he he, just got em in today after a couple months wait.

new autocross wheels.
Enkei RPF1's 18x95 with a 45 offset.

285's come in tomorrow! woot woot!







EDIT: here they are mounted on the car!




and just so my Axis Hiro's dont feel left out, here is a pic of them to. I still love them for the street!

 

285s???? all the way around???

 

dang those are nice i want a set!

you think they'd be fine to daily drive on?

 

I've been driving on mine for 6 mos...no problems. It depends on the tires you run though.....you don;t want to daily drive on your R-compound racing tires

 

Do you know how much they weigth?

 

each rim is 17.2lbs

 

Nice, I'm itching to get a set now.

 

yeah 17.2 pounds.

285's all the way around. they will be the Kumho V710's 285/30/18
the Axis Hiro's in the siggy are the daily driver wheels, these are only for Autocross.

I just hope they fit with how low I am.

 

if u ever sell the hiros, let me know, im tryin to get a set W/O TIRES and am having trouble finding a supplier

 

wsup man long time. danggg congrats. but yea u might be too low. arent u on sprint springs? those are really low..!!!! hahah. but jeez u got some nice rims n sticky tires. haha

 

hey speeddemon32 what autox class do you run? BS and STU are out... i assume you run SM? i think i may have caught the rp-f1 bug as well as i'm considering getting the 17x9 rp-f1's, selling my forged 5zigen fn-01r's, and pocketing some $$$.

 

thanks guys. it was hard caughing up the dough.

Running in BSP.

here are the tires that came in today. on the left are the 245's being shipped out, on the right are the 285's.

 

Why didn't you get 19's.? Those rims do look nice.

 

well, apart from nearly 2.5" more rubber to the ground per corner, the smaller diameter of the 285s will net him a bigtime gearing advantage which in autox is a very big deal. good luck speeddemon32.

 

^^^ You got it! ^^^

19" are for bling.

 

Those are nice...i was thinking about a set of 245's but now maybe I'll go with something wider. Were you just not happy with the 245's for autocross purposes? If I may ask, where did you purchase these?

 

That is a huge difference in the 'ol Rubber to Pavement ratio. I'm going next week from the OEM 225s to 275s. I guess it's about equivalent to putting down a little bit more than another tire.

 

nice wheels man, RE Amemiya style!

 

no the 245's are AMAZING!!! but rules allow for what ever you can fit in BSP. so running only 245's put me on a huge dissadvantage compared the the guys running much wider. there was a Vette once running something insane like a 335 or something like that. the 245 just could not hang with those sizes.

I am looking forward to seeing the differance. 245's were fun, cant wait to see what these are like.



the Enkei's are from Good Win Racing. they are a special order from Enkei as they do not mass produce that offset. from what I gather this offset is the ONLY way to get a 9.5" wheel all the way around.

Tires came from Tire Rack.

 

So does that mean they are going to stick out on the sides a little? I guess I'll have to wait to see the pics after you install them. You are going to post pics aren't you?

 

Team RX8 has pics of his car, which he runs in STU class w/street tires. (search for a thread from him). They fit perfect for our car, these wheels are made specifically for our cars, for guys that auto-x in STU, BSP or SM.

Here's that link:

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/some-goodies-arrived-today-86994/

I'm hoping to get the same setup soon....and I'll be looking to unload my stock wheels which already have the Kuhmo V710's in 245 sizing.

Speed, now you definately have to pick up some of those Volk Blue lugnuts, to go with your blue valve stem caps....

 

I know.... I already thought about that! :D

as Kwesctt said, they should fit PERFECT! and yes I will post pics once mounted. it will be about a week though.

 

OK now I gotta have those! Wonder how long the wait will be...

 

ok been out of town for a few days. will try to mount the ONE wheel and tire that I have gotten mounted to check for fitment before I mount the rest of the tires on the wheels.
will post pics when I do it.

 

here is what it looks like with the tire mounted on the wheel. you can see what the NON mounted tire looks like compared to the mounted tire. only shrunk a little after mounting the 285's on the 9.5" wheel.