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Originally Posted by RCZ Einkei RPF1 are super light and they fit great. +1! So are BBS. Why 18" rims? Most slicks are designed for 15" or 17" rims?

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Old 07-15-2009, 07:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Einkei RPF1 are super light and they fit great.
+1! So are BBS.

Why 18" rims? Most slicks are designed for 15" or 17" rims?
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+1! So are BBS.

Why 18" rims? Most slicks are designed for 15" or 17" rims?
Try to find a 17 or less that wraps around the stock sport package brakes...
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Try to find a 17 or less that wraps around the stock sport package brakes...
I don't think that will ever happen. Some 18" wheels don't even fit.
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I don't think that will ever happen. Some 18" wheels don't even fit.

Oh I know, that was my point - he said 15-17's. 17's is laughable, but 15's? This isn't a Honda, right? haha
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Oh I know, that was my point - he said 15-17's. 17's is laughable, but 15's? This isn't a Honda, right? haha
i have 15's on my lawn mower..
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+1! So are BBS.

Why 18" rims? Most slicks are designed for 15" or 17" rims?
Not true any longer, all the GT3 slcik tyres are now 18" - Pirelli, Dunlop, Michelin, even Hankook are making soft, medium and hard in 18". You would need to purchase from a speciality motorsport tyre company I guess, as these are full race slicks, and not "R-Spec stickies like R888, A048, A050, RE55S, DZ03G etc

For instance, my supplier can do:

Dia Size Tread Tyre Dia Wheel Size
18 210/650R18 210 649 8.0 - 9.0
18 230/640R18 228 641 8.5 - 9.5
18 250/640R18 240 641 9.0 - 10
18 260/655R18 260 663 10 - 12
18 265/650R18 260 650 9.5 - 10.5
18 280/655R18 280 663 11 - 13
18 290/675R18 290 675 11 - 13
18 310/655R18 310 663 11.0-13.0
18 330/710R18 330 710 13 - 14

I'd be using 18" on a full-race car ..................
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