Performance wheels are generally for handling, not straight-line performance. Reduction in unsprung weight and increased stiffness are the goals. Those wheels generally fit the bill.

Mike

The commetns about Saabs becoming candidates/ victims for wigs, kits and bling pimping are correct- at least over here in Pom land. South London is awash with tarted up bling Saabs..

As for this brave 900:
If the wheels are for performance, then they won’t work and any gain from weight eduction will be lost due to circulatory and interference/parasitic drag stemming from the big flat angled spokes.

Drag from the bonnet top wire locks and drag with (downforce) from the over size rear wing will negate the drag reduction offered by the smart mirrors. The bodykit also increases the cross sectional frontal area (CdA) and therefore increases the drag rating.

The mesh lower front bumper intake will also create stagnation and pressure build up due lack of flow and reduce any downforce intended – and ruin localised airflow.

The performance will clearly come from that wonderful engine work -not the body package.

Sorry for the whinge but thats my opinion for what it is worth.

I still admire the effort, love the colour and interior treatment and, oh yes, the bonnet does not have to be black just because it is carbon fibre – they have got around that now- espcially in the aero-industry.

there’s a few things in that car that aren’t personally to my own tastes, but it ain’t rice. check out his website. nothing on that car has been done cheaply, tackily or solely for image. that car was taken back to a bare frame then rebuilt using only the best. the engine in it is a work of art… i’d buy it (separately) just to have it in my living room.

“If you want to modify your Viggen do it the Swedish way…less is more and modifications should be invisible to the casual onlooker…..”

THIS IS RIGHT ON, please keep this in mind.

- Ryan

And about the wheels: they are for PERFORMANCE.

This is one fast car. That’s what separates this from your average ricer. All go, some show rather than the other way around.

I can’t believe someone thought it’d be a good thing to this to a Saab.

I didn’t know they made Swedish Rice.

The black bonnet and grille kill any styling -down the road graphic and the wheels are too fussy.

But, I like the interior dials on the A post and that gold green colour is edgy too.

Sadly, as with so many such projects, the owner will never see their investment back.

Keep your Viggen stock Swade- apart from the recue kit and handling mods that you need…