NA's Show off your rims!

Postby **NitroDann** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:11 pm

Have done

Dann

speed · Postby **speed** » Wed May 07, 2014 7:50 pm

plohl wrote:is that advertised weight? Or have you actually weighed them?

Magpie wrote:Speed I think people are just trying to establish if you have put them on scales or are you repeating the 'blurb'?

Can you throw one of the wheels on to a set of scales? With/without tyre does not matter as long as you say what size tyre.

NitroDann wrote:
speed wrote: If you are not prepared to trust a distributor, then why would you trust a forum member that is still a complete stranger?

People are interested in these wheels and the weight is a priority. They want the weight confirmed by someone who has very little conflict of interest.

Dann

In response to the above quotes.

I have just weighed one of my wheels with tyre on it.
Wheel with tyre (195/50/15) weighs 14kg.

If the tyre weighs 9.4kg then the wheel is 4.6kg
Even if the tyre was to only weigh 9kg then they are still a light weight wheel at 5kg.

I hope that clarifies things and I apologise for being a little grumpy earlier. I really thought that people were yanking my chain and wanting me to just waste my time.

Personally I don't like black wheels but my options were black or red.
Now that I've done further research, I've found that they also come in a grey colour, which I would have preferred.

They are growing on me and as I've said before, I like the lip and the light weight.

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Thu May 08, 2014 11:12 am

^ thanks man :beer:

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Thu May 08, 2014 11:32 am

Also thanks for the reply.

kazama · Postby **kazama** » Thu May 08, 2014 1:23 pm

given the average weight of a 195/50r15 tyre the wheels work out to be roughly 5.5kg. still light, but not amazingly so

they do look cool

speed · Postby **speed** » Thu May 08, 2014 1:57 pm

kazama wrote:given the average weight of a 195/50r15 tyre the wheels work out to be roughly 5.5kg. still light, but not amazingly so

they do look cool

Thanks Kazama,
So a 195/50/15 usually weighs 8.5Kg? Sorry I have no idea.
Remember reading somewhere that they were about 9Kg but can't recall where.

Thanks!

speed · Postby **speed** » Fri May 09, 2014 9:42 am

Just found a tyre weight guide on miata net. 195/50/15s range from as light as 17 pound to 21 pounds. Converted to metric; 7.7kg to 9.5kg.
Seems to be a bigger range than what I was expecting.

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D.A.M · Postby **D.A.M** » Tue May 13, 2014 4:55 pm

Watanabe F8's

ave · Postby **ave** » Thu May 15, 2014 1:12 pm

^ Looking good D.A.M - nice taste in wheels, although I am biased.

Watanabe F8F 14 x 6 +38 with Bridgestone Potenza RE001s
(Photo credit to RdS)

D.A.M · Postby **D.A.M** » Thu May 15, 2014 2:32 pm

^thanks man, yours look sweet! I need to hunt down center caps but!

fruitless · Postby **fruitless** » Sat May 31, 2014 7:02 pm

nice watanabe's, I'm guessing you both got them through otomoto?

D.A.M · Postby **D.A.M** » Sat May 31, 2014 7:33 pm

bought mine off a fellow mx5 owner for a great price

mitch_f1 · Postby **mitch_f1** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:22 pm

14x6.5 +14.5 B-type wats

I wish mine were bronze/gunmetal. Would anyone want to trade if they want polished lip?

D.A.M · Postby **D.A.M** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:25 pm

mitch_f1 wrote:

14x6.5 +14.5 B-type wats

I wish mine were bronze/gunmetal. Would anyone want to trade if they want polished lip?

ill be heading to Japan in a few months, i can get you a set if interested (ill be putting full details up later in a thread, but feel free to PM me if you want)