New Wheels?

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:57 am

I am posting this up to see if anyone can think of any other wheels that fulfil my needs. I need a set of brand new wheels costing less than £550, 4x114.3 and in a friendly offset, ie ET45. Any ideas?

So far Rota Slipstreams lead the way.

CrunchyAdams82 · Post by **CrunchyAdams82** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:19 am

Enkei EV5.

http://www.enkei.com/ev5.shtml#

http://www.enkei.com/size_chart/EV5_1.pdf

http://www.performancealloys.com/wheel- ... px?ID=1324

Should be able to find them cheaper than this..

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:46 am

http://www.wheelbasealloys.com/alloy-wheels/kei-racing

It really annoys me when they don't
quote wheel weight!

Post by **Donald** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:10 am

Any reason why they have to be brand new?

Sub £550 brand new and not utter dogshit you're quite limited IMO.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:15 am

Et45, but what width and diameter? I assume you want lightweight then as well if you're considering SlipStreams?

And now I'm really not wanting to dis Rota, and I'm not following any hearsay, but I'm constantly looking at wheels on ebay, and the majority of the ones that come up under my criteria for the 3rd gen are Rota. I don't look at all of them, but quite literally 50% of the ones I have looked at say they have hairline cracks or have had welding done, or something to that extent. These are generally Grids, but if you're wanting to drive these wheels hard I seriously would consider staying away from Rota

106pete · Post by **106pete** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:26 am

I don't know if that's from skinny tyres or bad driving etc but my rota grids were perfect and still goin well on Jon's car now with plenty of track action.

Just my experience of them. Any perticular reason you want brand new rims mate?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:39 am

Yeah I appreciate this isn't all Rotas, but knowing Merlin's going to be seriously tracking his car I just want him to be aware that not all the Rota horror stories are actually BS.

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:41 am

Sorry I am looking at 7.5 wide in 17".

Donald wrote:Any reason why they have to be brand new?

I have had enough of 2nd hand wheels. I want brand new, 100% straight and balanced wheels.

I have used my Rota's on track many, many times without issue. All the negative crap out them is itself crap IMO. There are loads of competion cars that use Rota wheels. Rota have there own R&D department. A nice discussion on Rota for the track http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43262

I used cheepo Dj wheels at the weekend there and they survived

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:47 am

Like I said though, these are wheels I'm seeing for sale! I believe those claims, and it's not just one or two.

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:02 pm

Fair play. I like to know what they did to crack them

Also no polished lips. I am never having a polished lip again.