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: My new 18" wheels


cantx
14-12-03, 12:41 PM
These really turn heads,I love them.Sorry for the poor quality pics.

finklejag
14-12-03, 02:22 PM
Nice looking wheels cantx. Who makes them?

Castor Troy
14-12-03, 02:42 PM
thats hot :o

Diggs
14-12-03, 02:51 PM
Very, very nice. :o

WASAAB
15-12-03, 02:35 AM
Very Nice..Did you lowered your 93ss too? :P

mav238
15-12-03, 03:19 AM
These really turn heads,I love them.Sorry for the poor quality pics.

Nice wheels, but can't use them here in Vancouver, Canada. The roads are very unforgiving... With my 17" wheels, and the sport chassis, it's already quite jarring.

cantx
15-12-03, 06:27 AM
These wheels are made by MB Italia.
The car has the sport chassis,not more lowered than that and has the catalogue body kit.Apart from the wheels,all the accessories are original from Saab.

Cayman1
15-12-03, 09:06 AM
Cantx those are beautiful!

nothing like smoked rims on a steel gray car.

how wide are the rims and what size tires are you using?

cantx
15-12-03, 11:48 AM
The wheels are 8x18,ET38 and the tyres are 225/40.
I love this color in the wheels,it really matches with the steel grey.But also in the Black or other dark colors should be wonderfull.

Cayman1
15-12-03, 12:08 PM
Good stuff.

thanks.

pjku79
15-12-03, 04:21 PM
you refer to the sport suspenion cantx, don't all the new 9.3's have the sport suspension?

Cayman1
15-12-03, 04:30 PM
no, it is an option on the Linear and Arc but standard on the vector....i believe.

finklejag
15-12-03, 05:33 PM
no, it is an option on the Linear and Arc but standard on the vector....i believe.

Only the Aero gets the sport suspension for 04. You can only get the 5 spoke 17 inch sport wheels now for the Linear and Arc.

pjku79
17-12-03, 09:04 AM
Hey cantx, i have a few questions:

Have you had any problems with the wheels rubbing is hard turns or over bumps?
Do they sell those wheels in the US?
Do they come in 17"?

Thanks

Cayman1
17-12-03, 09:07 AM
here is a website that sells them and they have a 1-888 number so i assume they are in the US.

http://www.thewheelexchange.com/products/wheels/brand/mb_italia/mb_italia_index.html

pjku79
17-12-03, 10:12 AM
ok according to that website those wheels are only available in 5x112 and 5x120. i thought the 9.3ss was 5x110. how did you get those on your car?

epsilon93
17-12-03, 10:25 AM
The wheels the cantx has does come in PCD 110. Could be a special indent?

Check this site out! The MB Italia that cantx has is listed as PCD 110 as well. BTW, the ET for 18x8 is 40. Model is MB011.

http://www.meccanicabrembana.it/flash.html

Saba
19-12-03, 06:44 AM
The wheels the cantx has does come in PCD 110. Could be a special indent?

Check this site out! The MB Italia that cantx has is listed as PCD 110 as well. BTW, the ET for 18x8 is 40. Model is MB011.

http://www.meccanicabrembana.it/flash.htmlThat's a nice website.

pjku79
19-12-03, 07:42 AM
here is a website that sells them and they have a 1-888 number so i assume they are in the US.

http://www.thewheelexchange.com/products/wheels/brand/mb_italia/mb_italia_index.html

I emailed this company and they said the following:

Sorry peter. I have never had that in 5x110.
I am not aware of it being made.
Thanks
John
www.WheelExchange.com

Anyone else know of a place in the USA that sells them?

epsilon93
19-12-03, 09:01 AM
Yeah guys,my wheels are 5/110 ET40. I am the dealer of these wheels for Portugal and they do have in 17".And PJKU79,I don't have any problems in hard turns or over bumps.In fact, I feel the steering a little heavyer and I like it that way, because in my opinion it was too soft with the 7x17".Also the sport suspension sits better and you feel the car is not so shaky.

cantx,

Do you know how much the wheel you have weigh (just the rim)? I'd be interested in the same wheel except that I do not know if they have a dealer here that will indent it for me. Also it might cost too much $$$$. Since you are the dealer, anyway you can find out?

pjku79
19-12-03, 10:02 AM
i just got off the phone with the company that was listed above to sell them in the usa and they said they do not sell that size. for some reason that size is not imported to the usa.

cantx,

how much would you sell them to me and how much to ship to the usa? just curious im sure it will cost way too much to ship.

tandino
19-12-03, 01:15 PM
Thread locked - due to commercial posting

Pete.