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There aren’t too many other wheel manufacturers that can claim a 14.0-lb weight for a 17×7-in wheel. Even an 18- or 19-lb wheel would be considered “lightweight” in this size.
The Kosei wheels also came with pertinent wheel nuts and caps. What can I say, sometimes I get bored of shooting the same picture (but here I shot a picture of a picture—that’s worse, right?). Here at MotoIQ.com we are also praying for Michael Schumacher's recovery to go well.
While we haven’t had a chance to test in the wet as of yet, some third-gear, 50-55mph cornering on our “test turn” have proven surprisingly successful. Hang on, girls! How’s 0.90 G for a minivan on stock suspension? Our Racelogic PerformanceBox, as sold through VBox USA, has been extremely useful in testing, and GPS-accurate to the nearest foot and 1/100th of a second.
#3: GET NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS
While many of only feel like spending the money on what looks good or makes the car go faster, there is a lot to be gained by a car that stops better, especially when you take into account how much the average person really does use the brakes. In the case of our MPV, the rotors were worn, and the pads were getting close to making a nice grinder with the rotor and caliper (get it?).
The cool thing is a nicer set of brakes will actually also be aesthetically pleasing, assuming that they can be seen behind the wheels. With the thin-spoke design of our Kosei's, we wanted to take advantage of this and kill two birds with one stone with the improvement of both braking and aesthetics.
With 100k miles on the clock, the pads and rotors have seen their last day. Here’s a picture of the stock front assembly. Boring.
Since we were planning to also paint our calipers red, we used up a can of Brake Parts Cleaner to get as much grime off as possible.
