My new bling 15x8 Kodiak Rims :)
 

Well they came in a few weeks ago but didn't have a chance to post them till now. As the title states they're 15x8 with about 4.5" backspace IIRC. I'll be tossing some toyo Porxies R888 rubber on there (225/45). Should be able to help me grip a bit better on the track :)

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Nice....

hawt!! cant wait to see them mounted!

I would consider the Nitto NT01's rather than the R888. I have heard more favorable reviews and they cost about the same. The NT01s seem to keep their grip even when they heat up whereas the R888s loses grip after a few laps.

However since spec miata has dumped the R888 you can probably find a bunch of cheap used ones hanging around.

They look great! Kodiak is wayyyy too expensive.

Brand new? What bolt pattern? They look great.

Man those are sweet.

very nice. how did you do the 5 bolt con?

respeed BB swap

Thats correct! front FC hubs, and new rear axles all from Re-speed with the big brake kit. The pattern is 5x4.5 (or 5x114.3)

quick question, did the rear axles come with studs? i'm hearing a lot of bearing / axle noise so i think this will be next on my list

15X8, sexy!!!!

nice!

Pure sex :drool1: :drool: :drool:

No they don't. I bought some locally though was about 25$ or so for 10 of them I think. I didn't get the exact size that they call for, they're a tad smaller (width wize) but still work. I bought them from a place called Carquest, but I'm sure Napa also carries them.

You can get them from places like Summit and Jegs as well for about the same price, mine are moser brand and from Jegs.
BTW wheels look awesome, can't wait to see them on the car.

Nice rims ! ! !

Nice Sam! These are the wheels you were talking about! I'll be interested to see how they look on the car. See the link in my signature, there are pictures of your car in there.

Very nice! You got the car with the mclaren green right?

Thats correct!

Wow. I'm very jealous. Those are going to look awesome.

I've heard good things about the NT01s as well, I've noticed more and more people running those, and less and less with triple eights.

Not trying to nit-pick, but Spec Miata tires are 205/50. Not that it matters.

You are right on the size. But if I could pick up for new/used or slightly used 205/50 R888 for about $200 I would sacrifice the grip over the $150 a piece 225 NT01s.

I have a set of 205/55/14 NT01s on my stock SE rims and they provide a good amout of grip, a huge improvement over the 195/60/14 Azenis I sometimes run. That said I am looking to move to some 15X8s with 225 NT01s.

We'll i've researched the NTO1 vs R888 for quite some time and from my understanding they both last just as long. Toyo owns Nitto and both those tires supposebly run the exact same rubber compound. I've met a few guys personally at the track with the R888 and they all love them. It seems that most people move over to the NT01's because they are slightly cheaper. I would run them too but I can't source anybody around me that would carry the Nitto tires. I could order them through an online source but after adding shipping and what not the R888 will be about 100$ cheaper or so.

Nice! I'm sure they'll look great :)

Where did you get this info from? I hot lapped Pocono all day with a set of R888. Very consistant tire and I did not notice any fading by the end of the day.

I must agree there also, I haven't seen anyone at the track complain about this issue also, but I have read a few posts. Now it could be dependent on the track, maybe on tracks that are in really hot regions would be a different thing then cooler tracks?

Wow, gorgeous wheels man. They'll look awesome on your car!

Pictures of the car or ban ;)

we havent had that problem, in fact for us the R888 is better than the RA1, in any way you'd care to measure, especially wear.

we set ours up according to the guidelines that Toyo has on the website, and verified it with tire temps.

everyone else seems to think they should be running like 50psi, which feels better on lap 1, but by lap 5 they are overcooked....

that is what is going on in OUR paddock

Just lots of complaints from the Spec Miata and Spec E30 guys. You may be right about the track and climate differences. I heard a lot of complaints about them when I was down at Sebring (high temps and a fast track).

I have not run on R888 aside from some non competitive time in a Spec E30 on a go cart track. Obviously they did not loose grip in that enviroment.

Rumor is all the complaints are why they wont be running them next iin Spec Miata next year, your results may very. See the link.

http://www.scca.com/newsarticle.aspx?hub=1&news=3661

-Greg

yeah we haven't really had a hot track day this year. and despite the weird setups we keep hearing about from other people, everyone has been faster this year?

whatever, not like the Ra1 was bad or anything

He probably can't go wrong either way. Just putting out some other options. Its not like you can win a HPDE anyway. From his mods (and mine) it looks like we would probably be way outclassed in Time Trials or whatever we were getting into. =)

All i can say is that anything is better than all season tires right now :). As far as winning anything, I'm not really that competitive right now just going out for personal best times. Althought coming first would be nice, I just know that some people are a bit more extreme than me, besides this is my daily driver also so there's always something that I pretty much have to compromise. If i wanted to all out win, I would fully gut a car and worry nothing but adding more grip and power.

Its a nice car from what I have seen and the wheels should really set it off. You will be amazed going to R-Comps from all seasons.

I was hoping on driving up to Zoomfest to see it as I am interested in some ITB's in the future. I didn't want to drive up to Atlanta if I wasn't going to run the track and I didn't 100% trust the car and myself to make it back to start a new job on Monday.

Post pics when you mount the rims.

If you had sent me a pm or something I could of passed by your place. After the track I drove all around in florida from Orlando-tampa-naples-miami beach- daytona beach.

what are you running? or is it just a track day?

my car doesnt fit any rule set very well either.... its just for fun

That would have been fun. I ran an autocross that weekend instead of running at Zoomfest. You would of had a free place to stay in Daytona.

I just run HPDE, AutoX and might start running some time trials for fun. It is modified in such a way that would outclasses it in anything I could enter on a regional or national level.

I normally do lapping days and time attacks. In time attack with the semi slicks i'll be moved up a class but doesn't matter too much. I'm not very big on autox but if there's something near and i'm free i'll try to go to it.

Too bad you couldn't make it over for the Lansing event. We had a blast despite the torential downpours on Saturday and the blistering heat on Sunday. We ended up with 7 or 8 rotaries each day.

I would really like to check your car out in person one of these days. :)

Just cross the border ... you're not that far away :). Or try to come out to our London meet that I'm doing on september the 4th.

I forgot to book off that day to come down with chris.

Well finally got the rubber in and the tires mounted on the car! Man do these tires grip though and they're not even broken in yet. My one test route on my old tires I was able to do 80kph and that was pretty much pushing the boudaries of the tires, with these new ones i'm doing 120kph and not a hint of squeeling, extremely well planted. The Rubber is 225/45. The tires tuck in the fender alot better than I thought actually.

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daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.

nice. hows the clearance of the wheels from the inside? rubbing anything in there?

damn it looks 10 times better

Looks great. Just wait til you compare track times to the old tires!

Wow, you have like three times the ground clearance I've got.
You need to drop that baby! :)

I told him before he was going to need some RE-Speed coilovers. He didn't want to listen.

Looks awesome Sam, now do as Kentetsu says and get her a little closer to the pavement. No excuses.

Coil-Over kit is on my list to do, but won't be till atleast next year. I've already reached my budget for this year thanks to the tires. As far as rubbing, there is none so far (we'll wait till I get back on track and try things out there) but should be fine since I have about 1/4" clearance between the springs and the rubber. Rubbing the fender definatly won't happen though unless I slam it right down, but even then I would just compensate it by getting stiffer springs.

I'm sorry, I was thinking you already had coilovers. That left me wondering why it was sitting so high. If you do get them, I think you will be very happy. The hollow front swaybar is also super yummy! That baby is probably my single most prized posession aside from my Sterling carb.

Already have the Re-speed front sway bar, along with the rack and pinion, and strut tower bars, big brake kit, with axles from him. So all that I'm missing is the coil overs from him lol. For now I have the eibach springs, and tokico blues. When I upgrade to coil overs, I think that I'll be getting the illumina's alongside with them, and fresh bushings front and back. Even perhaps tri-link, who knows.