Pics of s13 w/ NEW Rota D2's

[Repo Man]

How much do Rotas weigh?

As a general rule, Rotas are very light. I don't know what these particular wheels weigh however.

[S14AddiCtion]

Those Rotas look great. Inspiring! Heh now I don't feel guilty for searching them myself. Keep up the good work. <3 clean s13

[Wykid 240]

All that matters.

I second that!

-Jeramy

[Dano]

Get some sunlight pics!

-Dan

[LiteraryCannon]

Awesome! Mine were shipped a few days ago.... same size.PS - The wheels weigh only about 19lbs..
Modified by LiteraryCannon at 12:47 AM 4/6/2006

[Elemental]

19 lbs! thats tight!

do they come WITHOUT polished lip? I am trying to keep a theme here!

[S14toRPS13]

I like 'em. I was thinking about the black rims with polished lip too.

[SilviaSlydSydway]

Do you have spacers?

[Black on Gold]

Clean Hatch and nice Wheels too

[nvrplzd240]

likin it

+1 for a clean hatch

[drifter_for_life06]

time for me to get ahold of the zilvia vendor doing a deal with these

[Jiggyfry]

wow, love the rims man, and props for keeping the hb super clean!

Keep it up!

[mixflip]

Yeah I like my brand new Rota D2's also!!!!!! I probably should have got the the 225/45/17 tires for more meat on the rim but I went with the 205/40/17 and that gave me that super low profile look. When its time to buy new tires I am definately getting a little bit bigger tires! I have to lower my car more than the Tien S-techs give me. There is still a gap in the fender wells even with lowering springs and 17"in rims? sounds crazy but Tiens just dont go that low......

UPDATE! I went back and bought 2 bigger tires for the rears to get that beefier stance I was originally looking for and I am really happy with the look. They are 225/45/17 which is a little taller and wider than the fronts which are 205/40/17...here is a new pic taken at the lagoon near Vacaville.
Modified by mixflip at 7:16 PM 6/27/2006

[whiterps13]

This thread is really old, but your coupe looks damn clean with those. Are you running the 8.5 +25's?

[FSUDrifter]

i was so close to buying these, then decided to sell my car... look good

[mixflip]

Yeah its really old! LOL actually they are 17 x 7.5 all around. +25 offset

[BlackFlag_s13]

I rock 17x8.5 +20 as drift spares, they're passable... need spacers to look good though...

[wonS14aero]

The wheels look great, and compliment the look of the car. Excellent choice.

[dickie]

cant really tell from that angle, but there looks to be some stretching going on w those tires. more pics?

[~4N~]

Why do some 17's look tiny while others look big?

[dickie]

probably has something to do with the aspect ratio of the tire mounted to it.

[whiterps13]

Why do some 17's look tiny while others look big?

Is that a serious question?

Aspect ratio, ride height, car, camera angle, lighting, etc.

[~4N~]

I think what makes wheels look big or small to me is the size of the spokes. On the Rota's the spokes aren't very long, so it makes them look smaller.I like them though!

[slipnfall]

mixflip: a lower sidewall will create the illusion a smaller drop. Even on the stock 7-spokes/s-techs, a 195 series tire looks nasty... 205 provides a little more tire 'meat' and looks(just IMHO) 100x better.

So in short you may be happier aesthetically with just a different tire.

[whiterps13]

mixflip: a lower sidewall will create the illusion a smaller drop. Even on the stock 7-spokes/s-techs, a 195 series tire looks nasty... 205 provides a little more tire 'meat' and looks(just IMHO) 100x better.

So in short you may be happier aesthetically with just a different tire.

Tires 101

Width/Aspect Ratio (Sidewall Height)/Wheel Size

You mean a 40 series tire as opposed to a 45 series tire.

[big_mike]

If I were to buy these wheels, I would most certainly paint the fake screws black, as such:

[slipnfall]

You know WTF I meant... it was an early AM post, and I totally botched it. My bad.

::edit:: typo ::edit::

[mixflip]

Yeah I decided to keep the fronts at 205/40 and went and bought some bigger and wider rears at 225/45 which I like alot better! It looks more a aggressive and beefier. I dont know how this set up will perform but I am assuming that its a simple formula...bigger/wider contact patch out back is always a welcomed upgrade to any rear wheel drive car? plus it looks kinda "muscle car-ish"

btw someone made a comment that my tires looked stretched...what exactly does that mean? besides the obvious??? what am I looking for when someone says that? Stretched where???

[whiterps13]

They mean strecthing the sidewall, ie. putting skinnier tires on wider wheels. When looking along the plane of the wheel you can often see the lip, because the sidewall is curved in. It also prevents you from having to really pull your fenders out when you try to fit wider wheels on a car.

[slipnfall]

Aw yeah, that looks a ton better... to me anyways, aestetically speaking, stretched tires only look good when there's an extreme drop.