Sticky rubber

[stuart1969]

Hi, I am looking to buy a 2nd set of wheels & tyres for my S2 111S. Has anyone any recomendations on wheel & tyre combos, they will only be used for trackdays and dry weekend drives so they need not be practical in the rain. Will I need to change suspension geometry.

Stuart

[bogie]

The only ones I know of that will fit without special adaptors are the OZ rims supplied as part of the Lotus Sport Suspension package

you can get them separate here

www.brooke-kensington.co.uk/ppartl3.htm

£995 for wheels, £500 for tyres.

However there will be too much grip for the std suspension to cope with so youll need to upgrade that - Spax, Nitrons or official Lotus offering.

The official LSS kit is around £3.5K fitted and you get to keep your old wheels/tyres for road use. Its fitted std on the S2135R and Sport 190 and consists of

Oz wheels/Yokohama A048s (fronts are 6.5" wide with 195/50tyres)
new shocks/springs with adjustable ride height and I think damping
uprated adjustable anti roll bar
different mounting plates

Andy Walsh of www.1stlotus.com is developing a Nitron kit for the S2 at present which will work out cheaper than going the official route.

Others have tried running 195/50 Toyo Proxes on the fronts of the S2 std rims with mixed results - some like them, others complain of too much tyre wall flex, going off too quick etc

Sorry theres not much choice out there for the S2 at present

[bertie]

I'm in the same boat, looking to get some track day tyres on my Sport 160.
Concensus seems to be Yokahama A038R or A048R but some use Dunlop Formula Rs quite sucessfuly