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"beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard) 06/26/2014 at 20:45 • Filed to: MR2, wheels

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Dearest Oppo,

I am in the market for some new wheels, but haven't made up my mind. What do you think I should get?

So far leaning towards some 17" Enkei RPF1 or some OEM 16" R32 GTR rims (if I can find them for a decent price).

Brian Silvestro > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/26/2014 at 20:47

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These.

PheeNoIVI > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/26/2014 at 20:47

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I recently bought Focals. Not well known. But theyre good looking. And pretty light for their price. If your on a budget check them out.

PheeNoIVI > Brian Silvestro 06/26/2014 at 20:48

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You have such good style

Brian Silvestro > PheeNoIVI 06/26/2014 at 20:49

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I know, I'm so fly.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Brian Silvestro 06/26/2014 at 20:49

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1. Awesome.

2. No. Not this car.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Brian Silvestro 06/26/2014 at 20:50

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I don't think HRE knows that wheels can be made in a 17" diameter.

Brian Silvestro > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 06/26/2014 at 20:54

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These?

These?

These?

Brian Silvestro > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/26/2014 at 20:54

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See my reply to tastes better with Turbo.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/26/2014 at 20:54

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Of your choices, the Enkei's look best.

How about staggered? I think these rear tires are too tall, but I like the offset front to back

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Brian Silvestro 06/26/2014 at 20:57

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No.

No.

Maybe.

You're so Teutonic in your taste in wheels, Brian. Show some Nipponese love, my man.

Brian Silvestro > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 06/26/2014 at 21:02

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My tastes are too expensive, and I have literally no knowledge about aftermarket wheels beyond HREs. So yeah.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 06/26/2014 at 21:03

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They'll definitely be staggered if I don't go the GTR rims (even then I'll be looking for GTST rims for the front later on).

Ideal setup will be 7" and 8" wide with a +30 offset.. That'll be further out than they are now but with about 7mm tuck so I'm not rubbing if I hit a bump.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Brian Silvestro 06/26/2014 at 21:05

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They look great, but I fear they are worth more than the car themselves. I only picked it up for $6k.

Brian Silvestro > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/26/2014 at 21:06

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Oh. Well I have zero knowledge of aftermarket wheels, so yeah. That's that.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Brian Silvestro 06/26/2014 at 21:07

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Back in the day Volk/RAYS was on the F1 grid, too. Japan had a fully-functioning economy back then.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 06/26/2014 at 21:07

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TE37's are great. but pricey down here. If some came up second hand in the right size I'd jump on them in a heartbeat.

Brian Silvestro > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 06/26/2014 at 21:09

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SPEAK ENGLISH

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/26/2014 at 21:12

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You say 'down here' Are you in Oz?

Hell, just through $5K in the wheels and $12K in the stereo and relive the 1990s the way they are supposed to be remembered.

boom-boom-boom, boom-boom-boom, gimmersumadat, boom-boom-boom, eight-oh-eight in dah hoooooows.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 06/26/2014 at 21:13

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not even that long ago, 2009 on the Williams FW31

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/26/2014 at 21:15

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Actually they still supply wheels for Williams right now. Check their website http://www.rayswheels.co.jp/

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 06/26/2014 at 21:23

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haha yeah. Normally the carpark I took the photos in has a few Kangaroos hanging about and everything.

It's... already got the late 90's aftermarket stereo from the previous owner.

flip out telly, twin sub boxes, kicker splits. A pioneer media box under the passenger carpet so I can plug my N64 in via coax and play mario kart on the screen.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 06/26/2014 at 21:26

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you're right, for some reason I thought they switched to O.Z

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/26/2014 at 21:27

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Driving while driving. How 90's.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/26/2014 at 23:57

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1: Nissan anniversary 5-spoke wheels. Staggered width.

2: These are my favorite, but I have no idea what brand or model wheel they are... but they look like McLaren F1 road car replica wheels.

3: Kosei 6-spokes look good, too.

Not sure what these are, but there are several variants of this simple 5-spoke racing wheel on the market.

Work Meisters look good on anything.

RPF1 is a good choice, as you mentioned.

Or split-5-spoke Advan style...

wiffleballtony > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/27/2014 at 01:28

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I vote Enkei.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/27/2014 at 09:11

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I have two friends with SW20's and they were both on a serious budget. One has OEM Z32 Nissan wheels.

The other took OEM FC RX7 Convertible BBS wheels, had the centers bored to the right size, and runs those on hers.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 06/28/2014 at 01:38

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Great advice man, those wheels both look great.

did your mate with the Z32 wheels run a spacer for the fronts? the Gordaen wheel calculator puts those at pretty damn close to the front suspension. I've always wondered how accurate it is.

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 06/28/2014 at 12:14

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No spacers. I don't remember the tire size, but I can find out.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig 06/28/2014 at 21:18

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sweet, no hurry. They're not an easy wheel to come by down here either.