Opinions on wheels

[NathF]

The s15 that im importing has the standard 16" wheels on it so they've gotta go
Now im currently torn between two sets of wheels. The XXR 527's or the Rota GTR's
The XXR's will be 18x8.75 ET20 and 18x9.75 ET20. The GTR's will probably be 18x8.5 ET30 and 18x9.5 ET30, so will have a slightly flatter wheel on the front and concaved on the rear
What do you guys reckon?

 

[S15Cro]

All down to personal taste really but if it was me, I'd prefer the GTR's but would have to go lower offset to get that aggressive look :thumbs:

 

[NathF]

I can get the fronts down to ET20 and the rears to ET12 from Driftworks

 

[S15Cro]

ET20 is a decent size to fit with relative ease but I have had ET12 before and it requires lots of camber (that was a 9.5j wheel tho)

 

[NathF]

So ET20 all round should be fine on standard arches? Plan on running abit of negative camber anyway

 

[pegliobaglio]

Had gtr 8.5 f 9.5 r et30 all round fits perfectly in the arch with decent tyres (225f255r ) looks good and don't have to ruin the handling with silly amounts of camber . Et25 would push it a little further If you are more worried about looks etc

 

[pegliobaglio]

 

[S15Cro]

Yeah to be honest i would run the setup pegliobaglio has as those wheels look stunning in any offset (within reason) having et20 all round would require camber and rolled (possibly pulled) arches. But that depends on if you run 9.5 all round or staggered 8.5 / 9.5 setup.

 

[pegliobaglio]

do love gtr's ! I have xd9's now 9et20 front 10et38 rear with the same size tyres so you can get decent sized wheels that fit without too much drama tbh I have my rear arches rolled flat back and front lightly rolled with no rubbing .
I had to run a 3mm spacer on the front to clear my struts and brakes so et25 would be perfect with 8.5 on the front I say depends how aggressive you want it really and if you want to run stretched tyres etc

 

[NathF]

Im still not sure whether to run the flatter gtr's on the front and the concaved on the rear or concaved all round. I dont mind stretching tyres either but dont really wana be doing too much bodywork apart from a slight roll
I was thinking 225/40/18 for the 8.5J and 245/35/18 on the 9.5J

 

[pegliobaglio]

I went 225/40 front 255/35 rear so would work fine with 8.5 and 9.5 respectively. If you want the concave look you will be running 9.5 all round which will mean much lower offset and more stretched tyres. As above I run 18x9et20 atm on the front with 225/40 and that's proper tight maybe 2 mm to the strut so you would be looking around et10-15 I would think on a 215 on the front for 9.5 I reckon

 

[pegliobaglio]

Trying to find some decent pics to help =P

 

[NathF]

Cheers for the help matey
I am liking the flat front tbh. So think i may go for the staggered setup. Now to decide on a colour lol
Think the silver with the polished lip looks decent on the s15 that is on the banner at the top. Mine is pewter grey also

 

[pegliobaglio]

No worries
Is a good set up and you can run decent camber/#tyres too so don't lose any performance really. Silver with polished lip is very nice!!! Will look class
My xd9's are silver and look awesome against the sparkling silver/pewter

 

[Clarkey]

Got to be concave all round, the flat ones look rubbish in comparison.

 

[NathF]

The flatter ones look nice i reckon, but i do like the concave aswell. I think the staggered setup wouldnt look too bad, flatter on front and concave on rear

 

[John-]

Hopefully the quality won't be too bad, but I have the staggered et30 and think it looks good!

 

[NathF]

Slight change of plan on the wheels. Still thinking gtr's on the front but 9.5J and im looking at the gtr-d's on the rear. Just choosing between 9.5j or 10j. 10j abit much on standard arches?

 

[pegliobaglio]

I run 10's on mine and it's fine but I don't think that you should mix the wheels mate if you are going gtrd get them all round or it will look odd....