Stock rim width --
I'm finding conflicting results. Are the stock 18" Rims 8" or 7.5" wide? (07 if that matters...) Thanks in advance.
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18x8
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Originally Posted by Galen Darkmoon
(Post 2274918)
18x8
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Curious, where have you found someone stating 7.5?
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16 inch wheels are 7.5 inch width
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I was going by the tirerack. If you put in Mazda Rx-8, all of the wheel selections are 18x7.5 That's odd if they are 18x8, that's all...
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They do that because 7.5" wheels will technically work with the stock size tires. They just want you to have a broader selection because that means, to them at least, that you are more likely to find something you like.
It's marketing. |
Rim size
Straight from the Mazdaspeed brochure (I work in a Mazda dealer) - the Mazdaspeed wheels that are available in the US are 18x7.5 and are 17lbs a piece (They look similar to the T5 wheel on the Mazdaspeed Ver. 2 in Japan).
Why the difference from stock width I have no idea, it can not save that much weight. I know the narrower the wheel better the snow performance....but who is going to drive the Mazdaspeed wheels in winter? |
all this time i thought it was 18x8.5
thanks for the clarification. |
I never realized the MS wheels were only 7.5. Intersting...
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something jedi doesnt noe... the force has not always been with him. :-P
Yea i was surprise to find that out too, like a year a go though. Basically that is the only thing that saves weight, too many spokes and forged magnesium cancel out the weight difference. |
Stock RX-8 Wheels are 18*8 or 16*7.5
ALL Mazdaspeed wheels specifically designed for the RX-8 are also 18*8. This includes the ones that are on the Mazdaspeed Ver.2 Concept car. To be fair you can get them for the Mazda 6 in 17*7 as well. The only 18*7.5 wheels you will find from Mazdaspeed aren't even meant for the 8, but the 6. These were part of a special "mazdaspeed" package in canada that some of the dealers were putting on the 8s when they arrived nothing more. Those wheels are called the MS-T II and aren't the same as the ones on the Ver2 car. |
Ja, 17lbs and 7.5 no way.
I think Juice has clarified the mistake. |
Does anybody know the weight of the stock rims?
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Originally Posted by Juice
(Post 2280748)
Stock RX-8 Wheels are 18*8 or 16*7.5
ALL Mazdaspeed wheels specifically designed for the RX-8 are also 18*8. This includes the ones that are on the Mazdaspeed Ver.2 Concept car. To be fair you can get them for the Mazda 6 in 17*7 as well. The only 18*7.5 wheels you will find from Mazdaspeed aren't even meant for the 8, but the 6. These were part of a special "mazdaspeed" package in canada that some of the dealers were putting on the 8s when they arrived nothing more. Those wheels are called the MS-T II and aren't the same as the ones on the Ver2 car. |
I think you guys are all talking about the Mazdaspeed wheels made by Rays for the Speed3 and Speed6. They are 18x7.5 forged and weigh something like 16lbs. They are like $450 a piece.
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c...5_1993_3251632 |
What's stock rim offset?
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Stock offset for 18*8 is +50. I have no idea what the offset on the 16*7.5 rims is.
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35 :rofl:
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So I bought 18x7.5 rims will the stock tires that come on the rx8 still fit those rims?
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Originally Posted by greg klose
(Post 2284312)
Does anybody know the weight of the stock rims?
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Originally Posted by Munozl360
(Post 4769913)
25 lbs
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