Pic request

[DStanley1809]

Does anyone have a picture of an orange Roadster as close to side-on as possible that I could use for a bit of photoshopping?

I'm looking at wheels and would like to see how they would look on a finished/almost finished car in a colour similar to what I'm going to use. The wheels come in a few different colours and I have no idea which would look best with orange paintwork.

[David_17]

Here's one of andy's off the saturn site (hope you don't mind me posting andy)...

http://www.saturnsportscars.co.uk/images/gallery_full/image7.jpg

[DStanley1809]

That might work, cheers for that. If anyone has one that is even more side on I would still be interested incase my photoshopping friend can't get it right this one.

Incidentally, if Andy sees this thread, what's the colour code for that orange? That's pretty close to what I have in mind for my bodywork but metallic.

[MightyMouth]

The answer is black :)

[DStanley1809]

The choices are silver, black or a light gold and all have a chrome lip. I'm discounting the gold. I'm not sure if black wheels with a chrome lip on an orange car would be too much going on with the colours.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/david_stanley/Other%20photos/CadesEros15Silver.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/david_stanley/Other%20photos/CadesEros15Black.jpg

Those are 15" wheels but they also do them in 16".

[MightyMouth]

I see what you mean, I am not sure I like them with the chrome rim. They would be spot on if they were all black though.

[ozzy1]

I think the black with the chrome lip and orange bodywork would work.The chrome lip would help break up the black rim/tyre combo.

[MightyMouth]

Quick Photoshop job.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PkMjTNMiIh4/TAt3jcz-r3I/AAAAAAAAEuw/MgXBITbLdtc/s800/Black.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_PkMjTNMiIh4/TAt3jtkeInI/AAAAAAAAEu0/uweiz9H35yM/s800/Silver.jpg

[ozzy1]

Definately the black i reckon :eek:

[flyerncle]

Andys wheels are all black now.

[fabbyglass]

No matter what colour the bodywork is the wheels look better in black...silver alloys look pants:D

[DStanley1809]

Thanks for that. The black certainly looks better than I was expecting. I think black is the way forward! Now all I need decide is 15" or 16".

Is wheel offset an issue on these cars? I think those wheels are ET30 for the 15" version.

[MightyMouth]

You're better off with the 15 inch wheels, that is what the car is designed for and should mean less unsprung weight. I think you need at least 35 offset.

[DStanley1809]

That's a shame about the offsets :(

Would the wheels foul anything or will they just sit further in than normal?

I was thinking about getting the 16's to try and reduce the amount of tyre sidewall and still keep the speedo reading correctly as I'm intending to use the dials from the Sierra. I suppose I could ditch the Sierra dials, get a programmable speedo and use smaller tyres on 15's.

[MightyMouth]

Why would you want to use smaller tyres? Lower profile tyres will have less grip.

[DStanley1809]

The standard tyres on the Sierra are bit balloon-like to look at.....195/65R15 IIRC. I was going to use 16" wheels with 205/55 tyres which would keep the overall diameter almost exactly the same.

I'm just not a fan of huge side walls.

[MightyMouth]

My sierra donor has 14 inch tyres.

[DStanley1809]

So does mine but I think the correct 15" size is 195/65. The 55 profile of the 16" tyre shouldn't be too low to have an adverse affect on handling should it?

When I said standard I meant for the cars that came with 15" wheels.

[alga]

The stock sizes on the Sierra are in fact 185/70R13 and 185/65R14, so the 15" size that matches best is 195/55R15. People often get 195/50R15 tyres, they make the speedo overread by 3.4%. 195/65R15 would be 6.4% too slow.

[DStanley1809]

That seems better, not sure where I saw the size I thought they were then :confused:

[mark]

I passed iva with 195/50/15 and a standard sierra instrument cluster