Yiannis' Albi Blue R27 - Toning down...

[Chris]

Planted a seed indeed!

Not going to lie, I've been looking into it this past few weeks.

Been looking at the Sparco branded wheels as they are made by OZ..

Much research needed. Thanks a lot Yiannis!

 

[Yiannis197]

Envious Yiannis! Red Alleggeritas are my favourite wheels. Good saving in unsprung weight too. As you say every cloud has a silver lining. Your car just gets more and more awesome.

Thanks Johnny, there is definitely something in the blue-red combo, I hope I won't be disappointed!.

good info Yiannis..thanks..bet you've planted a seed in Chrisi's head now..

No problem matey, I'm entering your blue car - bright wheel team now

 

[Yiannis197]

Planted a seed indeed!

Not going to lie, I've been looking into it this past few weeks.

Been looking at the Sparco branded wheels as they are made by OZ..

Much research needed. Thanks a lot Yiannis!

No problem Chris, let us know how you get on and you are right, wheel choice needs a lot of thinking about. I'm flirting with an Alleggerita purchase for years now!

 

[Pav]

Thanks Johnny, there is definitely something in the blue-red combo, I hope I won't be disappointed!.



No problem matey, I'm entering your blue car - bright wheel team now

about time.. good man
these bright coloured wheels have a certain appeal to me and always have..

 

[Chris]

No problem Chris, let us know how you get on and you are right, wheel choice needs a lot of thinking about. I'm flirting with an Alleggerita purchase for years now!

Got to say, price aside I’d be jumping all over OZs but not sure if I can justify £1k+, particularly as it’s my daily!

Brand new set of Sparco are £600...

 

[peter]

no! not red! no! no! no!

surprised you waited this long to get the alleggeritas, since you must be the biggest 'keep-unsprung-weight-as-low-as-possible fetishist' on this forum.

 

[Yiannis197]

no! not red! no! no! no!

surprised you waited this long to get the alleggeritas, since you must be the biggest 'keep-unsprung-weight-as-low-as-possible fetishist' on this forum.

hahaha so I guess you don't like red then Peter right? and LOL to my fetish, that made me laugh

Yes I know, these buggers are so expensive and never have been my No1 in terms of looks maybe that's why, until now that is

 

[Yiannis197]

Hasn't finished yet as I still need to iron out some imperfections but here is a draft

ORG_DSC09077 by YiannisR27, on Flickr
ORG_DSC09081 by YiannisR27, on Flickr
ORG_DSC09078 by YiannisR27, on Flickr

 

[Pav]

what are them dials for??

 

[Yiannis197]

NA setup matey, oil pressure and oil/water temps.

 

[Chris]

Hasn't finished yet as I still need to iron out some imperfections but here is a draft

View attachment 115972ORG_DSC09077 by YiannisR27, on Flickr
View attachment 115973ORG_DSC09081 by YiannisR27, on Flickr
View attachment 115974ORG_DSC09078 by YiannisR27, on Flickr

Looks great, nice and soft also

 

[Jimmy]

Very nice Yiannis, I like that!

Same material as your Senna driving moccasins??

 

[Yiannis197]

haha how did you know mate mate?

Joking aside, the surface of the modified dash was not smooth enough to be covered in alcantara hence the use of this thicker suede material. Also I'm not fan of the silver gauge bezels so I'll probably end up using their black covers. Problem here is that there is not enough room to accommodate the gauges with the covers...Hmmm, still not entirely certain as it's far from perfect and therefore not in sync with the rest of my interior. I've already got a tomtom dash so some more playing about on the cards.

On a different note....


ORG_DSC09113 by YiannisR27, on Flickr

Received all 5 wheels today and I have to say...the Alleggeritas are absolutely gorgeous. And when you receive a wheel with a weight tag in 3 decimal places you know that you've done something right. This is an item for the living room really.

 

[peter]

And when you receive a wheel with a weight tag in 3 decimal places you know that you've done something right.

and when you remove the tag, it'll weigh 7.045 KG !
do they all weigh the same? or is it just a generic tag? thought they were supposed to be sub 7 KG ?

 

[Chris]

Be a bit heavier when you get the wheel weights on them also

 

[tombate911]

Wow 7kg. That's a fair few KG lighter than the cup 7j wheels I'm running and they're 1kg lighter than the 197 wheels.

 

[Yiannis197]

and when you remove the tag, it'll weigh 7.045 KG !
do they all weigh the same? or is it just a generic tag? thought they were supposed to be sub 7 KG ?

lol true that They don't all weigh the same mate, heavier is 7.100Kg and lighter 7.350Kg. What I'll do is weigh both items and compare the difference between ultras and alleggeritas just for reference.

Wow 7kg. That's a fair few KG lighter than the cup 7j wheels I'm running and they're 1kg lighter than the 197 wheels.

IIRC Tom an ultra is about 2.5 Kgs lighter than an OEM Raider and an Alleggerita is 1.4 Kg lighter than the Ultra. But I'll confirm the difference between these two shortly

 

[tombate911]

lol true that They don't all weigh the same mate, heavier is 7.100Kg and lighter 7.350Kg. What I'll do is weigh both items and compare the difference between ultras and alleggeritas just for reference.



IIRC Tom an ultra is about 2.5 Kgs lighter than an OEM Raider and an Alleggerita is 1.4 Kg lighter than the Ultra. But I'll confirm the difference between these two shortly

Yeah makes sense the Clio wheels I weighed without tyre's or valves, freshly powder coated weee 9kg and 10kg the two different Clio alloys.

 

[Yiannis197]

It seems that I can't seem to be able to edit my old posts, lighter is 7.035 not 7.350, typo there. That would be totally out of tolerances lol

 

[Jimmy]

It seems that I can't seem to be able to edit my old posts, lighter is 7.035 not 7.350, typo there. That would be totally out of tolerances lol

I've updated your permissions Yiannis, so you can now edit your posts and threads