NB's Show Off Your Rims!

[sliq]

You could have cleaned those 17s a little better, i see finger marks

*slaps forehead* omg more unsprung weight noooooo

[wun911]

its an interesting observation because most people think the 17" weigh more and spoil handeling.

[AB7]

In most cases 17" will weigh more than your 16", Enkei is reasonable light rims.
I roughly calculated that even if you upsize to 17" CE28N, you'll prob be around 15.5 KG mark (rim weigh of 5.6 KG opposed to Enkei's 6.2KG) ...and they are one of the lightest 17" around.

[bruce]

You should have washed inside the rims too.

Howabout putting helium in your tyres?

[PUR157]

its an interesting observation because most people think the 17" weigh more and spoil handeling.

If the RP01 was a 16" I would think it'd weigh quite abit less!

[philz]

and 15" is even lighter!

[wun911]

I've used all the helium already; now I know what my voice will be like when I truely become an eunuch.

I cant fit the 15" ones.

I would like 16" but can be hard to find.

[16bit]

wheels are lighter than the tyres that fit them in most cases. so using a larger wheels with less tyre material should result in a lighter package up to a certain point. probably within an inch or two depending on what the wheel is made of and the tyre construction. and they look great wun - really nice choice of wheel. I just wish these came in a more aggressive offset.

[stevesports]

i was reading an article that explains that wheel rigidity has a role in track times as well, not just weight.

http://og-made.com/archives/1904

essentially, you want a wheel that is both rigid as well as light. But failing that rigidity works better

[AB7]

Yes, I read that last year, was quite interesting. The good news is most forged wheels is lighter and stronger than cast. Those enkeis is still considered cast, even though they use their MAT or whatever process they called it. They should have picked a different lighter wheels since lightening the standard ones will weaken it quite significantly.

[Hammer]

I thought It's about time I share my wheels on my NB which I've had for a while now. They look like normal chrome wheels in these photos, but they actually darker. Official colour is hyper-black or also known as Shadow Chrome.

Crap photos (slow shutter speed) taken at low light but good enough to show the wheels.

[hks_kansei]

ok guys, this is my new baby! chucked these on that i had sitting around to go on my dads na6 but scrubbed in the guards!

The fit perfectly in the SE!!

Rims Are Sportmax 501's.. 15X8's +15


Side On

I like those wheels, anybody have pics of them on an NB8A? preferably a darker coloured NB8A


also, anybody have pics of the 501s in 15x7 +38? I want to see how much of a lip they have in that offset.

[philz]

There is no lip, it's like 1cm vs 3"

but anyway, here is a pic of it, on Justin Fox's jazz. 15x7 +38

[RG.net]

I like those wheels, anybody have pics of them on an NB8A? preferably a darker coloured NB8A


also, anybody have pics of the 501s in 15x7 +38? I want to see how much of a lip they have in that offset.

i was just about to upload some +15's for you, then read you wanted +38. if you like this wheel, i dont see why you shouldnt/wouldnt get the +15's, generally they work out being flush with the guard with very little camber/rolling etc. Its when you get to the big daddy 0 offsetters is when you need to play around to get good fitment.

anywhos, i got some pics up of the +15's, no one does the +38's on the mx.

[hks_kansei]

looks great in +15, not so much in +38

I was thinking of +38 as I thought the +15 would hang otuside the guards.

so does the +15 need any guard rolling? (it's 15x8 +15 yeah?)