Newbie, looking for alloy inspiration!

[garyp159]

Should say I've seen some nice custom wheels... but out of my price range! Dare F5s are £700 for the set.

 

[Scooblitz]

Should say I've seen some nice custom wheels... but out of my price range! Dare F5s are £700 for the set.

Japan Racing from Driftworks. Probably your best shout for inspiration off the shelf.

Special order: Apex Arc-8 - Costly but cool wheels.

 

[garyp159]

I looked at JR wheels, can't recall why I ruled them out, except maybe that the spokes go to the edge of the rim, very modern whilst I was going for retro... I guess they're modern-retro... I'll have another look.

I think Apex are out of my budget...

 

[garyp159]

I'm close to going for the F5s, however I'm getting conflicting messages about the 18x9.5 ET42 rears... One supplier reckons they'll need 5 to 10mm spacers? I'd prefer to not use spacers. Has anyone on here ran 9.5J rears without spacers? If so, did the wheels have low offset?

 

[garyp159]

Well, after much deliberation and a couple of false starts I've ended up with 1Form EDT4 wheels, 8.5x18ET42 front and 9.5x18ET37 rear.

 

[ljbmwz3]

the ones you have on a my fav , just prefer the standard staggered stock look, maybe recoat em a more modern shade of dark metal grey ?

 

[garyp159]

the ones you have on a my fav , just prefer the standard staggered stock look, maybe recoat em a more modern shade of dark metal grey ?

I looked at grey and hyper black wheels, as much as I like them decided to go with gloss black, the interior is all black, I'm changing the kidney grills to gloss black, going for the stealth look!

 

[elky]

Japan Racing from Driftworks. Probably your best shout for inspiration off the shelf.
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Special order: Apex Arc-8 - Costly but cool wheels.

I really like the JR18 style but is there anyone that has them fitted ? I am considering buying the JR18 as an alternative...

 

[Scooblitz]

I really like the JR18 style but is there anyone that has them fitted ? I am considering buying the JR18 as an alternative...

The specs for the rear JP18 look to be good a good fit.

 

[Zed Chimp]

Can't go wrong with a bit of gloss black