I leave mine on my car. Granted I don't drive mine every day or in the rain etc, but they are doing just fine.

 

Just bought new mazdaspeed wheels by enkei. See thread:

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/jdm-mazdaspeed-18-wheels-enkei-102569/


EXILE

 

Very Nice Exile. I like how you bought the rims before the car!! Thats player.

If i were still in dallas, i would let you put them on my car for pics

 

everyone has these RPF1's now. haha its like the new "IN" thing

 

Since I'm right here in Ft Worth Harry I can have him try them on my car

 

he he, I was thinking about posting my RPF1's but I see there are enough of them now.
same ones as Kwescott and Team RX8.

 

i daily drive my RPF1s, im more worried about getting a nail or something in them...expensive tires

i got the rims mainly for race, i guess it doesnt matter so much that lots of people have em

 

its a hard package to beat. you get a lot for your money, light weight, wide, decent looks and made in japan. I really wanted some volk ce28n but didn't want to go broke.

 

Got my RP-F1s from Lazi. I'm really happy with em, they look awesome. I'll post up some pictures once it's warm enough to wash the car.

 

 

Black Enkei J-10's

 

New Enkei owner here, and I need help. Can I put my RPF1s on now and then put the caps that are on the way on later without taking the wheels back off?

 

yup, slap those bad boys on and you can put the caps on when they arrive

 

Does it even matter? How hard is it to take a wheel off?

 

Alright I'll bite

17X9.5 NT03+M 43 offset with 255/40/17 falkens.

 

One wheel would not be so bad. 4 wheels would bite

 

I don't think your car is low enough yet! Let me know the next time you're running in the SoCal area and I'll come out and shoot some of my great motion photos for you!

 

Mine with its ricer-tastic rear wing! Mmmmmmm, Enkeis... I should have held out for the Hyper Black ones though... special order from Japan only in a 19" size. Grrrrrrr! We can't ALL have silver RPF-1s can we?

 

i really like the RPF1's

 

I saw a 19" set at Driftspeed last week.... MMmmmmmmm Hyper Black! They're already sold though.

 

regrettably it's going up 1/2", seems that running the rear suspension too low results in it binding up and voila, instant oversteer ...

 

The Tire Rack now has the RPF-1 in 18X8 35mm and 18X9.5 45mm.

 

So you found the cause of your oversteer? Is it something which happens when the weight shifts to the rear under acceleration, or does it happen any time the suspension is compressed that far?

I took one rear strut off to work my suspension through its full range of motion to find a noise (eventually identified as coil-binding) and I didn't see any binding or twist in the bushings or control arms.

You're running a coil-over system?

 

i'd like to see these in gunmetal spokes with silver or chrome lip on a winning blue 8.

 

true, but you can buy them for less here, under $300 each shipped for 9.5"

OT note, they have 18 x 8 SSR Comp wheels available on closeout sale