ZS180 Wheels
 

I think the ones I'm after are the 17" multispoke items, but I will consider other sensible looking wheels.

Preferably with half decent tyres.

I have a set of BK Racing 'splits' I can offer in return - I don't like them (in fact, I hate them!) if that is your thing, but just as happy to pay cash.

BK Racing wheels pictured below:
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I actually like those rims! Interested in any 18s? I was looking to sell mine as looking for a change, thread here http://www.themgzs.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=20693

Also have a set of 17 straights with good tyres.

Hi, I'm not interested in the 18s, but the Straights are of interest.

What tyres are fitted and how much tread is remaining?

Good tread as they are my track day options. Federals x2 and Hankooks x2 all with plenty of tread and very grippy. The Feds were a surprise, never lost any grip at all. Sam is borrowing them on his zed until he gets his new 18" replacement wheel. Not got any pictures of them until I get them back. No kerbing from what I remember but need a good clean to bring the best out of them. Still original finish.

Ok.

The wheels I have do have some curbing and the lips could do with a better polish to bring them up to their best (I have given them a quick run over, and the results were great for such little effort).

The tyres have plenty of tread remaining, but they are budgets.

What sort of deal would you propose? Would you be interested in a straight swap?

When do you think you'll get them back? I'm in quite a rush :)

Think we ought to check location first in-case we are too far apart to do this!

Sam said the wheel is being shipped today, so guess it'll be over the weekend into next week I think, Sam will clarify this when it arrives and when he can get the tyre fitted.

If we are both happy then no problem with a swap.

I am on the Isle of Wight. The easiest way is probably for me to come to Southsea via the Hovercraft.

I'll grab some detailed pics of the wheels later.

Do you have any wheel nuts for them? The BKs come with special ones....

Pretty local then, apart from the Solent :D

Yes got a set of nuts, might even have some locking ones, but they are the OE ones and are pretty naff. Also got centre caps for the wheels.

So you'll get a set of wheels onto the hovercraft?

Yeah, I have a mate that works on there anyway. I'm not too fussed whether they are locking nuts or not.

Nice one ;)

Well, now the car looks alright again it gave me the incentive to get it on the road. MOT passed this morning and I'm now rolling around in it.

I am going to really miss the little Clio - the MG doesn't appear to handle nearly as well (although, that wil be, in part down to the tyres) and I'm going to miss my creature comforts like auto lights, climate control etc. but the MG is a fantastic cheap run around until I find another car.

Clio better handling than the MG? Are you mad? lol (I think it was Top Gear who said the ZS was one of the best handling front wheel drive cars on the market ;)) :p

I've never heard of an MG being used as a "cheap run around until I find another car" either :) - I guess its a 120 you have?

I can assure you my Clio handles much better than my MG.

I entered a roundabout that I frequently pass, thinking I was going reasonably sedately - the MG was understeering a good 15 MPH slower than the Clio would have breezed it. But like I say, this will, in part, be down to the tyres - the MG has some crap Federal 595 SuperSteels. The Clio was not entirely standard, either, to be fair (not heavily modified though - AD08s, cup dampers, eibach springs, polybushed and quite a funky geo setup).

I think understeer on the limit is also a bit annoyance - the Clio leans heavily towards oversteer.

If I keep it more than five minutes, I may be tempted to chuck some decent tyres on and have a crack at the geo setup - in theory I should be able to get a more favourable setup with the MG and it's double wishbone suspension.

It's a 180, by the way.

180 as a cheap car! Wow :)

To be honest, the Clio's I have driven have been complete waste of time, they didn't seem to handle very well or brake at all well... but then they have all been entry spec "run of the mill" cars and I have no idea how they were looked after by the owner... plus you can't really compaire them to the ZS as they are in completely different leagues, if your Clio was a bit more special then its most likely you managed to sort the niggles out, in which case I would be interested in seeing how it handled :) - BTW which clio was it? the V6? (Never driven a v6 clio)

A standard RS Clio 182 Cup/FF should feel a bit more chuckable and alive than the MG. It certainly should not feel like it handles worse!

The standard brakes aren't great, but some DS2500s and some braided lines almost completely alleviates that concern.

Mine is a 182 FF (A cup with the creature comforts left in, basically).

I suspect your experiences, assuming you drove a 172/182 were down to crap tyres and/or worn suspension. I've never had crap tyres on the Clio (or anything, until now!), but a full suspension refresh including all bushes and top mounts saw a huge improvement when I didn't think it was that bad to begin with!

The suspension, bush, geometry, wheel, tyre changes etc. all add up to quite a difference though, I suppose.

Here it is :)

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Ha! My experiences are with the bog standard Clio :) - I didn't realise you had a Cup or the 182 and never having driven one of them (the cup edition I mean) I couldn't comment on the handling, but I suspect its pretty go-cart-esk? Wheel in each corner with decent tyres and suspension....

If you're doing it right, there's only ever three wheels down ;)

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