Starting to make some tweaks!

You know what they say about Caterham owners, they can never stop messing with their cars, well sadly I fit that stereotype perfectly!

So on the very day I brought her home, it was time for the first modifications.

Number one of the jobcard was to change the rear wheels.

Caterham decided to supply the Superlight Twenty models with standard 6 inch rear wheels and 175 tyres.

The reason given for this was that's were supplied on the original Suprlight models that were the inspiration for this new Superlight.

However both myself and many of the new owners felt they looked very unimpressive in the rear arches, and I can tell you that they are very very easy to light up too, so bigger wheels and wider tyre were a must.

Just as other owners had done, I went with a new pair of 8 inch rears with some nice new 215 width Avon ZZS tyres.

Here's the original wheel, looking very small in the rear arch.

And here's the rear of the car showing the rear track width as I jacked the car up.

 

And here by way of comparison is the old wheel and tyre compared alongside the new wheel and tyre.

And again for comparison the new rears fitted to show the increase in the rear track.

And finally the side view of the rear arch, now nicely filled with the wider rim and rubber.