yeah, they're 8 but I'm only running 225's so 6.5's might work. What are they?
I'd love to get rpf1's but not ready to mortgage the house for wheels! You're the 3rd person to mention Rota slipstreams - only 16.5 lbs. BTW, tireslack has Kosei's
I guess expensive is relative! The rota's are only 16.5 lbs in 16" - sounds pretty reasonable to me. See if your friend will give you a better deal for 8!
Next track day is May 4. Then again, after replacing wheels I'm not sure I can afford the event fees... but May 4 is the goal!
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Lol, I was kidding but go for it, you da man! BTW, I was hoping to get to one of the two lovely tracks down your way in the Atlanta area. Maybe later in the year?
I've looked at 300zx wheels on flea bay but didn't consider the Lexus wheels - good advice. I may hit a couple salvage yards this weekend, tho my mz3 deserves some nice shoesFor the record some other cars that have similar wheel sizes/fitments to look into are Lexus IS250 and 300 if you don't mind going to 17s... which I'd consider so you can fit larger brakes potentially, and just the fact that 16s are going the way of the 15s... selection will only get smaller since newer cars are coming with larger and larger wheels overall.
A cheap OEM solution might be Nissan 300ZX Z32 wheels... the twin turbo cars had 16x7.5 up front with +45 offset and rears had 16x8.5 rear with +35 offset(this one I'm not sure is how doable with our cars... that's for the fitment experts to say).
Not turbo cars had the 16x7.5 all around.
They have a 66mm hub bore, ours is 67.1mm... so taking the wheels to a machine shop for a VERY simple operation should be no problem to have done under $150. Since the lugs are 12x1.25 acorn type seating, you could honestly use a die grinder and open up the wheel hub enough to smoothly slide the wheel on, though I'm not as apt to recommend it for track use. I've done it plenty of times as others have on offroad vehicles, some of them taking more abuse than any track car will ever see(short of crashing:cheesy
What do you mean, I almost always do 2 days, sometimes 3! Those once a month fixes have to last me a whole month!!
Oh man, I wish! I'll do the weekend here this time but will definitely keep watching the schedule. That is a bit of a trip
I got excited until I calculated shipping - almost $200. Thanks anyway!!
According to http://wheelhelp.net/Lexus_Bolt_Patterns.htm, the Lexus models in the late 90's had 16" wheels ranging from 6.5 to 7.5, right bolt pattern and stud size, with 60.1 hub bore. I can't find weights for these anywhere but have heard they're heavy (in the late teens near 20lbs). I ask because there's a set of sc300 wheels locally that look good. Other than hub any reason these would be a problem?For the record some other cars that have similar wheel sizes/fitments to look into are Lexus IS250 and 300 if you don't mind going to 17s... which I'd consider so you can fit larger brakes potentially, and just the fact that 16s are going the way of the 15s... selection will only get smaller since newer cars are coming with larger and larger wheels overall.
A cheap OEM solution might be Nissan 300ZX Z32 wheels... the twin turbo cars had 16x7.5 up front with +45 offset and rears had 16x8.5 rear with +35 offset(this one I'm not sure is how doable with our cars... that's for the fitment experts to say).
Not turbo cars had the 16x7.5 all around.
They have a 66mm hub bore, ours is 67.1mm... so taking the wheels to a machine shop for a VERY simple operation should be no problem to have done under $150. Since the lugs are 12x1.25 acorn type seating, you could honestly use a die grinder and open up the wheel hub enough to smoothly slide the wheel on, though I'm not as apt to recommend it for track use. I've done it plenty of times as others have on offroad vehicles, some of them taking more abuse than any track car will ever see(short of crashing:cheesy
