Wheels...inspiration please!

[Lex259]

Have you had a look at the sakebomb garage wheels? Won't be cheap but might scratch the itch?

Never heard of them (excuse my ignorance)!! I’ll have a look, thanks.

 

[marco]

Never heard of them (excuse my ignorance)!! I’ll have a look, thanks.

RZ+ Forged Competition Wheels (17x9.5 +45) FD3S RX-7

Sakebomb Garage is a specialty performance parts manufacturer and service shop specializing in the Honda S2000, FD RX-7 and ND Miata

www.sakebombgarage.com

Save you googling. Like most of sakebomb stuff, it looks great right until you get to the price

 

[Lex259]

RZ+ Forged Competition Wheels (17x9.5 +45) FD3S RX-7

Sakebomb Garage is a specialty performance parts manufacturer and service shop specializing in the Honda S2000, FD RX-7 and ND Miata

www.sakebombgarage.com

Save you googling. Like most of sakebomb stuff, it looks great right until you get to the price

Thanks! I’d read about an outfit that was scanning the rgr wheels to make a version of them - didn’t know it was sakebomb! They look very nice although they don’t have much of a dish on the rear, I guess because they’ve gone for a square setup.

Yeah, price is a bit tricky but I guess actually getting them into the UK would be even more tricky!!

 

[Tangelos]

Any ideas on where to source the rgr’s from?

Also, any recommendations on width and offset would be helpful. I’m thinking:

17x8.5 et30 with 235’s on the front
17x9.5 et 38 with 255’s on the rear

I’ve found the image below - really like the dish on the rears!

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I got lucky and found a genuine set on FB marketplace earlier this year for £750. 17x9 et42 with a 5mm spacer on front and 15mm hub centric spacer on the rear. It is a perfect fit in my eyes. @Ceylon are from the factory Spirit R, whereas mine were sold separately by BBS which is why mine have more of a lip on them compared to the oem ones

 

[Tangelos]

Thanks! I’d read about an outfit that was scanning the rgr wheels to make a version of them - didn’t know it was sakebomb! They look very nice although they don’t have much of a dish on the rear, I guess because they’ve gone for a square setup.

Yeah, price is a bit tricky but I guess actually getting them into the UK would be even more tricky!!

SBG scanned the BBS RZ rims to make those. Slightly different from the BBS RG-R (note where the lugs are) and the spokes are a little more buldged but still give the same look!

 

[initialDean]

 

[marco]

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Oh, they are nice.

 

[Cr33ch]

Here's mine on 17" Work Emotion D9R

 

[NoisyNelly]

Mine on 17” RPF1’s

Now on 18” BBS RGR’s

 

[rob fd]

Those who know....know!

 

[TK1234]

Mine on 17” RPF1’s
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Now on 18” BBS RGR’s

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Gold wheels look great when not caked in brake dust! I should clean mine more often

 

[Lex259]

Here's mine on 17" Work Emotion D9R

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Nice. Fitment and tyre sizes? Any arch rolling required to avoid scrubbing?

 

[Lex259]

Mine on 17” RPF1’s
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Now on 18” BBS RGR’s

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What made you size up to 18”? Do you have fitment details for each set of wheels? Where did you get the bbs?

 

[Ceylon]

Here's mine on 17" Work Emotion D9R

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FD wedding cars for the win

 

[Cr33ch]

Nice. Fitment and tyre sizes? Any arch rolling required to avoid scrubbing?

They're 17x9.5 +38 with a 5mm slip on 245/45 tyres.

I used to have 18x10 et15 so the arches are already rolled. I'd say you'd probably be fine without rolling though plenty of clearance now in comparison

 

[Cr33ch]

FD wedding cars for the win

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100% Was a good excuse to get the car machine polished and ceramic coated

 

[NoisyNelly]

FD wedding cars for the win

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@Ceylon back at ya!

 

[NoisyNelly]

What made you size up to 18”? Do you have fitment details for each set of wheels? Where did you get the bbs?

Just fancied a change and the BBS wheels popped up for sale as mine was in getting the rear arches replaced.

Wheel specs are:
17” RPF1
Front - 17x8.5 et30
Rear - 17x9.5 et38

18” RGR
Front - 18x8.5 et23
Rear - 18x9.5 et25

 

[marco]

May as well show mine. 18x9 et20 rg2. Need to get some tyres on them to see what needs to be done to fit in the front arches

 

[Lex259]

Just fancied a change and the BBS wheels popped up for sale as mine was in getting the rear arches replaced.

Wheel specs are:
17” RPF1
Front - 17x8.5 et30
Rear - 17x9.5 et38

18” RGR
Front - 18x8.5 et23
Rear - 18x9.5 et25

Thanks, that’s really helpful. I assume no rubbing with either setup and no rolled arches? Would you also let us know what tyres/sizes were on each setup?