Which Wheels???

Im getting new wheels and I need some opinions on what wheels to get there are tons of them out there so ive narrowed it down a little.......

In my opinion the less little nooks and crannies to clean the better -- my next set of wheels are going to have the minimum number of spokes!

yeah Lake Stevens I'm around usually if I'm around lake stevens I may be a little fast driver its usually after work and trying to get home well if you do say hi I have a very small LILCHAP vinyl on my drivers side....I feel bad I cut off a PW mini on the tressel this morning.

You might want to narrow it down by weight and
offset

Tire rack has a section that does a good job explaining terms used with wheel , we also have a couple of links that show all the stock wheels and there offsets. I can't link those right now but I am sure one of the others can help. Offset moves your whole rim in and out in relationship to where it mounts on the axle. The stock S lite 17 inch rim is 7 inches wide and has a 48 mm offset to make the 205 x 45 17s fit as it came from the factory. General rule the bigger the number the farther the tire moves into the fender , the smaller the number the more the wheel will stick out. If you read at tire rack and use their program to find wheel for your car you should be ok. Yes you should need wheels that will take the sensors and I beleive the newer wheel have bigger wheel studs then the gen 1 minis.

John

spell correction

Edited by johnf36 - February/27/10 at 7:47am

I bought my tires and wheels from Tire Rack and they arrived mounted and ready to go in a day or so.  Amazing.  Great service.  Great folks.  Alex was terrific.

So Ive tried to email tirerack with no response yet but I do have a question if you guys/gals know here all these wheels im looking at say thay are the 4x100 bolt pattern but clearly if you look at the pic it has 5 holes so NOT a 4x100 bolt pattern......

What size do you want 15,16 17or 18?

Well if you want to buy from tire rack, they don't have any Konigs nor do they have TSWs, so that cuts your list down to the last 2 the Enkei and OZ.

The OZ Canova comes in a 16 with and 4x100
The Enki Performace WDM coms in 16,17,18 with 4x100

The top one I have seen but can't remember the brand.

IDK maybe I'm just confused even the OZ website says that these wheels can do 4x100 but just the pics all show the 5 holes maybe they are just not accurate pics

Since you have so many Konigs up there you might go over to discount tire they carry Konig.
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/searchWheelsByVehicleAndSize.do?v=014508|2009&r=WASINT|c|Seattle&wd=17

Okay something interesting comes up  they are only showing a 16 as the largest  selection for Just -a-Cooper. They don't show the 17s till you go to the S. Now Tire rack shows all sizes. I don't know if there is a fitment issue on the Gen 2 Just -a-Coopers I haven't delt much with them.

Most of the wheels you listed had 4x100s

totally understand, I believe club members have had god luck with discount tire, even thug Tire rack is normal the first choice.

Since it has been thrown out there let's look at weight. First all the rims you are looking at are close to that of the OEM rims.
Light weight rims are not always a good choice just because they reduce unsprung weight. Rims can be put in roughly 3 groups, track, street and designer. Track rims are a very lite rims made to deal with the unsprung Issue John is talking about. The promblem with light weight track rims is they are made for smooth well maintain track surfaces. When running track rims on the highway you take the chance of cracking, bending and breaking the rims from everday road conditions.

The street style rims your looking at are made heavier top help handle the every day road hazards.

John

Edited by johnf36 - February/28/10 at 5:05am

Just to clearify something. I was not looking to rag or put down John's nicely written post and I am sorry if I offended said poster.

I just was pointing out that there can be driving issues when going to a lighter then stock rim.

Thank You
John



Edited by johnf36 - February/27/10 at 7:56pm