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Federal wheels

Postby David » Mon 01.08.2005, 22:19

I am thinking of fitting a set of 16" federal wheels with Yoko tyres to my SE Elan. Any coments, good or bad.

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Postby Fubar1764 » Tue 02.08.2005, 04:25

I just shod the fronts with Yokohama AVS ES100. Quite happy with them.
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Postby chris.t » Tue 02.08.2005, 18:31

emmmmmmmm i smell sw lotus here. done the same, not over impressed with the yokos A539 in wet greasy conditions. Would say that they are very hard wearing though :D
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Postby David » Tue 02.08.2005, 19:53

SW lotus, your spot on.

How does the car look with the federal wheels? I dont think I have seen a car with these on.

Do they still have 'lotus' in one spoke?

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Postby Doug » Tue 02.08.2005, 20:27

I'm a hater of Federal wheels = the most outdated part of the car IMHO

why not use S2 wheels which look 10X nicer ? ?
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Postby Fubar1764 » Tue 02.08.2005, 20:44

:agree:
Anyone stateside have the S2 wheels? :bowdown:
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Postby Paul.P » Tue 02.08.2005, 21:56

There you go David, make your own mind up ?
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Postby Monty » Tue 02.08.2005, 23:02

Paul,

Whitey sure looks good there :roll:

David,
it`s all personel choice, me i`d rather spend my money on aftermarkets but trying to get the right offset can be hard work or at the very least go for the S2 there`s a set for sale in guess were the for sale section LOL.
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Postby Fubar1764 » Tue 02.08.2005, 23:23

In the 16x7, there's no offset +60 on the market that I've ever been able to find. Not happy about that. . .what happens when one of these OZ wheels gets damaged?! Grr. . . :evil:
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Postby Dico » Wed 03.08.2005, 17:28

David wrote:
How does the car look with the federal wheels?

Do they still have 'lotus' in one spoke?



I have a set from south west and think theyre a bargain at that price. i also think they look a darn sight better than the stock 15 inchers.
yes they do have 'lotus' on one spoke.

go get yerself a set.
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