you can afford 1500 quid on alloys then another 50 quid isn't really going to be a problem, and then you can have them silver, black, gold or pink with blue spots on

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£50 each I would have thought no ?

[cyberman]

oh unless u want to save a few ounzes per wheel

Thats the ONLY sane reason to buy magnesium wheels. They are harder to look after and they burn beautifully if you ever get them going. But they should be lighter (still waiting for weights BTW).

If you want the light wheel (for improved unsprung / sprung weight ratio) the only other thing to check is how strong they are. Will they handle being thumped over a kerb when doing a trackday / hitting a regulation council pothole?

If you can get a pre-sale statement about that you can buy with that degree of confidence. If not you make your own analysis and experiments and carry your own risk. All wheels can be deformed and I wouldn't fancy straightening mags.

BTW, this unsprung weight business. The assembly per corner is quite heavy upright / hub / disk / caliper / wheel / tyre + say 1/2 a wishbone and damper / spring set. Say 35kgs without going and weighing some. Change the uprights, disk, calipers, wheels and most of all the tyres for a nice low carcase weight slick and you can knock 15kgs off. Now that does make a LOT of difference.

Edited by cyberman, 13 June 2006 - 03:47 PM.

[Smiler]

only question is are these really soft? ie alot of potholed road us pretty much bugger them ?

[i need nos]

and does super light mean super weak, i mean one curb could mean nearly 400 quid a quarter down the drain?

[cyberman]

and does super light mean super weak, i mean one curb could mean nearly 400 quid a quarter down the drain?

The only reasonable answer is "not necessarily" There are only two ways of determining. 1. Buy some and test them. 2. Have the vendor make a statement that you can rely on. Otherwise its head down and cheque book up. And many a good time has been had like that.

I have used several sets of magnesium wheels in the past including the legendary MelMag made in spun alloy. An 18*18J wheel could be picked up on a little finger. OK, it cost a month's salary but they were beautiful. And strong. But you didn't kerb them. They were stiff. But if you kerbed them the rims deformed. Fixing involved heat treatment in an inert atmsophere in order to anneal the metal - almost remanufacturing.

Plans are reputable and I'm sure they wouldn't be offering rubbish. Ask Graham what warranty he offers and what the "kerbing" recovery options are. I am sure he will have a suitable answer. Then no one needs to speculate.

[christurbo]

you'd have like the guy who stopped me at the petrol station last night then chris..

"nice car mate.. quite fancy one myself..how much they go for.. how fast ...

not sure on the black wheels though.."

walks off n gets into a blue mx5 with chrome all over it..

apparently he got it off a guy who raced it... and you bought it for the road !!!

Pass me the gun

[ChazUwe]

Graham tortured me with these when I was in Plans last week by just seeing how well they fitted. Think they had just been delivered. They do look sweet And they are super light. Would love to have a drive with them on to see how they compare to standard They are basically exactly the same as the VXR Speedlines but magnesium in colour Aparently Graham is using them for his own race car so they must be good Graham, have you get them on a car yet. Picture would be good

[the gits]

OK - I will post a picture as soon as I get a chance. The photo posted on the previous page is NOT the same as these wheels. to re-iteraate they are exactly the same as the VXR wheels but silver in colour. I have tried to post a picture here but can't work out how to do it. please email me on ghorgan@plansmotorsport.com and I will foward a pic. They are very strong (stronger than the standard VXR wheel). It is difficult to "gaurentee" the wheel as we have no control over usage but as some nice person said we do have a good reputation here.and these wheels are the ultimate. And have centre caps. They will catch fire but not like a pure mag wheel. They will need extreme heat before burning. They are in stock - as are the tyres.

[Mani]

Reduce weight, improve performance and also improve fuel economy......................











a) go on a diet
drive without an overweight passanger
c) get rid of the crap you keep in the boot


or

d) buy some mag alloys

They are very strong (stronger than the standard VXR wheel).

Was that confirmed via appropriate tests?


Mani

Edited by Mani, 16 June 2006 - 10:19 PM.

[the gits]

how do you get pictures to appear? I've tried "File Attachements".. but it doesn't seem to work.

[RichH]

Graham, You can't attach them any more. You have to host them somewhere else and then link to the image. If you can't do this then email tohem to me and I'll sort it out for you. Rich

[Thorney]

We're trying to sort attachments now.

[i need nos]

has anyone recieved the pics of these yet and can they upload them here if they have,

[Marco Polo]

Here is a pic :

http://www.rollerweb...x_mag_wheel.jpg

Making up my mind....

[simonnichols]

very very tempted................... with nitrons.............

[VIX]

er, try about 20 kg. That's the whole point of this thread. Jesus.

I think you're probably wasting your breath mate, it's clearly the colour the counts!
I thought the problem with mag wheels was that they were inherently soft, didn't take kindly to pot holes and went out of shape too easily on the road? Look the dog's though.