New Wheels - RPi R51S - finally within some of your price ranges.

[cielo]

Do they have the same offset as OEM?

[RPIpower]

Its not only raw weight like Jarcher said. The handling flat out sucks with larger and heavier wheels. A lot of people got large aftermarket chrome rims from the dealership. Man, you guys do NOT know what you are missing. I worked on a customers car who had 20" aftermarket wheels. He had lower profile tires put on so that the over diameter was not that much off from the factory size. WOW, that car handled like crap. The ride quality also sucked some big hairy.... With the lower profile tires, it almost felt like the car was riding on the rims alone. Acceleration was sluggish and the braking was horrible.

[RedHeaded RedLine]

Originally Posted by RPIpower

Its not only raw weight like Jarcher said. The handling flat out sucks with larger and heavier wheels. A lot of people got large aftermarket chrome rims from the dealership. Man, you guys do NOT know what you are missing. I worked on a customers car who had 20" aftermarket wheels. He had lower profile tires put on so that the over diameter was not that much off from the factory size. WOW, that car handled like crap. The ride quality also sucked some big hairy.... With the lower profile tires, it almost felt like the car was riding on the rims alone. Acceleration was sluggish and the braking was horrible.

Thats why I was lookin' for 17s!

[RPIpower]

Originally Posted by RedHeaded RedLine

Thats why I was lookin' for 17s!

Hehe, well you dont want to go smaller than stock. 18s with better tires works great.

[HotRedRoadster]

Originally Posted by twirp

I thought they looked very similar. Your engineers have great creativity.

http://www.kappasphere.com/products/...a-x_wheels.cfm

Its nice to know you keep us white trash members in mind when you create new items. This is not the first slam on the membership hopefully it will have an effect your sales.

You would be silly to think that Kappasphere came up with that design. Theres many after market wheels that use that design. I think it was an original BBS design if anything. A Very popular look on the German cars and tuner cars. you would also be surprise to know that most wheels are made by the same manufactures just branded differently.
Anyway this wheel looks a lot better than Kappasphere's (personal taste) since the lip looks more attractive with the simulated multi-piece look.

I think its a nice way to offer customers a lower price alternative to those expensive 3 piece wheels. The 3 piece wheels are worth the cash but out of some people's range.

just my

[Kappasphere]

Originally Posted by jinsoku3g

whoa..chill.. do you know how many wheels share this pattern?(rpi,dpe,racinghart, kappasphere,axis,edge,foose,lowenhart,jline,to name a few) slow down on the harsh knocks bro.. no need for the hostility!!

RPi, will these be available in 19's anytime?? i love the step on the lip!! how many inches is the lip??

i have M1's that are 19's.
www.kappasphere.com

[Kappasphere]

Originally Posted by HotRedRoadster

You would be silly to think that Kappasphere came up with that design. Theres many after market wheels that use that design. I think it was an original BBS design if anything. A Very popular look on the German cars and tuner cars. you would also be surprise to know that most wheels are made by the same manufactures just branded differently.
Anyway this wheel looks a lot better than Kappasphere's (personal taste) since the lip looks more attractive with the simulated multi-piece look.

I think its a nice way to offer customers a lower price alternative to those expensive 3 piece wheels. The 3 piece wheels are worth the cash but out of some people's range.

just my

I dont think we ever mentioned anything about coming up with the design ourselves.

[RPIpower]

yes, they are available in 18s and 19s.

[Im Fastr]

Originally Posted by cielo

Where are they manufactured?

Made in Japan... full of lead, don't eat them... hehe

[RPIpower]

Originally Posted by Im Fastr

Made in Japan... full of lead, don't eat them... hehe

You got them mixed up. Its China that has the lead problem, not Japan. lol