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TLDR VERSION
I am happy with my purchase of Enkei TY-5 Pearl Black wheels,
shod with BFG Comp2 A/S tires
from Jason [MENTION=11223]GetYourWheels[/MENTION]
Review includes appearance, size, and track day performance issues
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REVIEW
I have a square set in BFG Comp2 All Season tires in 275/40 on my Enkei TY-5 in 19x9.5”. The wheels are roller-forged barrels and apparently pass Enkei’s stringent strength tests.
SHOPPING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
I window shopped wheels for several months before choosing these wheels and tires. Silver wheels was the obvious choice for my yellow car, but I felt that then the car would look too much like yellow Camaros and Corvettes. The pearl black finish was gloss black with mirror-cut spoke faces, followed by tinted clear coat. So even that was a compromise between yellow and black, and this style is in vogue now.
I think they have a unique style feature. The wheels achieve their concave look by way of the ten inwardly curved spokes, which then dog-leg into the hub area. So that is a true “dish” shape! Furthermore, this helps the spoke to reflect light more often, since there is not just a single angle of the spoke face that will reflect light. I felt it was tricky to choose a wheel that was not too retro, or too radical, or too Euro, and so forth. These fit the bill for me.
Edit: Another nice feature of the TY-5 is that they come ready to go. The bolt pattern and offset comes from the factory - they do not have to sent to the custom wheel shop before they get to you. All they need are hub spacer rings.
FITMENT
I get compliments on the wheels and their stance. I only run a 5mm spacer up front to even out the stance a little but without exceeding 7 threads engagement. (They will clear the hub dust cap with no spacer.)
While I took my time shopping for wheels, tires, and size options, I extensively relied on my favorite size calculator www.wheel-size.com.
I also chose this size because I thought that 19” wheels were the best proportion to the car, and the 275/40 sidewall height provided a good compromise between performance and comfort. Apparently this tire has a reputation for a stiff sidewall, and really good traction compared to other A/S tires. They run around $200 each.
For a time, I was bent on running 10” wide wheels with 285/35 tires. In the end there was just more options available in the 9.5” width, and so I did not obsess about the loss of 1 centimeter in tire width.
PERFORMANCE
Once I took off my OEM 8” wheels and put on the new 9.5” wheels, I could feel increased sensitivity to steering input. The car was very comfortable on a 1000-mile round trip from Indiana to Mustang Week.
In August I took the car to the 10-turn 1-3/4-mile track at Putnam Park for a full day consisting of six 20-minute sessions. It was a steady rain in the first session. I drove in Sport mode, and it was apparent that my car had as much wet control as any other (18 cars in the novice drivers group). A couple times I had to stop for spun cars right in front of me.
The first session after lunch was a drying track, and the speeds gradually came up. The 5th session was fully dry on-line. I could feel equal slip angle of all four tires, and it was such a blast to smoothly roll on the throttle and control the slight slide powering out of the turns. That was my primary reason for a track day – feeling the slip angle in 50-70mph turns.
The 6th session was fully dry, and the track was very fast. I switched over to Track mode. Furthermore, the tires did not squeal at all. Nor did they ever seem like they would suddenly break loose.
There was some real scrubbing of the shoulders and chunking of the edges of the block sections, but this track has a reputation of being hard on tires. Obviously more camber than stock was needed, but I have no suspension mods. It bugged me how the tires looked after track day, so I paid $120 to have them all flipped and rebalanced. Now the tires look like new again, lol.
SALES & SERVICE
I got great pre and post sales support from Jason [MENTION=11223]GetYourWheels[/MENTION]. From this forum I had learned enough about wheels to ask him all the pertinent questions, even down to offset, spacers, lugnut threads engaged, and clearance behind the center caps. Jason patiently addressed all of my concerns, or quickly got back to me after some research.
Although Jason uses OEM TPMS, they would not reliably register on the car at first. The dealer programmed them for me. I have also since learned that these wheels are painted, and not power coated. I think the finish is not as durable as powder coat, and so that has been disappointing. I checked around a lot, and even wheel finishers really do not want to attempt any finish work on such a two-tone wheel. I recently spent several hours trying Meguire’s Scratch-X and sealer wax. I repainted the inner barrels to make them look better. But the clear coat is still not as good as when they were new, especially on two of the wheels. If I pick up some curb rash or other damage, I may pay to have them all powder coated black, but I am afraid I will lose the tinted clear faces.
Edit: I forgot to mention noise. Contrary to some reports, I found these tires barely noisier than the stock Pirelli A/S tires, and these are 1.5" wider. I have about 5000 miles on them, and the noise has not increased.
PHOTOS
Here are some photos. Forgive me for not having higher quality photos. I know how to take good pictures with a proper Nikon, but I have not had the time to do a nice “photo shoot”. And it seems that my cell phone camera does not reproduce yellow very well.
I am happy with my purchase of Enkei TY-5 Pearl Black wheels,
shod with BFG Comp2 A/S tires
from Jason [MENTION=11223]GetYourWheels[/MENTION]
Review includes appearance, size, and track day performance issues
--
REVIEW
I have a square set in BFG Comp2 All Season tires in 275/40 on my Enkei TY-5 in 19x9.5”. The wheels are roller-forged barrels and apparently pass Enkei’s stringent strength tests.
SHOPPING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
I window shopped wheels for several months before choosing these wheels and tires. Silver wheels was the obvious choice for my yellow car, but I felt that then the car would look too much like yellow Camaros and Corvettes. The pearl black finish was gloss black with mirror-cut spoke faces, followed by tinted clear coat. So even that was a compromise between yellow and black, and this style is in vogue now.
I think they have a unique style feature. The wheels achieve their concave look by way of the ten inwardly curved spokes, which then dog-leg into the hub area. So that is a true “dish” shape! Furthermore, this helps the spoke to reflect light more often, since there is not just a single angle of the spoke face that will reflect light. I felt it was tricky to choose a wheel that was not too retro, or too radical, or too Euro, and so forth. These fit the bill for me.
Edit: Another nice feature of the TY-5 is that they come ready to go. The bolt pattern and offset comes from the factory - they do not have to sent to the custom wheel shop before they get to you. All they need are hub spacer rings.
FITMENT
I get compliments on the wheels and their stance. I only run a 5mm spacer up front to even out the stance a little but without exceeding 7 threads engagement. (They will clear the hub dust cap with no spacer.)
While I took my time shopping for wheels, tires, and size options, I extensively relied on my favorite size calculator www.wheel-size.com.
I also chose this size because I thought that 19” wheels were the best proportion to the car, and the 275/40 sidewall height provided a good compromise between performance and comfort. Apparently this tire has a reputation for a stiff sidewall, and really good traction compared to other A/S tires. They run around $200 each.
For a time, I was bent on running 10” wide wheels with 285/35 tires. In the end there was just more options available in the 9.5” width, and so I did not obsess about the loss of 1 centimeter in tire width.
PERFORMANCE
Once I took off my OEM 8” wheels and put on the new 9.5” wheels, I could feel increased sensitivity to steering input. The car was very comfortable on a 1000-mile round trip from Indiana to Mustang Week.
In August I took the car to the 10-turn 1-3/4-mile track at Putnam Park for a full day consisting of six 20-minute sessions. It was a steady rain in the first session. I drove in Sport mode, and it was apparent that my car had as much wet control as any other (18 cars in the novice drivers group). A couple times I had to stop for spun cars right in front of me.
The first session after lunch was a drying track, and the speeds gradually came up. The 5th session was fully dry on-line. I could feel equal slip angle of all four tires, and it was such a blast to smoothly roll on the throttle and control the slight slide powering out of the turns. That was my primary reason for a track day – feeling the slip angle in 50-70mph turns.
The 6th session was fully dry, and the track was very fast. I switched over to Track mode. Furthermore, the tires did not squeal at all. Nor did they ever seem like they would suddenly break loose.
There was some real scrubbing of the shoulders and chunking of the edges of the block sections, but this track has a reputation of being hard on tires. Obviously more camber than stock was needed, but I have no suspension mods. It bugged me how the tires looked after track day, so I paid $120 to have them all flipped and rebalanced. Now the tires look like new again, lol.
SALES & SERVICE
I got great pre and post sales support from Jason [MENTION=11223]GetYourWheels[/MENTION]. From this forum I had learned enough about wheels to ask him all the pertinent questions, even down to offset, spacers, lugnut threads engaged, and clearance behind the center caps. Jason patiently addressed all of my concerns, or quickly got back to me after some research.
Although Jason uses OEM TPMS, they would not reliably register on the car at first. The dealer programmed them for me. I have also since learned that these wheels are painted, and not power coated. I think the finish is not as durable as powder coat, and so that has been disappointing. I checked around a lot, and even wheel finishers really do not want to attempt any finish work on such a two-tone wheel. I recently spent several hours trying Meguire’s Scratch-X and sealer wax. I repainted the inner barrels to make them look better. But the clear coat is still not as good as when they were new, especially on two of the wheels. If I pick up some curb rash or other damage, I may pay to have them all powder coated black, but I am afraid I will lose the tinted clear faces.
Edit: I forgot to mention noise. Contrary to some reports, I found these tires barely noisier than the stock Pirelli A/S tires, and these are 1.5" wider. I have about 5000 miles on them, and the noise has not increased.
PHOTOS
Here are some photos. Forgive me for not having higher quality photos. I know how to take good pictures with a proper Nikon, but I have not had the time to do a nice “photo shoot”. And it seems that my cell phone camera does not reproduce yellow very well.
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