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Postby Sheck » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:16 pm

those arent the same, the ones that guy is selling are rota rb wheels and the nice ones are sportmax 002 wheels. Sprotmax are wayy nicer!!
Rota are still ok though, but i wouldnt buy them.

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Postby lil_mike » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:18 pm

Sheck wrote:those arent the same, the ones that guy is selling are rota rb wheels and the nice ones are sportmax 002 wheels. Sprotmax are wayy nicer!!
Rota are still ok though, but i wouldnt buy them.

Dave

click on th AS trading link. look at the second topic he has posted. they are the sportmax 002's. i just thought i'd put up the rota's as well.

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Postby qikshift » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:42 pm

i really love these wheels and would be in for a group buy! but i think the 0 offset is a little to extreme for my stocked guarded NA :mrgreen:

id have to go a little higher offset maybe +15 or higher and maybe a 7inch wheel?

Any one know the lowest offset you can go without rubbing? on an 8inch width (assuming with rolled guards also), i dont want them sticking out like super crazy .. might have to settle for the 7 inch version perhaps :(

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Postby lil_mike » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:33 pm

qikshift wrote:i really love these wheels and would be in for a group buy! but i think the 0 offset is a little to extreme for my stocked guarded NA :mrgreen:

id have to go a little higher offset maybe +15 or higher and maybe a 7inch wheel?

Any one know the lowest offset you can go without rubbing? on an 8inch width (assuming with rolled guards also), i dont want them sticking out like super crazy .. might have to settle for the 7 inch version perhaps :(

bah, soft! i would like a set of 16 x 8 +0 offset. if i can fit these god damn 18's that my car has now, then i'm not too worried bout these :P

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Postby qikshift » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:55 pm

heh, i dont have a budget for a big ass widebody kit :mrgreen: so i'll have to be soft :oops: ... these rims would look killer on a widebody NA


lil_mike wrote:
qikshift wrote:i really love these wheels and would be in for a group buy! but i think the 0 offset is a little to extreme for my stocked guarded NA :mrgreen:

id have to go a little higher offset maybe +15 or higher and maybe a 7inch wheel?

Any one know the lowest offset you can go without rubbing? on an 8inch width (assuming with rolled guards also), i dont want them sticking out like super crazy .. might have to settle for the 7 inch version perhaps :(

bah, soft! i would like a set of 16 x 8 +0 offset. if i can fit these god damn 18's that my car has now, then i'm not too worried bout these :P

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Postby lil_mike » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:58 pm

mmmm, big fat wheels (and they arent heavy either, bout 7kg each) on a big fat kit :mrgreen: no need for wheel spacers now :lol:

i dont have the budget for it either but i will get it eventually. just might take a few months

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Postby Garry » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:14 pm

(and they arent heavy either, bout 7kg each)


Except that your \"light\" 7kg wheels will feel heavier to the rest of the suspension componentry spaced 40 to 45mm further out than they are supposed to be.
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Postby qikshift » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:26 pm

doh :lol: :lol:

Garry wrote:
(and they arent heavy either, bout 7kg each)


Except that your "light" 7kg wheels will feel heavier to the rest of the suspension componentry spaced 40 to 45mm further out than they are supposed to be.

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Postby Sheck » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:29 pm

lil_mike wrote:click on th AS trading link. look at the second topic he has posted. they are the sportmax 002's. i just thought i'd put up the rota's as well.


Oh hell yea!!! i think that'll be my next set of wheels!! I might have to sell a set or two though! --> 15x7 +25 Intra wheels anyone? :mrgreen:

Heaps of the US drifter guys run these wheels on their NA's and NB's. The NA's need some megga rolling/some flareing to make them sit under the gaurds but the NB's get away with much more and just need rolling with a touch of flaring (which is just megga rolling anyways).
When i flipped out my gaurd to test if a +0 would fit, it worked well, i've flipped it back in now and rolled it and looks like it'll fit, i'll test it on the weekend when i can be arsed.

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Postby lil_mike » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:37 pm

hmmm, maybe you could help me with mine then, i need to roll them out more or flare, whatever. they are currently scraping on the extremely ridiculous large wheels that i have on it (previous owner)

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Postby Sheck » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:50 pm

all i did was get two bits of pipe and stick them under the gaurd (had to jack car up, then drop it down). Then you roll the car back and fourth to get the pipe moving (i just move the pipe) and it'll squash back the rib then i went to a larger one and done it again and that'll squash it completely and i also pushed on it heaps to get the gaurd flared out a bit.

I'd recomend doing this with a heat gun if you car about the condidtion of your paint and gaurd - sine i didnt really care i just done it at room temp. I'll get some pics up when i put the spacers on the car (25mm spacer and a +25 rim = +0 offset :mrgreen: )

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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:20 pm

lil_mike wrote:mmmm, big fat wheels (and they arent heavy either, bout 7kg each)


7 isnt light (well, for the size its not bad but compared to stock, plus bigass wheels = bigass tyres and theyre not light, plus theyre sticking waaaaaaay out which makes them feel heavier again. I still think if you do all this stuff you want to do to the car its going to turn into something you really wont be happy with

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Postby lil_mike » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:33 pm

Adam_NAclubman wrote:
lil_mike wrote:mmmm, big fat wheels (and they arent heavy either, bout 7kg each)


7 isnt light (well, for the size its not bad but compared to stock, plus bigass wheels = bigass tyres and theyre not light, plus theyre sticking waaaaaaay out which makes them feel heavier again. I still think if you do all this stuff you want to do to the car its going to turn into something you really wont be happy with

lol i know that, they'll only be for show. i'll have two sets. one for show and the other for.....spirited driving :mrgreen:

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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:34 pm

Can you imagine how out of place your driving wheels will look if you go for a widebody though

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Postby Sheck » Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:16 pm

dont need wide body, they'll fit with some good old flaring.

I'm running +0 right now (done it this arve, i'll post pics up early next week) the extra 1/2 inch can be accomodated by some more flaring and if you keep the tyres down to a 195 width they'll fit in nicely especially if your not that low. Besides if you've got a second set of wheels for track/spirited driving then you dont really car about looks do you.

But on the same note i think i might rather the sportmax 005 cause they are a +15 offset in the 8 inch wide. That way you dont need to go crazy with the flaring.

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