Re: Black minilites - any pics out there?
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:10 pm
Old English White wrote:Alex ,
Better ask Doug , as he has 13" Minilite's on its blue S4 ...
On "OEW" -an S3 and thin round wheel arches on centered chassis-, the thickness of the rim made me use the file on the rear bolt and A-frame , same as many racers , and so far no problems . For the front , the tyre can rubb the inner arch ,then brake it. Some of us could say a word on that , I allready read that story on the forum ...
BTW , I will be interested to see 14" Minilite's on an S3 ...
Christian.
If my mind is not playing me tricks, Worzel and I had a conversation regards the 13" minilites before I bought mine. His advice was to go with smaller springs as per Alex, then get a middle of the road offset, (that is offset on the inside of the wheel). This is where my mind tricks come in, I think minilite say they can supply in various offsets up to 105mm. I have seen it said on here before that no 2 Elans sit on the chassis the same. I suppose any of you may have come across this at some stage.
I went for 95mm and with a little rear bolt adjustment they fit superb.
Now I must admit the front of my Elan rides about 1" to 1 1/2" too high for my liking and when a eventually lower it, I too may have some front wheel issues to correct, as Christian says, but hoping I haven't.
Hope this helps with your decisions guys.
By the way I saw about 4-5 Elans with Minilites fitted at Snetterton last weekend. So I think it's all about you pays your money and takes your chance.
Oh! 1 other thing, at present I have the standard 155 x 13 tyres fitted.
Doug.