After a lot of problems with deliviery, the new Compomotive wheels are finally in.
The wheels I ordered are again from Compomotive, just like the winter wheels and are also from the same series, MO. The sizes are: Voor Compomotive MO 1670 16" 7.0" 23 5 x 110 65.1mm black Achter Compomotive MO 1781 17" 8.0" 30 5 x 110 65.1mm black For the sizes I've looked at the wheels that are used on the VXR. Before doing anything else, we first test fitted the wheels. Luckily there were no problems, the wheels fit fine.
Unfortunatly Compomotive doesn't deliver stickers with the wheels in black. Arno got some stickers made and they fit the wheels very well.
The tires I've chosen are Toyo Proxes T1-R. These seem to have a good price and quality. The sizes are: Front 195/50R16 84V Rear 225/45R17 97Y Because the wheels are quite wide, the tires have the sidewalls standing in instead of straight down or to the outside. This makes for less sideways flex. After placing the new wheels and tires, the ride height had to be re-adjusted. In the end I didn't want to up to preload on the springs too much. The final rideheight I settled for was 115mm front and 118mm rear. The car now looks like this:
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