Just had a look for some new wheels, for the future and i found these and god damn theyre sexy...

http://jtuned.com/media/gallery%2Farticles%2FMitsubishi%20EVO%208%20Archie %20Santos%2F019.jpg

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/Merchant2/graphics/wheels/advan_rz_gm_b.jpg

http://www.vividracing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/rx-7_2.jpg

the size i want are 700 a wheel tho

You'll sell me yours then, right? :D:

Haha, the price is insane. The price for rims are going up like crazy these days. I love the rims nonetheless.

There were so many rims I wanted over the Enkei RPF1's I bought but they were all 3x the price!

yah i was looking at those a few weeks ago they're expensive

Isn't this the RS?

sex in rim form. but ive said it before, ill say it again. if you have this much money to spend on rims alone, go buy a lotus or a gt-r or something

You'll sell me yours then, right? :D:
lol for sure if you want
Isn't this the RS?
nah the rz, i found them originally on vivid racing
sex in rim form. but ive said it before, ill say it again. if you have this much money to spend on rims alone, go buy a lotus or a gt-r or something
i kinda agree but i plan on having my car for a while and nice wheels sets it off real nice

^^ You know I want, I told you they're like my fav. set of rims!

nice wheels, $700 each... wow!

What color are you getting? Gunmetal?

Advan always makes awesome wheels. You gotta be ready to pay if you wanna play...

What color are you getting? Gunmetal?
yeah, gun metal on the wb looks real nice
^^ You know I want, I told you they're like my fav. set of rims!
cool, im deg going to get them, probably next year tho
Advan always makes awesome wheels. You gotta be ready to pay if you wanna play...
yeah, before i got my wheels i have now i was going to have the advan t5's but they took 3 months and rishie had a good deal on mine so couldnt wait!

^^^ I was going to take a similar route; I had a set of Advan Model 5's ordered but I could not find a set anywhere. (Advan discontinued them, but still listed them in their '08 catalog)

yeah thats what i was told too, they said i would have to go for the T5's, a little bit different, a guy on here has them and they look real nice

T5's are nice but I don't like the spoke angles. (or lack of) I liked how the Model 5's spokes came in closer together as they reached the edge of the wheel. The T5'
s spokes are straight.


Comparison pic for anyone interested: (so as to sort of keep this thread on topic ;) )

Model 5's:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d37/Jedi54/advan51.jpg



Model T5's (what's with the weird shapes at the end of the spokes?)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d37/Jedi54/AdvanT5.jpg

Oh yeah. I see. Yeah i actually prefer the model 5's now you pointed it out

I have the T5;s and having seen both on a car I prefer the look of the T5's, the spoke isn't as straight as the pictures above make out ;)

Oh and those wheels are the Advan RS, not RZ as it was between the T5 and RS for me.

http://www.yokohamatire.jp/yrc/japan/wheel/brand/advan_rs/index.html

Do you have any pic's of your car. I dont think I've ever seen any. Lets see some sexy wheels

700 a wheel is cheap compared to what mine cost per rim :D:

Yeah I have posted some pics here - http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=121816

or

http://uniqueautomotive.co.uk/gallery/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/DSC_0831_copy.jpg

which was taken by someone at a meet.

i didnt realise but i had already posted in there that i really liked them!

how much were yours canary?

i wanna get this paint job in my rx8, with the full knight sports kit and then them advan wheels, my knight sports side skirts are on their way and im ordering the front bumper, not this friday but the next.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k21/DonJuanMair/untitled-10.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k21/DonJuanMair/untitled-12.jpg

i think with that paint job/kit and wheel scombo in gun metal it would look really nice

Did you see this pic on the advan site? It is almost as how you described you want your car to look in the future. Just photochop the color to gunmetal :)

http://www.yokohamatire.jp/yrc/japan/wheel/brand/advan_rs/image/de_car_02.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k21/DonJuanMair/untitled-10.jpg

JUST BUY THIS!!! hahaha

What is the diff between advan RS and RZ? The bronze wheel is the RZ and the other is the RS.

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/wm.php/images/advanrzbronze.jpg

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/wm.php/images/advanRS2.jpg

it looks like the curvature of the spokes is a little more exaggerated on the rs. maybe

They are both the same wheel!!! I think vivid has made an error on their side, no way would advan make 2 wheels SO similar, the curvature of the spokes is determined by how much of an offset you go for.

how much were yours canary?


mine average 950 to 1k a piece, (some sites even list them as high as 1150) thanks to Lazi I didn't have to pay quite that much ;)

Did you see this pic on the advan site? It is almost as how you described you want your car to look in the future. Just photochop the color to gunmetal :)

http://www.yokohamatire.jp/yrc/japan/wheel/brand/advan_rs/image/de_car_02.jpg

thats nice, i didnt actually realise they were the advan wheels on that knight sports car though, now its put me off!

Here is another RZ pic with a deeper face from a different site. Any chance they are the same design but made differently (e.g forged, cast).

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/Merchant2/graphics/wheels/advan_rz_gm_b.jpg

the spokes are spaced out differently

That member goober has these wheels on his 8..

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1715/chargespeed018fb0.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5521/chargespeed015lg8.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4372/chargespeed017qy8.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6769/chargespeed014jt8.jpg

those lugnuts are killin the rim for me

i agree about the lug nuts, i love the wheels tho

the concave-ness of many of the advans really makes the rim imo...make sure you get the right offset and width if you get them. w/o the concave ness it looses some of its style be it RZ or Rs

the t5s have a bit more concave-ness than the old Model 5s, which i was I went with the T5s.

but you can easily not get that same cool look if you don't get the right offset/width/

I...want those wheels, they would look good on a 8, they match the curvy-ness.
but the price tag is soooo high!

the spokes are spaced out differently

Yeah, that's right. Look at the bronze RZ, the space between the spokes where it says "ADVAN" on the lip is bigger than the space between the spokes where it says "Racing". They are kind of a very subtle twin 5-spoke as apposed to the RS where all the spokes are spaced evenly (a true 10-spoke).

In the OP, the first gunmetal colored wheel is the RS (you can even see the sticker on the spoke), the second and third pics are the RZ.

The wheels look deceptively similar.

Those are some pretty sick Anthony, your car will look sick after the full body kit, and if you decide to get these wheels, your car will look stunning.

DO they offer these in a +22 19x9.5?

And will it fit our car? :D

Willing to give up tyre wear for some curvature.

the spokes are spaced out differently

And we have a winner.. RS imho looks slightly better.

are you saying you're painting your car white Anthony? i say stay blue and go with bronze wheels.

i was thinking about it, im going to see how much it will cost tomorrow

a lot to do it right, plus that pearl color is gonna cost you big too.

the gunmetal wheels won't look too bad on blue either but i think bronze would look better.

if you want curvature you need 18x9 or 19x9 with a +29 or +22.

depending on how low your car is +29 will be flush. run a 245/35R18
+22 will stick out a bit and you will need to roll fenders.

if you want expensive rims check out forgeline. they have some really dead sexy rims.

and you definitely cant beat rpf1s for price and weight.

don, what about a set of rgII's? similar look with less spokes.. yet still sexy.. if i could get any wheel i wanted it would be those or prodrive gc-05f's, 2 of my favorite high dollar wheels.. or a set of work emotions with the sbc/rmc finish.. with blue lugs.. don't mind me, i'm still saving up for a set of rp-f1's

^ Agreed, the RG2's look awesome. Tried to get 18x9's with about 28 offset to work on all for corners but wouldn't fit. Was fine in the back but stuck out to far in the front. I have a WB 8 also, and and plan on going with with white RG2's with greater offset (gun meatal is in close, in second place).

Holy thread revival Batman

i wanted to buy the wheels you got from rishie, maybe its time that those wheels came back to california :)

are you sure?
my friend got 18x9 RGII with +29offset has no problem at all, but he did roll fenders
i am running 18x9 RGII with +35offset and I have no problem at all too, and I did roll my fender as well..

just for your information


^ Agreed, the RG2's look awesome. Tried to get 18x9's with about 28 offset to work on all for corners but wouldn't fit. Was fine in the back but stuck out to far in the front. I have a WB 8 also, and and plan on going with with white RG2's with greater offset (gun meatal is in close, in second place).

are you sure?
my friend got 18x9 RGII with +29offset has no problem at all, but he did roll fenders
i am running 18x9 RGII with +35offset and I have no problem at all too, and I did roll my fender as well..

just for your information

The place that sells the wheels, put my car up on the hoist to check for fit. I was skeptical but they called someone and said it was possible, so we tried. All 3 of us, MOTIVATED sales guy, shop guy and myself saw that the rear was doable but there is no way to make the front work, the rim was much wider than the fender. Even if you went with a narrower tire to try and make it work (stretched look), it would have looked really weird having the rim stick out wider than the fenders. It was beyond rolling fenders because it was beyond them.

I'm really curious though about ypur friend's set up, any chance you or him can post pics?

i wanted to buy the wheels you got from rishie, maybe its time that those wheels came back to california :)

what color is your car? love my wheels now, i have a load of other things i want before i buy any other wheels

I only have mine right now, but I will ask him to post pic later on.....
btw, I am running 265 tires..and my front is completely fine, but I rub my rear once a while

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/ziduz/IMG_00201.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/ziduz/R0010483_resize.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/ziduz/R0010485_resize.jpg

The place that sells the wheels, put my car up on the hoist to check for fit. I was skeptical but they called someone and said it was possible, so we tried. All 3 of us, MOTIVATED sales guy, shop guy and myself saw that the rear was doable but there is no way to make the front work, the rim was much wider than the fender. Even if you went with a narrower tire to try and make it work (stretched look), it would have looked really weird having the rim stick out wider than the fenders. It was beyond rolling fenders because it was beyond them.

I'm really curious though about ypur friend's set up, any chance you or him can post pics?

^ Those wheels look awesome.

yeah they are nice, theyd look so good on my car too :)

thanks:)

18 x 9.0 Advan RZ on 245/40/18 +35 offset on all four corners.

No fender rolling.

Will this rub or do I need to go +45 offset?

Holy thread bump lol

Yes they will fit

my threads always seem to get a random thread revival

Japanese dollars are going up thats why!

these wheels are damn sexy.. I'm considering them.

http://www.pbase.com/dinn/image/113000046

yup... make sure you get an offset +29 or below... +22 would look sick