Best 15x7 wheels for NA6

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:23 pm

Well the time is nearly here where i am ready to buy some new shoes for my 5, i have been shopping around a bit and am loving the whole mega dish JDM look, work equip 03, watanabe rs or konig rewind.

i know that two of these are way to over priced for me right now so that leaves the konig's, they are within my price range and i love the look of them but does anybody know if they are light? i know lightyear is selling his right now but i do prefer the later, more "deep dish" style aka these...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f123/ ... 016147.jpg

few things that i need to ask though, i want wheels that are not going to add a silly amount of weight, i want them to look nice, what are some other good wheels that people around here use? im open to any one's contribution or advice. off the top of my head i know that the enkei rpf01, buddy club p1, starcorp, watanabes are aall popular whels around the forum.

my budget is around $1000 - $1300 and then about $600 ish on tyres.

cheers guys and gals,

cheyne

grump · Postby **grump** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:56 pm

the problem i have found is that with a deep dish wheel or spacers which effectively do the same thing, there is a canterlever effect with the wheel sticking out so far from the attachment point, i.e the brake disc hub. it becomes very hard to get your camber adjusted in, it effectively widens your track width which creates the problem. It may be allright on the track but on the road it is a bitch. my car had 25mm spacers on the wheels and the guards rolled so the tyres wouldn't rub. it was impossible to get the correct camber, so made it a really bad ride on the road. Of course there are other annomolies that come into play as well. i.e my stuffed shocks didn't help. if anyone can pull out the idiot stick and give me a flogging for wrong advice, i'll gladly stand here with my dacks around my ankles

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:07 pm

that is very helpful advise mate, thanks

, i dont want too much dish so the less dish i have i guess the lesser problem it will be, and i also lead to understand that if i have the right offset the fitment should be fine, correct me if im wrong.

cheers

cheyne

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:19 pm

what would a buddy club and re001 package set me back?

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:54 pm

could be tempting, i will get some other opinions first but that is a big consideration, cheers man

d-mag · Postby **d-mag** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:38 pm

Cheyne, the rewinds you posted up are 15 x 7 +0 and they only come in AE86 size (4 x 114.3).
The guy running those Rewinds would of had to of had them re-drilled to make them 4 x 100.

This guy sells them.... http://www.royal-drift.com/ (No affiliation)

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:10 pm

ah, i am kicking my self i didnt find out sooner... thanks for informing me darrin, do you know what he charges for a set of these? i have sent him a message but not sure how long he will take to reply.

d-mag · Postby **d-mag** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:27 pm

Not 100% positive, but somewhere between $220 and $245 per wheel for 15" and 16" +0's and 15 x 7 +40.
If you were to get the +0's I imagine a re-drill wouldn't be too expensive, maybe $40 - $50 a wheel.

Mr_Q · Postby **Mr_Q** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:23 pm

CheyneX5 wrote:i know that two of these are way to over priced for me right now so that leaves the konig's, they are within my price range and i love the look of them but does anybody know if they are light?

I had the Rewinds on my Clubman. Never actually weighed them but they never seemed unusually heavy.

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:11 pm

they dont look to heavy, arent they the ones lightyear is selling?

Mr_Q · Postby **Mr_Q** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:07 pm

I sold them with the car, which went to Victoria - so it's possible they're the same ones. Would be a shame to think the car had been pulled to bits though.

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:12 pm

yeah they are the same, james bought the car yes? he sold the wheels to dave (lightyear) who is now selling them due to getting bigger wheels.

d-mag · Postby **d-mag** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:32 am

Cheyne, if your looking for JDM wheels, drop this guy a line
http://www.astinagt.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=43 (not affiliated, just a happy customer)
Even if your not keen on Mazdaspeed gear, he can source what ever wheels you like from Yahoo auctions in Japan.