What wheel is this?
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Du1point8

Original Poster:

22,518 posts

215 months

Monday 17th December 2012
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Saw these and quite like them and thought if Im looking for a runabout for the OH I should look at a few mods in the process.



saw these too and they would also be on the list.

Watanabe


Rota RB


Rota RK-R


Google [bot]

6,828 posts

204 months

Monday 17th December 2012
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I think Enkei. While confirming it I came across the Rota Grid V which has correct offset etc for the '5.

Gilhooligan

2,221 posts

167 months

Tuesday 18th December 2012
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Rota RK-R currently only come in a stupid offset (15x8 et 0) so would require a bit of arch work to fit. Watanabe's are awesome, but very expensive as they are magnesium I believe so probably not ideal for a runabout for the 'other half' ha.

Evangelion

8,383 posts

201 months

Wednesday 26th December 2012
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Rota RB's are in my opinion perfect for the MX-5. Just the right retro looks, and they fill the arches perfectly, at least on mine which has 8 x 15's with 30mm offset.

Richyvrlimited

1,869 posts

186 months

Wednesday 26th December 2012
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Gilhooligan said:
Rota RK-R currently only come in a stupid offset (15x8 et 0) so would require a bit of arch work to fit. Watanabe's are awesome, but very expensive as they are magnesium I believe so probably not ideal for a runabout for the 'other half' ha.
Only very few wantanabe wheels are magnesium and they're prohibitively expensive. 99% are just plain alloy.

MX-5 Lazza

7,954 posts

242 months

Wednesday 26th December 2012
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Evangelion said:
Rota RB's are in my opinion perfect for the MX-5.
Mk1 yes, Mk2 ok, Mk2.5 no. IMO of course.