# Thoughts on these wheels (photoshop inside) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425 "2010-03-30T06:37:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![38stang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/38stang/32/7479_2.png) [@38stang](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/38stang)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/21 "2010-03-30T10:32:06Z")
> [@Mike93](#): > > Yeah…I’m not really feeling the wheels you posted for the Lotus:( +50 ---
**Author:** ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/22 "2010-03-30T11:25:59Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > no > [@Carnut](#): > > no > [@JayS](#): > > All awful, including the lotus Anonymity posted. > [@XwalkerX](#): > > no > [@theblue](#): > > those wheels look bad on the car… > [@Fry](#): > > I’m with Dan. Nothing else on the car is shiny metal so the wheels don’t really flow. > [@Mike93](#): > > Yeah…I’m not really feeling the wheels you posted for the Lotus:( > [@boardjnky4](#): > > Those work wheels only work on certain cars. > > They’re not doin it for me here. > > General rule of thumb, if you have to ask nyspeed, it’s a no - 1 ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/23 "2010-03-30T11:28:36Z")
No. All your other car have had much better matching wheels for them, go back and start over again on this one. LOL X… ---
**Author:** ![MP\_B240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mp_b240/32/5697_2.png) [@MP\_B240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MP_B240)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/24 "2010-03-30T11:34:55Z")
i’m agreeing with 99% of the people here, awesome wheels but just don’t match the car ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/25 "2010-03-30T12:04:11Z")
Why not the RS134 monolites, I mean they are RAC wheels… RAC=ballA! ![http://sector111.com/images/exige-240-S-4.jpg](http://sector111.com/images/exige-240-S-4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/26 "2010-03-30T12:07:20Z")
I do like those RACs but A) I want something that a ton of people don’t already have on there lotus B) I want some really annoying fitment… ---
**Author:** ![sidewayz240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sidewayz240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewayz240)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/27 "2010-03-30T12:10:38Z")
Bronze TE37’s. Or CCW’s ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/28 "2010-03-30T12:11:27Z")
> [@sidewayz240](#): > > Bronze TE37’s. > > Or > > CCW’s Ugh, I know. TE37s are soooo hot, but at 750+ a wheel, it’s just more than I wanna spend… also, the TE37 doesn’t look as awesome on the lotus because you can’t run insane offsets… that’s where the TE37 really shines… ---
**Author:** ![sidewayz240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sidewayz240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewayz240)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/29 "2010-03-30T12:17:29Z")
What kind of sizes can you stuff under those fenders? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/30 "2010-03-30T12:21:08Z")
This is VERY crude, but I think I can do 17X9 +32 in the rear, even less sure on the front, which i’m guessing at 16X7 +28… Both those sizes are going to poke about 3/4" more than stock, which means a bunch of camber and some slightly underwidth tires… sue me. ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/31 "2010-03-30T12:33:30Z")
I really dont mind the gunmetal Meisters on there. Need Wayyyyyy less tire for my taste though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/32 "2010-03-30T12:38:08Z")
For some reason I’d like to see the wheels painted the tow hitch red. But so far- nothing posted looks good. ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/33 "2010-03-30T13:15:16Z")
> [@newman](#): > > This is VERY crude, but I think I can do 17X9 +32 in the rear, even less sure on the front, which i’m guessing at 16X7 +28… > > Both those sizes are going to poke about 3/4" more than stock, which means a bunch of camber and some slightly underwidth tires… sue me. When I was looking at them I found you can dip down into the low 20’s (ET24ish) with a 16x7 width. Your rear fitment is almost spot on. For TE’s to look good (as well as most volks) you need low 20s with a width of 10.5+ ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/34 "2010-03-30T13:23:55Z")
> [@66impalass](#): > > When I was looking at them I found you can dip down into the low 20’s (ET24ish) with a 16x7 width. > > Your rear fitment is almost spot on. > > For TE’s to look good (as well as most volks) you need low 20s with a width of 10.5+ Yeah, that size will never happen on the lotus w/o a widebody… I’m thinking that emotion CR kais with custom PCD to allow the use of the “deep concave center” would look pretty good… I also like these but 5zigen = :tif: and IDK if they do custom PCDs ---
**Author:** ![sidewayz240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sidewayz240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewayz240)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/35 "2010-03-30T13:35:43Z")
Hmm, yeah not much room for concavity… KAI’s look pretty lame not concave either. Tough choice… Meh, just go widebody. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/36 "2010-03-30T13:37:29Z")
what’s PCD? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/37 "2010-03-30T13:49:35Z")
PCD is the bolt circle… This is a picture of a 17X9 ET28 that I could MAYBE run… it’s somewhat concave, but not INSANE (NOT THESE ONES, just a ref pic) ![http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8656/image071f.jpg](http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8656/image071f.jpg) ![http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2949/image069pzh.jpg](http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2949/image069pzh.jpg) OR MAYYYBE these: 18X9.5 ET30 ![http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o308/urbanealtimabmarine02SE/CIMG0016.jpg](http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o308/urbanealtimabmarine02SE/CIMG0016.jpg) ---------- Post added at 04:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:44 PM ---------- Still not super concave thooo. ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/38 "2010-03-30T14:14:12Z")
i would stay away from the kai’s if you are looking for super concave, im running 17x9 +15 and 18x9.5 +12 and it seems like the mounting pad gets thicker more so than the concanvity increases ---
**Author:** ![Saxon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Saxon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Saxon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/39 "2010-03-30T14:26:07Z")
why not a set of ce28’s? i think a set of silver ce28’s would look nasty ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425/40 "2010-03-30T17:30:34Z")
CE28 is another popular wheel in the lotus community… can’t do it… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-on-these-wheels-photoshop-inside/152425.md?page=3)