WHEELS (Rays TE37's)

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I was speaking to the Japanese department of RAYS/VOLK Wheels today at the Autosport Show; regarding some light weight alloys to fit the S1 Exige. He believes that the TE37 could be made to fit with the unusual ofsets needed with obviously the correct PCD, in both 16 and 17 inch. They are available in Satin Black, White, silver and bronze. He suggested that the weight of the 16 would be 5kgs and the 17 5.5kg roughly but could actually be lighter. His rough costing was �238 per wheel, can’t remember if this was plus vat though.

Anyway i need to supply him with exact dimensions, offsets, widths, PCD etc so he can cost it out exactly, does anyone know this information…(it needs to be accurate !!)

Only need approx 10 sets for them to tool up…

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Any pics ??

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Anyway i need to supply him with exact dimensions, offsets, widths, PCD etc so he can cost it out exactly, does anyone know this information…(it needs to be accurate !!)

A search should sort you out on this one.

Ian

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Here are some picks, not good enough on photoshop to add them to an exige picture !!

[image]http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd310/Pegbox7bucket/TE321.jpg[/image]

[image]http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd310/Pegbox7bucket/TE37-Bronze-small1.jpg[/image]

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Looked at these about a year ago.

I think the fronts are 5.5kgs and the rears just over 7kgs.

There ment to be very strong.

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I’ve seen these up close on quite a few Jap cars and they do look very nice indeed.
At that price I’d be very interested in a set.

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what material/process are they?

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They are forged alloy.

There is a Mag TE37 but only in an 18".

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Yes they are FORGED and are of a very high quality…

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I’ve seen these up close on quite a few Jap cars and they do look very nice indeed.
At that price I’d be very interested in a set.

Agreed - interested at that price.

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Anyone know how they compare to TMRs weight wise ?

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Found a post on SELOC saying 25kgs for the TMR’s (all 4)
So about the same going on the weights i posted above.

The Speedlines are 30kgs per set.

What is a set of Rimstocks???

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Volks are very good quality wheels, i had some on a previous car and they seem pretty reasonably priced!

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WEIGHT OF RIMSTOCKS :

I have both a set of the rimstocks and the speedlines and when i change the rear wheels over it always amazes me that the difference in weight is massive between the two wheels…I will make an effort next time to weigh them for reference…


Does anyone have the correct offsets etc for the Exige alloys.

Dave, does it give this info on your technical CD ?

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Believe it or not it does !



[image]http://www.corelabs.net/Exige/wheels.png[/image]

Surely that deserves a star ?

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I’m pretty certain if you do a search you’ll find the answer - Uldis and myself posted some information many moons ago…sorry no time to search for the link myself right now.

Original Exige Rimstock wheels were:

7J x 16 ET7
8.5J x 17 ET5

but I know that the offset was slightly different for the Rimstocks made for the Motorsport Elises…can’t remember exactly but it may just have been for the rears

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Quick Photoshoppage.

[image]http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3242/spa262705041592gw5.jpg[/image]

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Quick Photoshoppage.

[image]> http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3242/spa262705041592gw5.jpg> [/image]

Oh Yes…That looks nice in Bronze !!

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Believe it or not it does !



[image]> http://www.corelabs.net/Exige/wheels.png> [/image]

Surely that deserves a star ?

Thanks Dave for the technical info, will forward these details and look into the motorsport options as well…

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Sounds good Chris… could well be interested in these too.