Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

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Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by Purple Pixie » Sat Sep 12, 2015 3:14 pm

Anyone running black alloys on their Bongo?

I'm looking for pointers for wheels that are not 'too spokey' in this I mean the spokes of the wheels are quite thick like Minilite wheels on the good old Austin Mini..... BUT flat and not curved in the face .... :roll: (Mrs B's shopping list)

I have 15" wheels on at present (the stock steel ones) and would like to stick to 15"'s

Are Mazda 626's the same PCD and inset/offset?

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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by Titan1995 » Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:47 pm

I run 18" RX-8 Wheels ....see a lot of owners use these.
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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by Northern Bongolow » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:13 pm

you would want to check the load ratings of the 626 wheels first as a bongo is heavier than a car, even the rx8 wheels are known to crack.
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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by Spencer54 » Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:59 pm

Yep,

Black RX8's been on a while now

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Trick is to use the right tyres, and not run on the standard 225 that are already fitted.

Go with 245/45/18 or 235/50/18.
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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by Purple Pixie » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:24 pm

https://www.performancealloys.com/alloy ... isID=33457

This site appears to list wheels appropriate for a Mazda MPV .... 15 x 6.5" but we run wider tyres on the back but think the wheels are all the same

assuming the PCD is the same and the offset/inset is no different

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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by helen&tony » Tue Sep 15, 2015 4:06 am

Hi
I've bought a couple of sets from these folk: http://www.alloywheels.com/ They have been more than helpful, and will suggest which models are correctly rated for weight. From memory, you want 590 (Kg) weight rating stamped on the wheels. Quite a few aftermarket wheels are higher rating than a few years back, as they can then supply a wheel which fits a wider range of vehicles. They all tend to come with a larger centre bore and the company supply spigot rings for your vehicle. I have 2 sets of alloys for summer and winter tyres for the Bongo...one in anthracite and the other anthracite and polished alloy. I run 2 sets for the Jeep, one with all season tyres, and the other winter tyres, but, frankly, the all seasons are pretty good in anything. I don't buy second hand alloys because you will never know if there is an inherent crack inside, because even a slight sideways shunt can damage an alloy, or hitting a pothole, and alloys are not good in a side shunt. I did enquire about getting custom wheels turned by a specialist, and they are VERY highly weight rated for van use, and the price was around £1000.00 and rather tempting, but that was polished alloy solid centres
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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by Purple Pixie » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:56 am

http://www.wheelbasealloys.com/alloy-wh ... ck/15-inch

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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by helen&tony » Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:00 pm

Hi
Rather nice!...I had thought of 5 spoke for one set, but for the roads over here, the smaller spoke wheels are a bit stronger...namely that they spread the load and we have pretty crabby roads compared to the UK
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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by Gasy » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:15 pm

There not a bad price doctor
I'm not an alloy fan
But I do like the look of black ones ( and white ones remind me of rally cars )
And you should be able to keep one of your old steel wheels as a same size spare
Is the weight ratio acceptable ?
They will look nice
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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by Gasy » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:18 pm

I prefer the first pic you put up in Matt black ( but then I'm not a fan of shiny things )
And I like the little line detail
And I see there even cheaper
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Re: Black alloy wheels for a Purple Bongo.....

Post by cmm303 » Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:53 pm

Gasy wrote:I prefer the first pic you put up in Matt black ( but then I'm not a fan of shiny things )
And I like the little line detail
And I see there even cheaper
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