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Hi all, Just looking at lightweight rims and I've seen OZ Alleggerita as coming in either +48 or +35 offsets. Interested in 17". I can kind of take or leave the styling on the Alleggerita but what initially drew me to these past the weight and price was that they're TUV certified. Not sure how much to read into that but with enough experiences with potholes I'd like some confidence that they're not going to disintegrate after a tasty slam against some of the more decent ones that feature on some of our roads. I'm not sure if the stock track on the GT86 is purely specific to the handling they were going for but it would be nice to get a bit more poke and +35 with an 8" rim seems ok from what I read as far as clearance goes. I want to upgrade from the Primacies which I don't get on with in greasy conditions (bit skittery over uneven surfaces too?) but have no problem with them when it's warm and dry. Yokohama V105 seem to get a few fans and 215/45 pops up on a few charts as the bare minimum you'd want to safely put on an 8" rim. What I'm curious about is if with that setup of a 215/45 tire on an 8" rim with ET35 is whether the handling would be vastly different than stock or would it still be in keeping with the way the car was designed to handle? Cheers for any replies and I should say I'm a noob when it comes to aftermarket wheels save for an experience putting MK1 golf GTi alloys on an econo box mk2 Golf 20 years ago so I may not be considering pertinent knowledge! Ta I should also mention that if I upgraded the wheels I'd go for some adjustable dampers and perhaps a 25mm drop but I guess that'd be another query in the handling equation. Cheers

This is me (: Apart from being slightly shocked at how the Primacy HP performs in the damp I do like the original thinking in designing a car's handling to not be reliant on a specialist tyre with a high level of grip.

wow they look like 18s Will. I don't think Alleggeritas will look anywhere near as impressive due the spoke > rim design but it's nice to know I'll at least be heading that way in terms of offset. Cheers for the replies fellas, I have a habit of kind of writing things backwards (🙄) so it comes across as a bit more of a tire question rather than the track/offset which I'm trying to get a handle on. Obvs I mentioned the V105s which I'm thinking about upgrading to but just for theories sake imagine I was using the original 215/45 Primacies. In that case I'd get somewhat 'sharper' handling due to less sidewall flex (no bad thing I'd wager based on my experience with the stock car), I get royally confused when it comes to contact patches and the like but I'm interested in what the half an inch extra track would do combined with the extra inch of rim. I guess you can never fully divorce these things from each other though. My thinking in staying with 215/45 tires was that as I was keen on seeing the effect of lightweight rims 215/45 wouldn't be any heavier compared to the 225/45 and then also I'd have a stretched tire vs a lesser stretch. I certainly don't want to over tire the car or compromise the already nimble steering.

Interested in this too. It's the only UEL with a 4-2-1 design from what I gather?

haha cheers, the numberplate I've replaced now. It was pretty comical. But yeah, would be ace to join.

Interested! I missed out on the last Midlands meet by half a day within a week of receiving my GT86. Saw a blue BRZ driving towards town past Morrisons in Shrewsbury later that afternoon... For shame I've been driving round this last lockdown with a bent numberplate and missing a headlight washer cover. Will see if I can source one sharpish as I'd love to join but I don't want to bring shame to the community 😬 Would be nice timing as I've been chatting with a couple tuners about some more mods but a family members had some health issues which has thrown the proverbial spanner in the works and it seems like tuners are getting v busy this summer. Pete

What rim width/ET and tire width are you looking at? I'm currently letting 7.5 width and 215/45 tires dictate which 17" rims I get even though for looks sake I'd prefer to go 8 inch wide ET35 rims

Coming to my 2017 GT86 with 9k on the clock I was a little bothered by the lack of initial bite but having said that I disliked the newer cars I've had in the past with v bitey initial braking. For me it's more of a confidence thing as I like to be able to brush off a little speed without fully digging into the pedal. I've no reservations about the ultimate stopping power but again, the lack of initial bite isn't as I'd care for with my driving style.

I have a small amount of similar rasping with the TD EL (stock apart from NA tuning package and gear insert/MTEC springs) but it's actually quite difficult to consistently make it happen. Mine's certainly not as bad as yours. I seem to remember mine settling down somewhat in the first month as well though I was away from my car for 3 months afterwards so my memory of it isn't 100%