marky.

Hi

I'm looking at what wheel fitments are best and whether to go for 17" or 18" on the RE AD kit, any pics and specs would be grateful. At the moment i'm liking the Advan RG2, and the Rays TE37 but struggling to find pictures and what widths and offsets to go for.

Regards

Mark

marky.

Has anybody got any ideas i'm sure there are plenty of you with these kits on

Mark

Miata_mx5

18 x 10/ 18 x 11.

Offsets will depend on brake clearance and a few "variables".

I know advans dont go that wide. The maximum they can go is 18 x 10.5 + 15 / + 25

The only japanese racing wheel that goes to 11 inches wide in an 18 inch is the SSR Type F.

BLUE TII

iTrader: (9)

For a wide body FD I wouldn't go with Japanese wheels for the simple fact that they seem to max out at 9.5" or 10" width in 17" and 18" diameters.

You can fit 10.5" +44 offset rear w/ 295 or 306 under the stock fender...
You can fit 9.5" +47 offset front w/ 255 or 265 under stock fender

So if you are going wide body use a wider rim than stock body will fit instead of just using less offset or a spacer on a rim that would fit under stock body.

Get some wheels made up in a proper width.

Rear
13"wide +15 offset to 14" wide +10 offset width rear and run 335/35-17 or 335/30-18 on +50mm wide rear fender.

Front
12" wide +15 offset w/ 315/35-17 or 315/30-18 front tire on +50mm front fender or 11.5" wide +20 to +25 offset w/ 295/35-17 or 295/30-18 on a +30mm front fender.

BLUE TII

iTrader: (9)

Cheers

Its the type 1 kit. Wouldn't having that wide a front wheel and tyre mess up the handling and tram line all over the place? Don't Reamemiya and Feed use 255's all round on there touge cars as mine is going to be mainly for track use.

Mark

Yes!

But putting on any wheels with less offset than stock to "Flush" out the widefenders is going to lead to handling problems even with skinny rims and tires that would fit under stock fenders.

It is best to stick as close to stock offset as you can as it decreases the scrub radius and thus greatly decreases the effects of bumpsteer, camber thrust, poor steering feel and steering effort.

Yes, the Japanese tuners seem to be limiting themselves to 255 wide tire on 17" rims and 265 wide tire on 18" rims and using widebody kits for visual appeal only on the street versions of their cars as seen at time attack.

Miata_mx5

Plenty of japanese wheels go to 12 and 13 inch widths. Both Work wheels and SSR have offerings of those widths.

SSR's Professor line in 18 inch goes up to 13 inches wide. (12.5 wide in 17 inch)

Work's Meister S1 3 piece goes to 15 inches wide in 18 inch.

With a widebody kit like that, 3 piece is the way to go anyway IMHO.

BLUE TII

iTrader: (9)

Ah yes, I had specifically been looking into 17x14 for the oldschool Viper fitment and the attendant cheaper race tire prices.

Ended up looking into CCWs

18" wheel is probably the way to go for bling on the streets for sure.