thinking of downsizing from 18s to 16s?? would these look BADASS??

jimGTS · Post by **jimGTS** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:38 am

current wheels, BBS LM

been thinking of downsizing for a little while, nothing popped up im interested in, until today!!
BADASS?
RETRO??

or

CRAP???

potential wheels

mark edwards old car

foxy-stoat · Post by **foxy-stoat** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:51 am

craig · Post by **craig** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:29 pm

Stick with your BBS wheels mate

Martin F · Post by **Martin F** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:41 pm

Don't look nice on a two, why do you want to change them Jim ?

craig · Post by **craig** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:48 pm

Always thought they looked like merc wheels. What make are they?

Long time since Mark Edwards was on here. He used to get called

Merc-FE-Edwards (those wheels and no spoiler

)

Even though he had more that 400bhp

jimGTS · Post by **jimGTS** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:56 pm

i looked at all his old posts, and noone knew what they were called...

have since discovered they are

Starform Type D

fancy a change due to car only gets B road use, and 18s are pretty hard over any surface....
might just be cause i fancy something else, am not sure...

am due a tyre refresh on the rears, and instead of blowing £400 on tyres i may not get much use out of (if i sell wheels on), had a thought of changing wheels completely.
mmm

David21 · Post by **David21** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:16 pm

tbh i think the current BBS LM look awesome. Can you get those in a 16"?

Rahzel · Post by **Rahzel** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:17 pm

I'm not to keen on the starforms to be honest mate. They don't suit the look of the mr2.

On a decked S13 with lots of dish they look good.

greeny · Post by **greeny** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:11 pm

RedMR² wrote:

Even though he had more that 400bhp

Yeah on a hybrid.....

I prefer the BBS JIm,

Dont fancy some TE37's? I know theyre popular, but are a nice wheel!

jimGTS · Post by **jimGTS** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:21 pm

greeny wrote:
RedMR² wrote:

Even though he had more that 400bhp

Yeah on a hybrid.....

I prefer the BBS JIm,

Dont fancy some TE37's? I know theyre popular, but are a nice wheel!

only dyno of marks i saw was 282 at the wheels...at 1.7bar

anyway

i do LOVE the LMs, however in 18s there quite insane for potholes..
and i dont think theyd look as good in 16s, hense kinda looking at different wheels.

perhaps im just wanting to find things to do to it, lol

StevieL · Post by **StevieL** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:46 pm

If your wanting to sell them BBS wheels, gimme a shout mate, got a nice car they'd look awesome on

sjm1984 · Post by **sjm1984** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:48 pm

dibbs on the LM if you decide to sell

Race Idiot · Post by **Race Idiot** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:36 pm

Those starforms only look good if you are gonna go hellaflush, the ones on the mr2 dont have enough dish compared to the shots on the S13.

Also dont diss the FE bootlid

Terrible pic I know and you cant see that the bootlid is actually red

Tom-os · Post by **Tom-os** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:51 pm

Everyones opinion is different but i would defo stick with the BBS LM's mate. They really do look awesome.
I've got 18"s myself (KEI RSS)

and those other rims don't suit MR2's at all.
As i said just my opinion.
Tom-os

loudandproud205 · Post by **loudandproud205** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:51 am

aslong as you get some with an awsome dish think i think they could work well, it will have to be low thou.

and well 16s and lowered is an ass for speed bumps and even curbs

Race Idiot · Post by **Race Idiot** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:12 am

loudandproud205 wrote:aslong as you get some with an awsome dish think i think they could work well, it will have to be low thou.

and well 16s and lowered is an ass for speed bumps and even curbs

I dont have this problem but then again i'm not running rock hard coilovers, or maybe my car isnt that low. I dont know I cant tell.

Nails · Post by **Nails** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:50 pm

i think the 3 peice rims I have for sale would look good on your car

otherwise the 18s look too big and kind of roller skatey, and the fat 5s have got to be heavy and poor for helping with brake cooling

Steve-O 2007 · Post by **Steve-O 2007** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:40 pm

RedMR² wrote:Always thought they looked like merc wheels. What make are they?

I think they are Mercedes AMG alloys arent they??? Or very similar. (Infact the badge in the centre looks like a Merc badge

)

jimGTS · Post by **jimGTS** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:43 pm

Steve-O 2007 wrote:
RedMR² wrote:Always thought they looked like merc wheels. What make are they?

I think they are Mercedes AMG alloys arent they??? Or very similar. (Infact the badge in the centre looks like a Merc badge )

as per my post

Starform Type D

there not merc wheels...
merc wheels are pcd 112!

Steve-O 2007 · Post by **Steve-O 2007** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:44 pm

Yea they are Merc AMG alloys -

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/737147.htm

--edit--

Just saw your post Jim

They look very similar

--edit 2--

The ones on the Red and White car are Definatly Merc AMG, you can even see where it says AMG on the spoke. The ones on the MR2 are different

www.imoc.co.uk

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