OZ Superleggeras

[Ade1986]

Found a set of these for sale locally, he wants £600 for them there as new, Now are these going to be lighter and better for the mini than my stock 5-star 16"ers on goodyear runflats, the tyres on them are Eagle F1's (GYs) the only concern is the offset of ET38 and the tyres being 205/40/17. Oh there 17"ers by the way?

[Lohen]

Hi,

Not sure about the exact weight of that combo but they will be fairly light, your can probably find out the weight of the wheel and the tyre separatly to get an idea of how heavy the combo will be.

The offset is on the wider side, but it will have good caliper clearance if you wanted a BBK later. The tyres are slightly off on the size (normally 205/45 or 215/40) so your gearing will be lower, which will mean that you will accelerate faster. Which is more important in reality than top speed.

Andrey

[Ade1986]

Will the ride be rougher because of the lower profile or smoother because there not run flats. Would it be sensible to swap these tyres for a set of 205/45 runflats. Also does anyone have a pic of an indi blue cooper on Superleggeras.

[Rayman]

Yeh swap em for 45 profile after they are worn, ride quality wont be too bad if you have not had it lowered, although it will be more bumpyer than the 16s on runflats. Im pretty sure that 17" combo will be similar weight to the mini 16s as the leggras are a very light wheels to start with so you wont find your car any slower!.

[Ade1986]

I dunno what to do as the wheels are up for £600....

[beatbox]

Hi, 17" superleggas weigh 15.2 lbs, 16" x-lites weigh 17.6 lbs so they are very light.Goodyear Eagle GSD3 are great tyres,arguably the best for the Mini.

This is the combo i intend to fit shortly.
£600 is a good price,who is doing that deal?

[Ade1986]

AH no there second hand but as new, said will take £550 for them..

[Ade1986]

Got them Nah only joking got a mate to do a photoshop for me opinions wanted.... Says he could do them for £550

["Reedy"]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ade1986

Got them Nah only joking got a mate to do a photoshop for me opinions wanted.... Says he could do them for £550

Good looking combo, especially if they are in anthracite or is it just a dark pic

[camini]

16" with 205/45/16 Goodyear GSD3 F1 for the summer.
I just put my 5 star whites back on and I can certainly feel more drag when pulling away now.

[Ade1986]

Quote: Originally Posted by camini

16" with 205/45/16 Goodyear GSD3 F1 for the summer.
I just put my 5 star whites back on and I can certainly feel more drag when pulling away now.

Just the sort of pic im after do u have any more? The ones im looking at are 17s but should still come out lighter than the current 5 star alloys im on.

[wibbly]

I've got 17" Oz Superturismos with 205/40's on with no real problems.. the 40mm profile gives the wheel edge a bit of protection actually.

Mine is a 45mm offset so I have no real problems, 18" OZ SuperL's I believe have to be bought in a 38mm offset otherwise they won't fit IIRC

If you do a search for Oz Superleggeras on here there is a lot of info

[woodsy_bear]

I thought it was the other way round, 17" 38 offset and 18" 42 offset in the superlegs

[Ade1986]

Yeah from what ive read 17s are mostly 38s and this set is.

[RedUn]

Quote: Originally Posted by woodsy_bear

I thought it was the other way round, 17" 38 offset and 18" 42 offset in the superlegs

agreed