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talkingcars · 22-10-12, 06:06 PM

The body shell is the same as the earlier civic but MG spent £10 million redesigning the suspension for the ZS - I know this as a friend of my brother in law was in charge of the project.

The ZS 180 NEVER EVER came with anything less than 17" wheels.
I can see the advantage of the smaller wheels but you will run in to cooling problems with the brakes, especially on a circuit where acceleration is more important than top speed as these will be the circuits where you also use the brakes the most.

And I would be even more concerned with wheels like those as they are almost solid so will restrict airflow around the brakes.

I think I'd be looking at lowering the car through suspension modifications rather than fitting smaller wheels.

22-10-12, 06:06 PM	#46
talkingcars Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: UK Posts: 10,493	The body shell is the same as the earlier civic but MG spent £10 million redesigning the suspension for the ZS - I know this as a friend of my brother in law was in charge of the project. The ZS 180 NEVER EVER came with anything less than 17" wheels. I can see the advantage of the smaller wheels but you will run in to cooling problems with the brakes, especially on a circuit where acceleration is more important than top speed as these will be the circuits where you also use the brakes the most. And I would be even more concerned with wheels like those as they are almost solid so will restrict airflow around the brakes. I think I'd be looking at lowering the car through suspension modifications rather than fitting smaller wheels. __________________ Former custodian of the legend that was FE54 - RIP