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[JawZ]

I've had a full set of Exige S2 Wheels with Yokohama A048s as well as Elise Hubs and EBC dipped & grooved brakediscs in my garage ever since April of this year which I bought from Dibba (they used to be on his orange supercharged VX220).

It was not until now I got around to the swap though
One excuse for the delay would be that the car was away for about 1 month having the frontclam resprayed

After reading VXJON's thread however I thought it just had to be done now so me and a mate of mine finally had a go today and fitted the fronts and tomorrow the rears will be done as well.

(I will also clean the car after this tomorrow)

But here are some pictures (not very good quality, better quality ones tomorrow).

[VXJON]

Copycat Looks very good

[Astranomical102]

I have to admit im liking those a lot!

[JawZ]

Copycat



Looks very good

I'm glad you put your thread up, it got me going

Just need to lower the front a bit now

[Stefan_A]

Nice one JawZ, good that you finally got around fitting them. Got a bit tempted at the golden ones that you spotted on the US Lotus site myself. Keep up the good work, and get some more pics once done and washed

[JawZ]

I didn't have time to wash the car today but now the job is completed

Big cleaning session coming up tomorrow

Here are some new pictures.

My friend using a hubpuller from the 19:th century



Dirty....







Wear on the brakepads is uneven but havn't done any hard braking yet, will probably sand them down a bit, was in a rush today and next up is Pagid RS14 pads.





More pictures tomorrow once the car is cleaned and the sun is shining

Will also be getting new black wheelbolts tomorrow and centercaps will be ordered soon

Edited by JawZ, 04 September 2007 - 06:58 PM.

[Jimsan]

Looks really good How much weight do you think you have saved by mountin these wheels and hubs? Feel any difference? New wheels are next on my list... Bingobingo

[JawZ]

Looks really good
How much weight do you think you have saved by mountin these wheels and hubs? Feel any difference?

New wheels are next on my list...
Bingobingo

I'm not really sure on the weightsavings, the total weight saved for the 4 hubs is about 1 kg I think so not much there

The new front alloys are 8.8 kg each and the rears 9.8 kg each so a bit less than the standard ones but not sure exactly how much less... anyone have the weights of them without tyres?

The EBC brakediscs should probably be the same as the standard ones.

Oh and here are some pics of the car after getting a good clean today:









More tomorrow when the sun is shining

[Adam W]

that looks stunning ,love the wheels and the look in general. loving the wing vents! and the cheeky sunstrip

[NOBLE]

[JG]

looks great! the only niggle is the front spliters. The need to be black. colour coded looks wrong and gives the front a slightly heavy looks. Plus that sort of colouring is what boy racers do, reminds me of the black trim on cars such as corsas that get colour coded so all round thumbs down for the spliters

Edited by JamesGray, 06 September 2007 - 02:50 PM.

[JawZ]

looks great!

the only niggle is the front spliters. The need to be black. colour coded looks wrong and gives the front a slightly heavy looks. Plus that sort of colouring is what boy racers do, reminds me of the black trim on cars such as corsas that get colour coded so all round thumbs down for the spliters

A valid point that it might actually look a bit heavier, at least from that angle.. I like the looks they give from the frontview alot as they are very discreet in black (which was the reason I gave them a spray in the first place)

[SamVx]

What diffuser is it mate? Wheels look fantastic

[JawZ]

What diffuser is it mate? Wheels look fantastic

It's the Jimsan Diffuser
They can be found here:

http://www.freewebs.com/kindlund/