Custom Aftermarket Wheels

Chicago Elise · #1 (**permalink**) 06-24-2005, 12:45 PM

Many had asked about custom aftermarket wheels. Well, they are difficult to order, partly due to the narrow front wheel required and partly due to the fact that many high-end wheel manufacturers don't make many batches of four-lug centers (though, with the Mini Cooper S and other four-lug cars ending up in autocross competition this is slowly changing).

I decided to get my wheels from Kinesis. Though I ordered my wheels in late March, they arrived just this week (June 22nd) -- this is an extraordinarily long wait time for any wheel, including one from Kinesis. Now that they've done a wheel for the Elise, however (mine was the first set), they are likely able to build subsequent sets significantly more quickly.

I based the setup primarily on the Exige and Elise LSS setups, though Kinesis could build you wheels with practically any offset...

Happy to answer any questions.

Some pics: