Deep Dish Rims that fit the NA

[rjr666]

17x8 +35 needed the front and rear guards liped.

I ran 215/40/17 back and 205/40/17 front. Front scrubed with the 215's on the front.

[Boags]

A little wing on that would look very schmick! Not a fully dorifto adjustable downforce Gran Turismo style one, that would look sh!te.

Boags

[RaYmO]

Yeah, I kinda like it how it is... but I see where you are coming from Boags.

The back looks quite bottom heavy, a small wing at the top will give it that nice voluptuous look

[Adam_NAclubman]

I changed back from +17 7's to +40 6's yesterday, it looks girly but man does it feel better. Steering is so much sweeter

[JBT]

So it seems the Mazda designers weren't so stupid after all.

[Sheck]

I prefer the steering feel of a lower offset wheel, gets too easy when its at stock offset.

I'm running a de-powered power steer rack.

Dave

[Adam_NAclubman]

Oooooooooooooh, so that does work? I was thinking about getting a power rack and doing that a while ago.

Yeah, it is a bit too light now, was about the right weight before with low offset wheels, but it just has a weird feeling, like you could feel the face of the tyre pivoting on the road at times

[Sheck]

yea it works, i basically just disconnected the lines off the pump chucked that and its bracket to teh side and put a brass fitting between the two lines after i drained as much of the fluid (just by turning the wheel side to side, this pushes the fluid out) as i could.
Leaving everything else in there allow the rack to stay lubricated and allows no pressure to biuld up with fluid or air that is in there.

Feels great, and i run a +20 or +25 offset rims on the front all the time.

Dave

[RaYmO]

I forgot I had the latest issue of HyperRev I got from Japan and went through it last night... There are number of deep dish options available..

I'll take some pics of some examples and post it up tonight (I really do need a scanner )

[Adam_NAclubman]

Right... I need to source a power steering rack then...

[RaYmO]

ok,

i finally did a test fit with my WORK wheels..

15x8, +35.

195/50/15 rubber and it fits, but the inner lips seem to rub.
ill do a guard roll and i reckon it will be fine

they fill the guards brilliantly..

as soon as they are in, ill post pics:)

After a bit more looking I found these:



Is 15x7 +4 offset going to be a bit too badass for the guards?

[Babalouie]

Is 15x7 +4 offset going to be a bit too badass for the guards?

Phwoarrr....that might be pushing it a little. Even at 7in+20 you would need to roll the guards to get it all to fit, and these would stick out a further 15mm.

Here's an NA with 14x7in+3,
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http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/use ... truth2.jpg
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Looks great but the wheels are actually sticking out past the edges of the body so I'd be surprised if they didn't rub.

[Benny]

And the first cop that sees your wheels sticking out past the gaurds will pull you over and defect you.
Mind you, it would be a good excuse to put some flares on the gaurds.

[Sheck]

If you do a \"proper\" flare which is folding out the inner lip and rolling the whole thing (you may possibly need to cut and weld the gaurd to make it all smooth, but i'm not sure as i havent got a gaurd roller) then you can fit in a 15 X 7 +0 easily. Well no easily but the wheel will sit just inside of the gaurd and you wont/shouldn't rub.

How do i know this?
Well i'll get a photo of my mangled gaurd up soon, but just for shits an giggles (and to tet if a 0 offset rim would fit) i put my 25mm spacers on the front of my car with my +25 rims. I found that yes the wheel would rub but only when turning and if you dont have rock hard suspension
But i flipped out the inner lip thingy and rolled it with just a bit of 2inch exhaust pipe off cut. The gaurd, if it was smooth, looks really nice and fits the wheels nicely ie they are filled.

My guard on the other hand is not smooth and looks terrible/mangled, but hey at least its only one of them and at least i know that my rim of choice will fit when i do get it eventually. Plus it suits the look of rest of my car

Dave

[Babalouie]

If you do a "proper" flare which is folding out the inner lip and rolling the whole thing (you may possibly need to cut and weld the gaurd to make it all smooth, but i'm not sure as i havent got a gaurd roller) then you can fit in a 15 X 7 +0 easily. Well no easily but the wheel will sit just inside of the gaurd and you wont/shouldn't rub.

How do i know this?
Well i'll get a photo of my mangled gaurd up soon, but just for shits an giggles (and to tet if a 0 offset rim would fit) i put my 25mm spacers on the front of my car with my +25 rims. I found that yes the wheel would rub but only when turning and if you dont have rock hard suspension
But i flipped out the inner lip thingy and rolled it with just a bit of 2inch exhaust pipe off cut. The gaurd, if it was smooth, looks really nice and fits the wheels nicely ie they are filled.

My guard on the other hand is not smooth and looks terrible/mangled, but hey at least its only one of them and at least i know that my rim of choice will fit when i do get it eventually. Plus it suits the look of rest of my car

Dave

Yeah, I reckon the "fold out the lip" method works well and looks good for a car with squarish lines, but on an NA I've always thought that it would clash with the rounded organic shape of the body....it'd be interesting to see your pics....