Hi Jim,

I am looking into purchasing a set of 18" Mille Miglia Evo5's and I was wondering what tires you would recommend I purchase for them?

I was thinking these:
18x8 with 225/40YR18 Potenza S-03's
18x9 with 245/40YR18 Potenza S-03's
What do you think?

Thanks in advance
-John

 

They're heavy. They're weak. I'll place bets that they don't have high enough offsets. Tirerack is notorious for giving the thumbs up to rims that don't fit.

Save some more and get some 18s that fit right (don't know of any in existence other than the custom ones).

 

Well we'll have to wait and see.

I know the fronts need to have at least a +53 and the rears need at least +63 to fit right. I really like the look and the price is very reasonable. I'm not really worried about the weight its a show car not a track car. I'm just hunting right now for all the info I can get right now. We have the car up on jacks right now while we clean it and change some things for next season.
I will tell you this I'm not about to spend $3000 for new wheels and tires......this year...

 

Jim are you there?? A few of us would like info on these wheels please repond.!.!.!

 

I have gioven the weights and offsets of these wheels on the site and they do fit correctly for the car. They are a 18X8 ET50 and 18X9 ET55. For you to say the offset has to be a certain number to be correct is not correct. The lower the offset and still tuck inside the wheel well, the better the handling. The wheel width also has a lot to do with what the offset needs to be to tuck inside.
WRS2K says the wheels are weak. I ask how do you know? Have you tested them? We have. They exceed German TUV standards for strength and durability. Please if you don't know don't say you do. I don't talk down any wheel or tire and if I don't know I will say so.
What wheels have we said works but don't? We have had one wheel that the wheel mfg said had correct offsets but didn't. We got the wheel changed and they fit great now.

The Mille Miglia Evo5 is a heavier cast wheel at 25.5 front and 26.5 rear. If you are looking for performance it is not the wheel I would recommend. But not everyone drives there car to 9/10 and are looking for improved performance or are willing to pay the price of a forged wheel. These wheels do look great on the car and will function fine. I would suggest 225/40R18 front and 255/35R18 in the rear for the tires.
Sorry about the comments
If I can help let me know.

 

Looks like I'll have to round up the money...

Thanks for your help Jim. I thought the offsets had to be high. I don't really want "wheel tuck". I would like them to be in line with the body panels (or at least close, but certainly not outside the wheel wells)

Thanks again Jim I'll be calling you to order them. In a few weeks.

-John

 

Ummm.... BBS LMs.... ummmmmm SSR GT3s..... SSR GT1s...... and the list goes on...

they all stick out too far due to the not high enough offsets and require an egregious amount of extra camber, trial and error effort so as to precipitate wear on expensive tires and/or rolling fenders which equates to ghetto fabolous.

26 pounds...... so you think because not everyone drives at 9/10s they won't notice? What do you take s2000 owners for? a bunch of people who could live with driving an suv for their fun car and can't notice the loss in straightline speed, outright cornering and breaking due to the extra weight added with heavy cast rims that don't have high enough offsets? do you realize 26 pounds for a rim is 8+ pounds per corner heavier than the stock setup and with the addition of upsized tires in 18s will add a significant amount of unsprung weight given that already the stock s2000 is riding on 17/18 pound 16s with super sticky and relatively light tires?

seriously dude, check yourself.

 

Check out the SSR Competitions! I just posted a thread with pics.