17x6.5 Rotas a possibility for HS

i'd be interested, depending on price of course ...

Are the Slipstreams the lightest style that can be resized to 17x6.5? I tried to find out from Rota last year but I couldnt get a strait answer out of them.
I'll probably be in for a set... also depending on the price, final weight and timeframe.

I dont care what color they are. :klavergreg:

Interesting.  I contacted a large Rota distributor who contacted the Rota factory in the Phillipines last year and they told me there are currently no molds for 17x6.5" and that a custom mold would require a significant cash outlay to produce.

It's too bad this didn't come earlier, I just purchased a miata and will stop racing the 3 at the end of this season.

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Are the Slipstreams the lightest style that can be resized to 17x6.5? I tried to find out from Rota last year but I couldnt get a strait answer out of them.
I'll probably be in for a set... also depending on the price, final weight and timeframe.

I dont care what color they are. :klavergreg:
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This is through a fellow SCCA member who works for BlackwatchRacing.com and has close ties with Rota. He just did the same deal for 7 sets of 16x6.5 Rotas (same style). They were 14 pounds and he's offering them for $625 for the set of 4. A great price if you ask me which is why I'm trying to get 10 people interested. I want some!

I did the dance for rota for some torques awhile back. Solid 3 month wait. Just thought Id throw it out there.

From what I understand, this guy has a pretty tight relationship with Rota. Shouldn't take that long.

Alot depends on how they ship it. Mine went sea, air would have been alot of $ that I didnt want to spend.

What if the rims are the same size but there are different bolt patterns? Maybe it will be easier to meet the minnimum # of sets if we can get some other makes of cars in on the group buy. I think the new eclipse has 17x6.5's, any others you can think of? I'll do some research.

Im assuming its a 7" wide, comes with 225s. Email 18racing. Thats who I did the first run through.

I'll call the guy tomorrow. I was hoping to get a few more interested parties, but he might already have a list.

I just checked, it looks like the eclipse has the same bolt pattern as us as well! and it is a 17x6.5. It does have a slightly different offset though.

What offset were you going to get? If it is a little more pushed out then now that would be cool.

also the Pontiac Grand Prix also has 17x6.5's and so do a few other Chevys.

Unfortunately not a whole lot of those are serious autox cars, which basically means if they were looking for alternate wheels, they're likely to get a wider wheel. Hell if it wasn't for being in stock class, I'd run the set I have on there for daily driving which are the 17x8 Enkei's I had on my G35. They fit great on there.

I am interested in getting some of course depending on cost time frame doesn't matter because i don't think ill need them this season but definitely for next season.

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I am interested in getting some of course depending on cost time frame doesn't matter because i don't think ill need them this season but definitely for next season.
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Great, thanks. I'll add you to the list.

Don