Alloys aftermarket or Something else?
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Byker28i said:
Out of stock, and have been for quite a while. Same goes for the 4 bolt SP12s too, in either silver or anthracite. 
sixor8 said:
Byker28i said:
Out of stock, and have been for quite a while. Same goes for the 4 bolt SP12s too, in either silver or anthracite. OP is it the 16" saturns you have? Didn't think there were many Cerberas left running those, is it an early one you have?
Going 17" means you can stick with the 40 profile, but watch for tyre availability
Going 18" means 35 profile so a slightly harsher ride, but more tyre availability
Edited by Byker28i on Wednesday 28th August 17:49
Byker28i said:
sixor8 said:
Byker28i said:
Out of stock, and have been for quite a while. Same goes for the 4 bolt SP12s too, in either silver or anthracite. OP is it the 16" saturns you have? Didn't think there were many Cerberas left running those, is it an early one you have?
Going 17" means you can stick with the 40 profile, but watch for tyre availability
Going 18" means 35 profile so a slightly harsher ride, but more tyre availability
Edited by Byker28i on Wednesday 28th August 17:49
18s with 35 profile is a good shout
It very much depends what you want from a wheel: good looks (spiders/sp12/spider clones) or performance (by that I mean ride quality mostly). You can save 5.5Kg per wheel with the latter.
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If my memories are correct I think early Cerbs ,used a ET43 offset (for 18" Spiders ) front and rear , but later ones used the T-Car Spiders which are ET43 front and ET33 rear . All are 8.5" width. There are views that an ET40 offset works better for front steering feel/kickback? etc but an 8.5" rim width may put the tyre close to wheel arch (and other bits when turning) . Bola do (or did ) a range of wheels that offer custom offsets to fit, the downside (imo) is they use hub center rings (plastic) to take up clearance between hub diameter and wheel though most aftermarket alloy makers will do the same as few offer custom wheel hub bore measurements to fit CERB/T-car hubs (in Blighty) . Maybe the sportmotive/Motoclan wheels will be a direct hub fitment ? I have a set of Bola B11 (19" up) for my T350C in ET40 offsets front rear (9.5" rear 8.5" front) with 225x30 front and 255x30 rear tyres. These are lighter (with tyres) than the 18" spiders but I recently started to get rear axle vibes at national speed limit speeds so have just refitted my spiders (no more vibes) . Note the car drove fine with the 19"s upto the point the vibes started and I had decent wheel arch/tyre clearance but I also dont have it sitting on the bumpstops & have Sagaris dampers/springrates to counteract potential bottom out issues at the rear , which they seem prone to on undulating roads on stock factory spring rates. also the Sag bilstiens have a longer progressive bump rubber, unlike the oem or billy retrofit shocks for Cerbs/T350C etc so assist in bottom out as the car transitions to the solid state from the suspended spring rate unlike the originals which is a hard bump/bottom out.
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