need help picking out an affordable set of light weight 16" rims that i will be using with QTP's, i dont mind using a 20mm spacer up front..

i was looking at the rota slipstreams 16" x 8" anybody using these with slicks


John

 

16 x 7 Motegi Traklites +35 fit w/o spacers and weigh 12.5 lbs each. You can get them on ebay for $800-$900 shipped for all 4. They require small brakes. I used them with my QTP's and loved em.

Or buy FD RX7 rims (13.8 - 15 lbs each depending on what ones you get) and are 16 x 8 and require a 20mm spacer up front. They will clear the OEM brembos. You can get these for $300.

Hope that helps.

 

^^ thanks man

i want to keep the brembos on for now, do you know if those rims will work with a spacer?

as for the fd3 rx7 rims there kinda hard to find and old now..

 

You can get rota slipstreams 16x7 40+ offset with spacers up front. They go for about 550 for all 4. Seen a few people use them on here with QTP's. Do a search and should see.

 

^^ thanks man

what size spacer is needed with those rims?

 

Just did a quick search.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...ck-brakes.html

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/dr...fit-evo-2.html

 

that's what I saw and read. Also if you ever did a small breaks up front you can always drop down to a 15" slipstream. But I know some of us don't have that kinda of cash for that kind of set up. Shoot the QTPs are going to run you a little over 800 bucks. Then there is the rims that's going to be any where from 300-550. The spacers don't cost that much little bit over a 100 bucks I think. If you don't go with the spacer way your looking at a little over a grand for the small breaks. I guess a break down would be like this.

16" RX-7 or slipstreams -----300 - 550
16" QTP's---------------------820 ish
Spacers-----------------------130

The other way would be everything above but the spacers. Then add the small breaks.
Small break set up------1000ish.

My set up I spent a little over 1100 dollars. If I had got the small breaks it would of been over 2000 something.

 

Sorry dig up a month old thread but where did you find 16x7 +35 wheels???? All I see is +40 and +42.

 

They require small brakes maybe that's why.

 

Some 16x7 models fit over the stock front brakes with spacers. If you run small brakes, you might as well run 15x7 wheels.