S2 Wheels on an S1

jj · Post by jj » Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:44 pm

Looks quite cool in a more up-to-date way....

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:49 pm

yeah, i think it looks

, and i really like those wheels anyway

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:13 pm

mmmm, me like!

Wonder if you can fit S2 Exige wheels onto an S1.....

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:17 pm

I now have visions of lots of s2s up on bricks,... in Edinburgh anyway

jj · Post by jj » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:22 pm

S2 Exige wheels fit on a K Series S2 with spacers. Those S2 wheels are on that S1 with adapters. So dont think so Greg, as that would be 2 kinds of adapters that would be needed to make them fit. I think the wheels as in that pic would look

on a black s1. £240 apparently for the kit.

Edited to add : if they are 111R wheels in that pic (dont know my wheels) then arent they the same as s2 exige wheels? So it would fit?

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:49 pm

So, £240 for the kit, plus the price of the wheels. Hmm, not cheap! There are a lot of people with S2s upgrading their wheels....

No.... must improve driving ability

must improve....

jj · Post by jj » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:54 pm

I actually thought that at £60 per corner it wasnt bad price wise; if you are buying wheels, its never going to be cheap.

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:15 pm

there is a difference between 111s wheels and 111r/exige wheels, so check out which ones you have. The difference is due to some physical change they had to make to accomodate the abs system set-up i believe.

Worst comes to worst just get them powder coated black

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:40 pm

jke11y wrote:I actually thought that at £60 per corner it wasnt bad price wise; if you are buying wheels, its never going to be cheap.

£60 per corner all depends on your perspective. I prefer to think about it all-in, and £240 for 4 'adaptors' is a fcuckload of money

I'm not averse to wasting money on pointless things (as my previous hobby proved), but I doubt I could justify that

DDtB · Post by **DDtB** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:52 pm

wonder what it does to the handling..... bearing in mind that the S1 has 15/16 wheels on it and the S2 has 17s all round....

Was there a genuine reason to fit smaller fronts or was it just that they got a job lot of mixed sizes when putting the S1s together ?!?!

tut · Post by **tut** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:45 pm

S2 has 16 fronts and 17 rears.

tut

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:06 pm

tut wrote:S2 has 16 fronts and 17 rears.

tut

Posted during 5th Gear! Hmm was pretty pump tonight though.

DDtB · Post by **DDtB** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:16 pm

tut wrote:S2 has 16 fronts and 17 rears.

tut

d'oh!

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:28 am

I love S2 wheels, on an S2. Just don't think they fit the retro look of the S1...

...unlike these !!!

Combined with the shocking price of the wheel spacers

(can't Stu knock sum up?

) I think it'll be a wee while before you see these on my car

One day tho!

Oh and surely wheels that big with anything other than original ride height would wear thro the clam??

scott

dr al · Post by **dr al** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:08 pm

GregR wrote:mmmm, me like!

Wonder if you can fit S2 Exige wheels onto an S1.....

I think S2 Exige wheels would actually fit better than the ones from a K-engined car.

S1 offset = 13mm,
spacer (if it;s the eliseparts one) = 25mm,
total = 38mm

front S2 (K or Toyota) offset = 32mm (so wheels will stick out 6mm further on an S1 with spacers.

rears a bit different!
S2 K-engined - offset = 18mm (so wheels will stick out 20mm further on an S1
S2 Toyota-engined (111R or Exige) offset = 38mm - perfect fit!

A.