I have the "standard" 16's which are actually more rare than the 18's! I know most everyone thinks the 16's are horrendous but they look pretty good on my sunlight silver 8. However I love the 18's style and was wondering if there was a way to purchase the 18 inch wheels and how much would they cost? Thanks for the help!

Originally posted by RX8-Raider
I have the "standard" 16's which are actually more rare than the 18's! I know most everyone thinks the 16's are horrendous but they look pretty good on my sunlight silver 8. However I love the 18's style and was wondering if there was a way to purchase the 18 inch wheels and how much would they cost? Thanks for the help!

332 $ CDN/wheels
400 $ CDN/tire Brigestone RE040.

I got all 4 stolen 2 weeks ago!

Wait until someone takes theirs off and sales them. I wil lbe doing this in the next couple of months and others already have. I would think this would save you a bunch of money and most people only have between 2k-5k miles on their cars at this point so you won't get a beat up piece of junk.

damn'
someone stole yours
I'm sorry to hear that

Thanks for that information! The wheel is cheaper than the tire? did you actually get RE040's? Cause you could have gotten better tires for less! Since you had to replace all 4 I would have gotten different tires for sure.

The RE040's shouldn't even be that expensive that is retarded.
I'm surprised on the price of the wheels though, not bad!

You guys that are looking to get aftermarket rims keep me in mind for your regular rims and tires (assuming they are in good shape of course).:)

Originally posted by MOG


332 $ CDN/wheels
400 $ CDN/tire Brigestone RE040.

I got all 4 stolen 2 weeks ago!

Man, I am so, so sorry. I saw an RX 8 sitting at a dealer with all of its delivery plastic still on it and lieing on its undercarriage because someone had stolen its wheels. I hope that you had insurance.

You can get all kinds of price quotes on Mazda parts. My dealer said OEM 18" wheels cost $364 (that's American). Another dealer wanted $52 for the trunk net, which I saw somewhere on the Net for $36. Fortunately, my cost on that item will be $0, because it came in a package on my wife's Camry and she doesn't want it. All I have to do is figure out a way to put attachments on my trunk.

Now that my winter wheels and tires are on I am selling my stock 18's and tires.

They have 4,100km on them (2500 miles) and are unblemished and clean.

Offers to me by email at:
maurice@harddata.com

Canzoomer what did you get for winter wheels and tires? Did you mount a new pressure monitor? If not, can you turn the light off?

Originally posted by LL7
Canzoomer what did you get for winter wheels and tires? Did you mount a new pressure monitor? If not, can you turn the light off?

I bought 17" x 7" wheels called "Core Racing" for $130 Canadian each.

In Canada we did not receive our RX-8's with tire pressure sensors. That is strictly a USA setup so far..

I got 225/45/17 Nokian Hakka WR all season tires mounted for $235 each.
All prices are in Canadian $$, so that is about $98/175 US.

The Nokian all weather are more of a winter design than summer.

While most "all season" tires are pretty well only designed for spring/summer/fall, Nokian ( a Finnish company) is in the winter tire business, and theirs is a fall/winter/spring tire with extensive measures to make them a good ice/snow/rain tire.

I chose a low profile (45) tire as I wanted lots of fender well room around the tires. One of the biggest problems I encounter in the winter is ice and snow packing inside the wheel wells. It is pretty scary when you try and turn a corner and the front steering will not work as there are blocks of ice in the wheels wells!


If you want pics see this thread where i posted pics:
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=137726#post137726

Originally posted by RX8-Raider
You guys that are looking to get aftermarket rims keep me in mind for your regular rims and tires (assuming they are in good shape of course).:)

here is a set of 4 rx8 original (wheels only) on ebay. At time of posting bid is at $202 with 2 days left. Seems like a pretty good opportunity.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43958&item=2437111864

i m sorry
if you want new hancooc ventus whels for 100€ ich
send mi en email.
i cinc the shipping wil be mor expensif of the price of the whels.

I caught a curb and had to replace one of the stock 18" wheels on my RX-8. It cost $211 plus shipping ($20) from mazdastuff.com.