Thread: Lightweight 15 inch wheels (15-inch, 4X100, offset fits our cars)

@happynole told me they would not fit with CSK/Hypercos. Because I was inquiring about buying his set.

He said they'd rub the rear struts. No bueno.

Again, I'm pretty clueless on this. Not that something like my ignorance would stop me from plunging ahead and making a thread about a subject.

Shawn, perhaps a simple spacer would fix the 6uls in the rear?

Thats the main reason I didnt buy those 6ul you got from se200(justin) before you got them.I have csk/hypercos,and they do not fit. I know for a fact because I had to sell my flat black ones for that reason..it was a better option than switching to coilovers at the time.
I wanna say I actuallyhad 5mm spacers in the rear of my b13 at the time,too...and it still rubbed....I may be mistaken aboutthe spacers,its been a while.

No need to reinvent the wheel, gentlemen.

For perfect fitment on a daily driven B13, you want a 15x7 wheel, and either 195/50 or 205/50-15 tire on all 4 corners.

Everyone has their own idea on what looks good, but for me, I'll stick with the classics, that hit the sweet spot between strength, weight and cost, like Kosei K1, Enkei RPF1, or the old stand by, stock B14 wheels. There's a reason they've been around since the dawn of time. While Rotas come and go, and meshies fall in and out of style, I always give respect to a car running legit wheels.

The new Advanti & Konig wheels look better than many of the newcomers, I'm just not sure their style will stand the test of time.

C

I have a slightly different setup altho having the same suspension. My JDM pulsar gtir has a little over 200lbs of extra mass over the front wheels. 15*7s with 205 width front tires just don't cut it for traction at autox. Maybe on a 205 r compound but on a street tire you'd need minimum 225 wide on minimum 15*8s however I'm running around 300hp and 280 tq. I can see maybe with a 200lb lighter chassis And less than 200hp 205 on a 15*7 would be enough.

I have two diff sets of wheels 15*7 enkei es tarmacs +35 with 195 toyo r1rs
15*8 ffd Motorsport wheels +32 with 10mm spacers with 225 kook rs3s
This is just from my experience as I normally race on sub 2100 cars in stc and sts or 2650lb s2000 on 255 wide tires square which is more comparable in weight to my gtir which is 2800lbs with me in it. (180lbs)

These can be had if you are interested, and at 15x7.5 +34 they fit all your criteria. I can easily pull the tires off and save them for Kimme or myself future track days

http://www.sr20-forum.com/classifieds-wheels-tires/61399-custom-gold-6ul-s-now-nt01-s.html

The picture of the wheels on Kimme's plasti-dipped white NX (my old car) are riding on Hyperco's & CSK (front) and AGX (rear). Mounted with 225/45-15 NT01's which are much wider than you would run at 205/50-15, we used a 5mm spacer to clear the rear strut perches. When these were mounted with Falken 912's 205/50-15 no spacer required for full clearance.

@nickr I definitely understand what you are saying, and I'm glad you chimed in and clarified that folks *can* stuff more wheel and tire under our platforms. However, for the purposes of this thread, I'm sticking with Mike K and Chriscar on the 15X7 for the *general* modified street car daily-driver. Bolt on and go with no spacers, rubbing, or additional modifying. Once somebody gets serious about auto-cross, then that opens up the variables (coilovers, spacers, rolling fenders) and how much wheel and tire you want to squeeze under the vehicle. And we already have multiple threads on fitting maximum wheel and tire under there with or without spacers and/or rolling fenders. If you want to get really crazy, WhitestevefromCT has fender flares and is running 16X8's on his daily with room to go fatter.

@happynole You know I love to buy parts from you my friend, and those wheels are absolutely sweet. I just cannot do gold. Silver, gunmetal, titanium, or maybe bronze, but gold just ain't for me.

Or black!

C

Gunmetal, ftmfw.

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