Seriously though, I took literally 25% of the tread off my front tires at the Auto X yesterday so I need to bite the bullet and get a set of track/auto X wheels/tires. I can do my own research on the tires, but I need 17x8 wheels in a 5x114.3 lug pattern. I haven’t decided on an offset yet, but I’m thinking +35, maybe +32.
Lyndon suggested Rota to me, I never knew they made so many wheels! I’ve been thinking about these bad boys in the +35 offset.
:nono, I introduced you to the world of twanks. Kramer save up and get some real wheels mang. And Pete, EVERYONE rocks those wheels, soooo played. DO something crazy Kramer.
i don’t care. aristos are played, i don’t really like bbs rc’s are played and i love them. theres a bunch of rims that are played yet look so nice on certain jump-offs.
The Kosei’s are another good, fairly cheap rim. Not sure off the top of my head on the sizes, but pricewise- not a bad deal at all. Plus they’re on the lighter side, compared to some of the more common rims that cost even more.
It all depends on what you’re going for, really- try to think of it as a wheel that doesn’t look too bad, fairly light, and if you were to destroy one or more of them by some crazy mishap, it wouldn’t hurt horribly to have to replace one (or more) of them.
As far as tire widths on wheels, you can cram 225/50/14’s on 14x5 wheels, but they’re not all that useful (for too long) because it destroys your contact patch. Also the aspect ratio makes a difference, because the sidewalls may be too short/too stiff to stretch in or out the the rim. Here’s a link to tirerack’s specs for the Bridgestone Potenza RE01R’s - (a common alternative to the Falken Azenis for the street-whatnot classes):
Say you want those in a 245/40ZR17, they recommend a rim width of 8-9.5". But change the aspect ratio all little, and you could squeeze 245/45ZR17 (slightly taller sidewall) onto a 7.5-inch wide wheel, within the manufacturer’s suggestions. And you could toy around with different combinations for extra width, taller or shorter sidewalls, changing contact patch sizes, but also changing your effective gearing once you change your overall tire circumference (if you really want to get into that sort of thing…)
