Part 33 - The new look
Been looking a wheel options for a while to replace the 16" Turinis. After destroying all the tyres at Croft last year decided 16" rubber is A -Too expensive for quality tyres B - does not fit great on the kangoo now it is quite low & the final nail in the coffin was realising it goes/drives a lot better on the 15" wheels.
So sniffing about for wheels and had a few choices in mind which would suit. They needed to be a good strong rim 15x7 et 35-40 and preference was motorsport/trackday look. Seen a few options that took my fancy
Compomotive mo5/6 - Expensive and rare now £500 a set then possibly tyres and refurb on top
Oz superleggera/ultraleggera - Superleggera rocking horse shit now and expensive 2nd hand - Ultraleggera best part of £800 for rims alone
Receline Rl7 - Rare as rocking horse shit
Speedline 2118 - Seem to come up for sale quite often around £4-600 various condition - easily available new
Speedline Turini 15" - As found on the twingo/optional extra for some clio's - fairly cheap £200ish a set needing tyres and refurb - Only 6j and high offset so would need massive spacer on the rear.
So looked round for 2nd hand rims. As usual anything that was half decent seemed to be minimum £300 needing tyres & poss refurb. After factoring in a blast/powdercoat @ £180 ish depending on initial price could be looking at £500 new so had a sniff round for new rims. Speedline 2118 had caught my eye and had been keeping an eye out for 2nd hand which seemed to be expensive - Seen a set one rim cracked and knackered R888R for £450 and not looking a1 condition.
Looking at options available in 15x7 - anthracite was my first choice but Et43 only which was no good as would mean a 12-15mm spacer at the rear - trying to get away from big spacers. White and gold in et38 same as the clio2 cup racers had - would work OK with the current 8mm spacer on rear. Gold was a no go - not for me - White was ok as best option.
Shopped around - a set of 4 rims new was £640 delivered from a few places. I found a motorsport company on ebay offering them for £560 - lots of et's available and colours listed so messaged them with what i wanted - no reply. Rang them and they said they would return the call - still waiting this call back !? After a few days i was fairly impatient and thought fuck them ill take my money elsewhere. On the offchance i thought i would ring speedline uk and asked if they sold direct to the public - answer was yes even got a good discount and the rims were in stock £540 delivered to the house.
2 Days later a large package arrives


Opened to reveal 4x sexy new rims

On the above pic no centre caps are present because no recess for them on motorsport rim. I wanted something to cover the rusty hub nuts - Quick google reveals tons of threads on centres for these wheels (google is king what did we do before google lol. google search revealed a part number for Renault centre caps - the pics of them looked so so 'acceptable' so ordered 4 which weren't that cheap at a tenner each. 2 days later and a knock at he door and a package from Renault Parts Direct ( cheaper and easier to order from than local renault highly recommended)
As above looked fairly acceptable and clip into the hub centres "close enough". So the wheels sit in the kitchen for a few days awaiting fitment of part worn Hankook Rs2 semi slicks that a good friend kindly donated. I planned on getting the tyres fitted on payday as my bank balance had taken a fair beating on buying the wheels so was waiting it out patiently when i received a phonecall Thursday 22nd 5:20pm (to be fecking precise lol) off another good friend who told me that one of the local garages had just reopened as Tyre city and 2 day 50% off deal on any tyre on the premises. "Get down there quick Briggs like right now if poss before they sell out, close at 6pm" the garage is 15mins away so jumped in the clio and shot down making it there 5:50pm. Initially i only wanted a set of 4x 18" Michelin pilotsport 4 for
@Sheryl_O megane so got them for £266 which was an absolute bargain - turned out i knew the manager in the garage so made an enquiry on the price of Yokohama Ad08r 195/50/15v - in stock @ £147 a set of 4 with the discount - silly cheap cheaper than new budget brand tyres so just bought them - new tyres new rims perfect timing.
Rammed the clio full of 18" tyres so had to leave the yokos and pick up on the Friday. The mad thing is the Kangoo was the perfect vehicle for collection but was buried on the drive behind cars. Clio loaded up
Friday comes and i shoot down to pick up the tyres. I swear there was people queing to get in Tyre City with the 50% opening offer on. Even though the fitting was included i took the wheels to my mate who is a shit hot tyre fitter and does all my wheels, i did not want to risk any marks on the new wheels.
Rims loaded up and new tyres
Fitting

Loaded up again
Give the rims 2 coats of Poorboys wheel sealant inside and out. Then on to fitting - straight off the jack - bolted on no issues after careful working out of ideal et
Next a quick blast off with the jetwash as short on time and other stuff to do
Centre caps look far better than expected

Overall very pleased with them, took a bit of a gamble with white but turned out ok. The Ad08r seem to stick like shit to a blanket turn in feels positive. That's all until next time Ladies and Gents, thanks for reading !