Thick wheel questions

[scrwright]

Tyres are shot on my 14"s so time to get some 15" wheels & tyres.

What is the stock ET/offset for a mazda 15" rim, (and what is the max you can do without rolling arches on a 6" or 7" wide rim)
running 195-50 -15s, need a 6 or 7" rim?
any suggestions for minilite style rims? Found the genuine ones, KNs, compomotive MLs & rota any others?

ta

[ronime]

IIRC OE 6Jx15 wheels are ET42 offset.

7Jx15 ET24 BBS rims off a BMW E30 are known to fit without need to roll the arches.

I have 7Jx15 ET28 wheels on my car with no arch clearance issues.

If you go much below ET20 on a 7J rim you probably need to consider arch modifications.

Edited by ronime on Thursday 26th April 11:38

[scrwright]

ronime said:

I have 7Jx15 ET28 wheels on my car with no arch clearance issues.

Ta, just have to find some now

[VladD]

Here's a bit of light reading for you.

Wheels

[scrwright]

well got some, not what I was looking for but they took my fancy

[PATTERNPART]

Are these 7" ET28. Please post pic with tyres fitted and on car asap!

[Eighteeteewhy]

VladD said:

Here's a bit of light reading for you.

Wheels

Good link that.

[scrwright]

they are 6.5", 35ET Hopefully getting them fitted tomorrow

[JB434]

Out of curiosity, how much were they?
I want a set exactly like that for my car.

[wilbo83]

Saw those for sale, they look good, look forward to seeing fitted pics.

[MX-5 Lazza]

Very similar to Rota Subzero. I think the Rotas are copies of the Enkies.

[ronime]

Enkei RPF1s. Lovely - and at £250 each for new ones they ought to be. Hakkinen had some on his company car:



Subzeros are a pale imitation. Drag DR21s are a close match though:

Edited by ronime on Friday 27th April 21:21

[scrwright]

JB434 said:

Out of curiosity, how much were they?
I want a set exactly like that for my car.

I think they were a good price, £300 for 4 new in box

[scrwright]

Better clean & polish it now

Edited by scrwright on Saturday 28th April 15:12

[Eighteeteewhy]

Are they 14 or 15?

[ronime]

scrwright said:

I think they were a good price, £300 for 4 new in box

Complete bargain! Well done! They look great on your car as well. Extremely jealous now!

[scrwright]

they are 15", I got some toyo TR-1s fitted on them at Tweeks this lunchtime. The 14" rays that were on it I was going to sell but they are stupid light things, thinking of refurbing them and keeping them as my track day wheels, toyo 888's seem a decent price in 14"

[PATTERNPART]

They look very nice. Presumably you have had a chance to establish that there are no clearance problems on turns and bumps.

[MX-5 Lazza]

6.5" ET 35 won't have any clearance issues.