I don't really care for them, I'm sure these new wheels with the right offset ride awesome. As for looks BIG 2 thumbs down, no lip, not concave, unattractive design,. I prefer the stocks of any AP1/AP2 year over this. They must ROCK on the track though.

 

[QUOTE=Boost76,Aug 28 2010, 09:46 AM] I don't really care for them, I'm sure these new wheels with the right offset ride awesome.

 

^ I checked out your site a while back & the Miata wheels on there are hot! I was hoping they'd turn out the same as far as looks go. They look more aggressive on the Miata than the S2. Congrats on the new record & wins that your wheels helped achieve.

 

The s2000's high offset makes it hard to get a decent sized lip on any wheel.

When I look at the 6ulr's I think they look incredible because I think of the function behind them.

I've always been a function over form guy tho

 

Form follows function

 

Wheel color: charcoal
Front: 17x9 +48
Rear: 17x9 +48
Front tire: 255/40-17 RS-3
Rear tire: 255/40-17 RS-3
Spacers: nope
Car's color code: 2004 Black

Suspension: Eibach pro-kits on stock shocks
European spec alignment
Front fenders ghetto rolled (aka bat)
Rear fenders ghetto rolled (aka bat) and tab relocation

Sorry for the big pictures, figured that was more helpful than crappy smaller ones






and yes, my front bumper is bloody dirty. it's so rock chipped that I gave up cleaning it.

 

17x9 +63
R-S3 255/40

 

17x9 +63, 255 R-S3's:

Thanks to a lady in a Nissan Sentra:


One month later:


...So how many people had to hammer their inner structure to gain clearance? I thought I wouldn't need to once I put on my V3's, but after a go-kart track day (think auto-x lapping day), I've worn a fair amount of the fender liner away and there is bare metal exposed. I will probably pound out some clearance this weekend, just wondering if everyone deals with this, or am I too low? I'm hesitant to raise the car because I like the stance

 

There's a bunch of photos at the link below showing inner fender area. This was primarily caused by too much rebound in the front shocks causing jack down when taking bumpy sweepers during autocross. The front springs are 750# and it's lowered about 0.75 in. I also increased the compression setting. It's rare that contact is made now. The tires are 255/40R17 R-S3s. Camber is at -2.3.

You like the "stance" but how is the car working? Raising your front spring rates may help, but you also have to have the right shock/settings to go with that.

http://random1photo.zenfolio.com/p363596135

 

I'm actually fairly satisfied with the way the car works. It bobbles a bit when going around low-speed tighter corners, but that may be due to the shape of the track? I can't tell if that's from tire hitting structure, or from something else. It seems to get worse with more rebound, though.

If your setup is what it takes to not have contact, I don't think that'll work for me unfortunately. From what I've read, KW V3's can handle at most ~600 lbs. On the red car, I had pretty much the same setup with the addition of a Saner bar and was seeing the same type of wear at a slightly higher ride height. I thought with stiffer springs this would become a none-issue; it was happening on stock suspension w/255's. I guess my springs aren't stiff enough, but my car spends most of it's life commuting and cruising around so I can't get too crazy w/spring rates...