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[james24]

i'm hopefully buying my elise s2 sports tourer tomorrow in gunmetal grey and its got the standard silver 6 spokes on it but i really like the sport 190 wheels in black! ive been searching for them on the net but cant find the prices anywhere! anyone got any ideas where i could get a set and how much with tyres? i want to go with 17's on the back, 15" on the front. if anyone can let me know i'll be really grateful, cheers, james

[bogie]

They only come in one size/fitment for the Elise - 16" front , 17" rear, with 195/50 fronts instead of 175/55. They are around £995 + tyres. Only recommended tyre fitment are YokosA048, so around £1600 total. You will also need the suspension to cope with the additional grip - around £1000-£2000 depending whether you get the official Lotus LSS pack or go aftermarket with Nitrons.

They are on the S2135R and S2Sport 190 for a reason - wider fronts, less understeer, better braking (with motorsport pads i.e.Pagids) etc ...but are not recommended for a std car unless you get the whole package of suspension/ARB/brake pads from Lotus for £3500 !

You can get Nitron adjustable suspension for the S2 from places like www.111tuning.com or www.race-speed.com and you can buy the wheels from any dealer or online from www.brooke-kensington.com ....but I would recommend getting used to the handling of the std car first before tinkering

[james24]

thanks mate, £3500 is alot of money! think i may just have to make the standard wheels black! is this possible? and does it cost loads!? i really like the black wheels with the gunmetal grey!

[bogie]

yep - loads of people have sprayed their wheels black - about £50 per wheel

if you are near London then goto www.sinclairebodyshop.co.uk

[dragstar]

hi guys,

while were on the subject of tyres, i wanted to know how good are the advan neovas? i have them on my (quite new) and yes i smell burning rubber every 0.6 miles due to me, but how good are they and how long will they last? quite expensive they were!!

[matt_ward]

Advans are the closest thing to glue in the dry and good fun in the wet.