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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/03/29 17:34:36
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Just got off the phone to someone who supplies these, I'm thinking of getting some instead of TE37. In another Toyota forum I used to frequent, no one messed with the offset of the front tyres due to making the car "follow" ruts in the road (don't know the technical term for this anyone?). Does this not bother any MR2 owners? If I put 7 inch wheels on the front I would go +32 +45 offset to match the factory, and ignore any sort of flush fitting hopes.
Edit: ignore me I'm as confused as you are, but I'm looking at the same wheels so interested to hear opinions
The term I believe is 'Tramlining' At one stage I had 225 205/50R15 Hankook RS2's fitted to 15x7 front wheels that had factory 45mm offset and the tramlining was really bad!! Then I changed to the same size Bridgestone Adrenalins on the same wheels and absolutely zero tramlining!! I have also had 225 205/50R16 Adrenalin's on the front on 16 X 6.5 35mm offset Nissan wheels with no trace of tramlining. The Rs2's had very stiff sidewalls compared to the Adrenalin's, so it would appear that tramlining may depend more on how stiff the sidewalls are, and not necessarily on offset. I have just corrected the tyre sizes I used - sorry for the mistake.
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/03/29 17:55:19
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Oooooh okay, this looks interesting. Just realised RPF1 only come in silver with the +35 offset, and I don't really like silver, however +22 come in black and that's the colour I'm after. Carmikey, I love the way it looks, would you be able to send through a nice side shot? +22 gives enough caliper clearance?
Rick, that's exactly what I'm after, however, I do want black RPF1s and the +35 offset just doesn't come in black.
Cheers!
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/03/29 18:16:45
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I think Mikes (carmikey) offset is a bit much when I saw it and might limit how wide your tyres can be without rubbing, even with rolled guards. I'm pretty sure Mike will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he'll recommend +35 or +38. Mike?
Silver 1997 SW20 Bathurst with 
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/03/29 18:20:28
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I'm really hoping +22 is OK, because if not I'll have to go for a different rim altogether as silver just isn't an option for me. It looks fine in the photo, but a confirmation would be awesome.
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/03/29 18:27:08
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See edit on my previous post
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/03/29 18:40:25
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Could always have the rims recoated to change the colour.
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/03/29 18:53:59
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Could always have the rims recoated to change the colour.
Don't think it will look as nice, plus quite pricey so better off getting something else instead if that's the case.
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/03/29 21:03:49
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Tramlining in MR2 varies based on the year MR2 you have. the early model SW20's tramline a lot with 17's, the later model with revised suspension doesn't. When I drove an early model MR2 I went down from 17's to 16's and it sorted out the tramlining and drove a lot better. I had the original suspension on the car with 17's then switched to tein super street imported new from japan and was still crap. Put 16 inch WEDS with 35 offsets, was all good and cornered much faster. On my Gen3 I run 17's up front with no tramlining. The early MR2's are more pointy with the steering.
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/03/29 22:37:57
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I think Mikes (carmikey) offset is a bit much when I saw it and might limit how wide your tyres can be without rubbing, even with rolled guards. I'm pretty sure Mike will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he'll recommend +35 or +38. Mike?
My offset +22 is fine and only rubs on hard corning & firm bumps, but mainly cause i run such low springs. It's the same issue when i run these wheels on my 96 gen 3 also. (Again that too has super lows in the rear). It does rub quite a bit with 45 profile and i would only recommend 40 max on front or rears. I'll post a better side shot for u to decide for yourself. Sent from my SM-G800Y using Tapatalk
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/04/04 17:02:07
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rikkir
I think Mikes (carmikey) offset is a bit much when I saw it and might limit how wide your tyres can be without rubbing, even with rolled guards. I'm pretty sure Mike will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he'll recommend +35 or +38. Mike?
My offset +22 is fine and only rubs on hard corning & firm bumps, but mainly cause i run such low springs. It's the same issue when i run these wheels on my 96 gen 3 also. (Again that too has super lows in the rear). It does rub quite a bit with 45 profile and i would only recommend 40 max on front or rears.
I'll post a better side shot for u to decide for yourself.
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Do you run +22 on front and rear? Since I'm going to be running either Tein or BC Racing coilovers (haven't decided yet) and it is going to be fairly low, I need to make sure the wheel does not hit anything. Rolling the guards to my understanding is a necessity, but I don't want the wheel hitting the springs. So would you just recommend running 17x8 +35 on the front and 17x9 +35 at the back? Thanks a lot.
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Mine doesn't interfere with the springs. Saying that i know alot of people have wheels clearance issues when running coil overs.
I run standard struts with lowered springs.
No, fronts are 35 & rear are 22 offset.
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/04/04 20:15:42
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Carmikey
rikkir
I think Mikes (carmikey) offset is a bit much when I saw it and might limit how wide your tyres can be without rubbing, even with rolled guards. I'm pretty sure Mike will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he'll recommend +35 or +38. Mike?
My offset +22 is fine and only rubs on hard corning & firm bumps, but mainly cause i run such low springs. It's the same issue when i run these wheels on my 96 gen 3 also. (Again that too has super lows in the rear). It does rub quite a bit with 45 profile and i would only recommend 40 max on front or rears.
I'll post a better side shot for u to decide for yourself.
Sent from my SM-G800Y using Tapatalk
Do you run +22 on front and rear?
Since I'm going to be running either Tein or BC Racing coilovers (haven't decided yet) and it is going to be fairly low, I need to make sure the wheel does not hit anything. Rolling the guards to my understanding is a necessity, but I don't want the wheel hitting the springs.
So would you just recommend running 17x8 +35 on the front and 17x9 +35 at the back? Thanks a lot.
I have teins and 17x8 +35's will hit the front springs. I have 17x8 at the front with about a +28 offset and it just clears from the inside hitting the springs.
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Hmm okay I see, won't know for sure until I do it myself. Cheers for the help.
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/04/05 01:41:55
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track_mr2, so +35 is a no go if I'll be going for Teins? Or will I still be able to have +35 at the back and figure something out for the front?
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Re: Enkei RPF1
2016/04/05 01:49:08
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Just found a 17x9 +22 set which brings me to my next question - is 9 waaay too wide for the front? No matter what tyre I wrap it it?
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