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Title: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 14 April 2012, 12:06:08
im trying to find where i can find some wheels for my omega, as 5x110 stud pattern does not offer much when it come to choice, can anyone help me
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: Dr_X on 14 April 2012, 12:14:45
My wife has got team dynamics jade r wheels on her 2.6 estate...quite nice and they offer wider option on the rear.(8.5x19 front/ 10x19 rear)

http://www.rimstock.co.uk/wheeldetail.php?id=15 (http://www.rimstock.co.uk/wheeldetail.php?id=15)
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 14 April 2012, 12:33:48
yer there are quite nice atcually, they are proberly one of the best wheels on the website as the offer the lowest offset which is what omega's need, as you no wheels seem to get lost inside of omega arches lol  :y
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: TheBoy on 14 April 2012, 17:56:59
What's wrong with what's on there? Good sturdy wheels (FL MV6) ;)
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: Dr_X on 14 April 2012, 18:22:42
yer there are quite nice atcually, they are proberly one of the best wheels on the website as the offer the lowest offset which is what omega's need, as you no wheels seem to get lost inside of omega arches lol  :y

Cant stand cars with skinny wheels.......reminds me of those old commer vans.
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: TheBoy on 14 April 2012, 18:33:16
yer there are quite nice atcually, they are proberly one of the best wheels on the website as the offer the lowest offset which is what omega's need, as you no wheels seem to get lost inside of omega arches lol  :y

Cant stand cars with skinny wheels.......reminds me of those old commer vans.
Ever so easy to overtyre a car, and screw the handling. Big isn't always better ;)
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: Dr_X on 14 April 2012, 18:49:04
yer there are quite nice atcually, they are proberly one of the best wheels on the website as the offer the lowest offset which is what omega's need, as you no wheels seem to get lost inside of omega arches lol  :y

Cant stand cars with skinny wheels.......reminds me of those old commer vans.
Ever so easy to overtyre a car, and screw the handling. Big isn't always better ;)

You cant really overtyre an omega there just isnt room...your restricted in the front by the shock struts and at the back you can only fit 9 or 10" rims in there which isnt big for the size of car...
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: ngrainqey on 14 April 2012, 19:17:13
im on 9.5 rears with 285's :P
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: Dr_X on 14 April 2012, 19:22:10
im on 9.5 rears with 285's :P

 :y :y
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: the alarming man on 14 April 2012, 19:52:14
i have always thought always best too stay with what it comes with.... :y
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: barclay03 on 14 April 2012, 20:04:39
Germany  :y
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: Cliffo B on 14 April 2012, 21:25:37
If you can lay you hands on some 18"Irmscher Sportstars
With E30 offset their the ones that were designed for the Omega
I think there are E39 offset's around these I believe are for Vectra
IMHO Sportstars just look so right on Omega :y
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 15 April 2012, 11:14:53
What's wrong with what's on there? Good sturdy wheels (FL MV6) ;)

There is'nt anything wrong with the wheels on there at the moment, i love them, plus ive just had them re-furbished lol, but i want my car to be stanced by the summer and to do that i need to up my game and change the wheels, i would still keep the original wheels for the winter tho  :y :y
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 15 April 2012, 11:20:58
Im thinking if i run at an offset of ET 15 or something around that area on 8J front and 9j rear on stretched tyres, it should look pretty good for the shows :P
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: tunnie on 15 April 2012, 12:04:01
From facelift CD spec, to Elite old and new styles, lots to choose from. Very, very few after market alloys look good
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: Dr_X on 15 April 2012, 12:37:19
Im thinking if i run at an offset of ET 15 or something around that area on 8J front and 9j rear on stretched tyres, it should look pretty good for the shows :P

Is it lowered cos ET15 on 8 and 9" are gonna hit the outer arch imo......
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: TheBoy on 15 April 2012, 13:35:32
Im thinking if i run at an offset of ET 15 or something around that area on 8J front and 9j rear on stretched tyres, it should look pretty good for the shows :P

Is it lowered cos ET15 on 8 and 9" are gonna hit the outer arch imo......
because ::)
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: Dr_X on 15 April 2012, 14:00:48
Is gonna ok then?  :y
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: TheBoy on 15 April 2012, 14:02:24
Is gonna ok then?  :y
Please take the time to read the guidelines
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: Dr_X on 15 April 2012, 14:38:13
Sorry point taken.. :-[
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 15 April 2012, 22:41:04
Is gonna ok then?  :y
Please take the time to read the guidelines
lol  ;)
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 15 April 2012, 22:44:27
Its ok ill get the arches rolled if need be, im getting the two rear pannels, boot and bumper reprayed and smoothed so i can get any body work that needs doing then, so ET15 on 9J should fit  :y fingures crossed lol
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 16 April 2012, 19:27:33
i have always thought always best too stay with what it comes with.... :y

+1
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: 2woody on 16 April 2012, 21:46:46
205 - section tyres are verging on the over-tyred for Omega B.

grip is the opposite of handling. Increase grip, lose handling.
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 17 April 2012, 17:52:32
205 - section tyres are verging on the over-tyred for Omega B.

grip is the opposite of handling. Increase grip, lose handling.

how can you loose handling if your increasing grip lol  :D
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: albitz on 17 April 2012, 19:09:49
Handling is what happens when you exceed the maximum level of grip. ;)
Why anyone would want 9J wheels (with suitably sized tyres) on a car with 200bhp is beyond me tbh. :-\
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 17 April 2012, 20:20:26
Quote from: Albs linktopic=101951.msg1278014#msg1278014 date=1334686189
Handling is what happens when you exceed the maximum level of grip. ;)
Why anyone would want 9J wheels (with suitably sized tyres) on a car with 200bhp is beyond me tbh. :-\

I look at it as why do anything to a car then,  its about being different, like i said im not getting rid of the standard wheels, i just want the car on some stanced wheels for the summer, plus to add omega's are hardly the best handling car as it is and my omega is now running 256bhp, but its not like i would go stupid speeds on 9j wheels, its just for the shows, i have a fully tracked corsa b for handling lol  :y
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: TheBoy on 17 April 2012, 20:30:03
256bhp
How? Or is the local rolling road that bad  ???
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 17 April 2012, 20:33:57
256bhp
How? Or is the local rolling road that bad  ???
duno maybe you should head down there and check it out :y

i thought you read my thread i put up on my car, so you should no how i did it?
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: TheBoy on 17 April 2012, 20:40:45
i thought you read my thread i put up on my car, so you should no how i did it?
Possibly. Suspect I've read 10's of thousands of threads, and my memory is, errr, "badly affected by excessive mobile use in the 1990s" ::) ;D
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: tunnie on 17 April 2012, 20:41:54
Considering when it was brand spankers 3.0 pushed out 200bhp approx, it's now 12 years old, it would have lost a few horses over the years. 256bhp is about as realistic as Nickbat voting Conservative!
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 17 April 2012, 20:44:35
i thought you read my thread i put up on my car, so you should no how i did it?
Possibly. Suspect I've read 10's of thousands of threads, and my memory is, errr, "badly affected by excessive mobile use in the 1990s" ::) ;D
;D ;D haha and there's you taking the mik out of me on the wycombe meet thread for my bad sence of direction haha  :y
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: TheBoy on 17 April 2012, 20:45:30
Considering when it was brand spankers 3.0 pushed out 200bhp approx, it's now 12 years old, it would have lost a few horses over the years. 256bhp is about as realistic as Nickbat voting Conservative!
There was me thinking he was true blue :P
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 17 April 2012, 20:50:18
Considering when it was brand spankers 3.0 pushed out 200bhp approx, it's now 12 years old, it would have lost a few horses over the years. 256bhp is about as realistic as Nickbat voting Conservative!
whatever man, if you have spent as much time and money on your car as i have mine to reach the power it has, then you would no, ive had enough arguements on here about my car as it is, to add they are 210bhp stock from factory, also i recently got my best time at santa pod strip, running a time of 14.8, so maybe that will give you an indacation of the power im running ;) :P
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: 2woody on 17 April 2012, 21:30:07
handling is what happens when you use the slip going on inside a tyre, the narrower the tyre and the higher the sidewall, the more slip that you have, therefore the greater handling, or the more that you can do with the car. The more grip that you have, by wider tyres and/or lower profile, you reduce the ability of the tyre to flex, therefore less handling.

think of it as a cricket bowler - handling is spin, where the ball is bent, curved or otherwise manipulated. A fast-bowler ( i.e. "grip" ) can't do that sort of stuff.

Omega B needs about the grip level offered by 195-section tyres for the level of performance and weight that it has - any more trades off handling against grip, usually in the name of looks.

Probably the best-handling V-car was Omega-A GSi ( i.e. Carlton GSi ), with 195 tyres and a LSD.
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: MV6 MAN on 17 April 2012, 21:37:54
handling is what happens when you use the slip going on inside a tyre, the narrower the tyre and the higher the sidewall, the more slip that you have, therefore the greater handling, or the more that you can do with the car. The more grip that you have, by wider tyres and/or lower profile, you reduce the ability of the tyre to flex, therefore less handling.

think of it as a cricket bowler - handling is spin, where the ball is bent, curved or otherwise manipulated. A fast-bowler ( i.e. "grip" ) can't do that sort of stuff.

Omega B needs about the grip level offered by 195-section tyres for the level of performance and weight that it has - any more trades off handling against grip, usually in the name of looks.

Probably the best-handling V-car was Omega-A GSi ( i.e. Carlton GSi ), with 195 tyres and a LSD.
sorry man, i still cant really agree with you on this one, i undertand what your trying to explain but i dont undertand how your method of having a larger wall on your tyre would help for performance, the wider the tyre the better, simple, otherwise race cars, touring car, supercars etc would just run 205' wide lets say as an average lol, basicly it would'nt happen ;)
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: TheBoy on 17 April 2012, 22:21:13
handling is what happens when you use the slip going on inside a tyre, the narrower the tyre and the higher the sidewall, the more slip that you have, therefore the greater handling, or the more that you can do with the car. The more grip that you have, by wider tyres and/or lower profile, you reduce the ability of the tyre to flex, therefore less handling.

think of it as a cricket bowler - handling is spin, where the ball is bent, curved or otherwise manipulated. A fast-bowler ( i.e. "grip" ) can't do that sort of stuff.

Omega B needs about the grip level offered by 195-section tyres for the level of performance and weight that it has - any more trades off handling against grip, usually in the name of looks.

Probably the best-handling V-car was Omega-A GSi ( i.e. Carlton GSi ), with 195 tyres and a LSD.
sorry man, i still cant really agree with you on this one, i undertand what your trying to explain but i dont undertand how your method of having a larger wall on your tyre would help for performance, the wider the tyre the better, simple, otherwise race cars, touring car, supercars etc would just run 205' wide lets say as an average lol, basicly it would'nt happen ;)
Said cars are designed around that I suspect...
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: Kevin Wood on 19 April 2012, 14:04:21
Said cars are designed around that I suspect...

.. and around driving gods who can feel the minutest amount of feedback from the car and make a correction, then repeat the process 10 times in the time it takes one of us mortals to even think "Oh, shi..". ;)

Even still, I don't see many of them running stupidly low profile tyres. Wide tyres, maybe. ;) 
Title: Re: Where can i buy decent wheels for the omega
Post by: 2woody on 21 April 2012, 10:16:03
and they've got to work in a world where there aren't any surface irregularities, comfort isn't an issue, tyres don't have to be certified and they can be changed after 500 miles.

Handling is what you can do with it, not the peak side-force you'd achieve on a steering pad.