Magnesium wheels

[Inferno]

I read that magnesium wheels can be more prone to corrosion than aluminium wheels - is this the case with the Speedline 2020's? Anyone know or had any experience?

 

[Fred@BTM]

doubt it but they do bend and crack easier than the 2118

 

[Donut]

Bare magnesium is more prone to corrosion that aluminium.

It also likes to crack and go porous. TUV will not certify magnesium wheels for road use which tells you something.

J.

 

[franx]

Dug up this ol' thread ;

I'm having a look tommorow at some of these Magnesium Speedline Corse wheels , second hand off a Cup racing team here in Holland. They are going for different cars next season so they're selling up

But after reading the things mentioned above i'm having second thoughts .. Will these be allright for my daily (actually not really daily but..) car ?? Or are the tyres going to be flat whenever i come to pick the car up from the garage after a couple of days sitting there ?

I was looking a long time for these , 15 inch + only 7,5 kg ! Look perfect + the 15inch drive is also quite nice

Do'nt want the dissapointement later on when paying 600 pounds for them ..

Anybody on magnesiums here that can share ?! Thanks


http://www.speedlinecorse.co.uk/motorsport/cat2020.htm

 

[broster@JAM-Sport]

i have magnesium wheels on my corsa, it was once a daily runner and i never had any problems, and the wheels took alot of stick on the country roads of shropshire. they are 4+ years old now and i still have them, the cars not been driven for 1 year and they are still fully inflated.

cant be bad!

 

[franx]

^^ good to hear , i guess it is also a case of watching out for curbs with parking and just treat them well in general

 

[franx]

just got back ! Decided to buy them ; well at least asked the guy to hang on to them for me and he agreed My car still has to be rolled/mapped first so no money yet ..

BUT THEY'RE MINE !!!!

While i was there i was in Clio Cup racer heaven. A couple of his teammates were working on a car and he showed me another one aswell. He was selling one with just four races on the engine and Sadev sequential box for 13500 euro !!

Quite affordable these cars second hand ! And this one was in a new state too

Real nice guy with an account in Dieppe :approve: ; told me to stay in touch for when i need parts today was a good day

 

[d4ve86]

doube check they are the magnesium ones, check the part numbers in the spokes

the mag ones are £272 + vat new each and there not stocked so a min order of 12 rims has to be placed

 

[franx]

Well i do'nt know about the numbers ; but he had the alu ones there to compare. Did just that and it weighed less than the alu one

They are black also, only available in white or black he said. Yes he also mentioned there is a LOT of demand for these because of limited availability

He had incredibly many slicks stocked up to the roof , and lots of 2118 alu rims stacked up. Just one pair of the magnesium left.

But youre wrong about the price i think ; demon tweeks 412 pounds ex vat !?

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=S/LSC1508AARWI


Do you know which number i should be looking for ?

 

[d4ve86]

its probably gone up since i got that price + thats not the retail price

 

[franx]

Yes he was saying the price for him was around 450 euros, meaning around 300 pounds (well , before the pound crashed und burned)

also we could'nt find the ET value on there ...

When my car is in good running shape i'm going to drive over to fit one and see how it sticks in/out in comparison to my Turinis