Bob, so you ran AD07's in size 175 on LSS wheels???? How were the 175's on the LSS wheels? Were you also running the stock 225's AD07's on the rear? How was the performance of the car? Why did you switch from this 175's setup? Was it performance or price/tire wear?
Are you getting rubbing with the fender liner on the fronts?
Try again. 195/50/16 brings it up just fine.
I did it via model and via sizes, and it doesn't come up.
You have to search by size, not vehicle. One day we'll get the internet working right.
First, I have a 2007 Elise, so I think my front LSS wheels are .5 inch narrower than yours. I ran 175's front, 225's rear. The reason - I bought the car from a West Coast Lotus dealer, and I insisted that they replace the A048s, which I knew to be ridiculously short-lived. I'd bet the dealer just grabbed a set of AD07's off a non-LSS car. I had no major problem with the first set of AD07's - the rears lasted over 18,000 miles, and I have no complaints about performance. I needed to change all 4 at 27,000, so the second set of rears didn't even make it to 10,000 miles. I decided it was time to go with a newer design. I wanted decent mileage - at least the 18K I got on the original rears - but I refused to go to all-season tires. I still wanted good performance, but not at the expense of ultra-soft track-day tires. The deciding factors on the DZ102's were that they were the correct OE size, and the wear rating was between the AD07's and the DZ101's, so I figure they will have good traction. Also, they were much less expensive than the AD07's.
No, the search isn't looking for a matching speed rating to stock. You can see the filter list along the left side of the page and by default, all speed ratings are selected.
It's actually the other way around. In '08 they made the sport pack wheels on the Elise and Elise SC the same width as the cast rims.
