Poll Time....Check out our Wheel Choices Options

[Fastbird]

First up, my wife's favorites:

MSW Type 16, Black with red stripe, 18x8:


or

MSW Type 11, 18x8 +35:


And then there's my favorites:

R-1 Racing Hype, 18x7.5 +40. Narrower, not sure about the offset though, but I LOVE this wheel:


or

Excel Ennio, 18x8, +35: *Edit* Just found these in gunmetal, this would be what we'd get, NOT silver.**


Now, my favorite BY FAR is that R-1 Racing Hype wheel. The only drawbacks I have on it are the 7.5" width and the chrome lip. But.....the biggest concern here is the +40 offset on the 7.5" width. I'm almost thinking a spacer is going to be mandatory to keep it from being sucked too far into the fenders.

My wife's favorite is the MSW Type 11.........which is clean, but I just don't like the wide black sections on the spoke bases.

anywho, this is what we're looking at right now. Going to try to order something by the end of the week.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Mar 4, 2008 - 1:00 AM

[needforspeed]

i like the look of the R1 alot better than the others.

[Fastbird]

Agreed, for sure. Like I said, the only concern I have is the tuck from the +40 offset on the 7.5" width, and the chrome lip as opposed to a machined finish.

[Celicav]

What is wrong with the wheels you got now? They are 18s also, right?

[Fastbird]

What is wrong with the wheels you got now? They are 18s also, right?

One is bent beyond reasonable repair and they're out of production. I haven't had those wheels on the car since December of 2006 sadly.

[6_GEN]

R-1 , lip own3z Joo

[ZGear]

Your wife's favorite rim?.........damn good wife.....never heard that one before...

[manphibian]

Your wife has great taste.

[rayneezy23]

the exel rims look like the ones that i just bought there called flik lex rims they look pretty nice on celica's

[trdproven]

The first and third look the best.

[toc84]

i agree, the first and third are deffo the contenders for me

[Fastbird]

Keep the opinions coming guys. This is being used to settle the debate between us. She says her black and red wheel will be more popular, I say the machined/black wheel will win out.

I'm half tempted to buy those bottom rims for the heck of it. I can get them for under $600 for the set............

[Celiracer18]

the style of those R-1's is getting old and over played IMO. id go with the MSW Type 16

[dtlwrc]

I like the R-1 Racing Hype! It's amazing!

[axelrduvirage]

MSW Type 11, 18x8 +35' here's why.

1. MSW Type 16 - the red lip would have to be an exact match to your paint else it would look out of place.
2. R-1 Racing Hype - not a fan of chrome. The wheel is BEAUTIFUL though.
3. Excel Ennio - black or gunmetal just makes the wheels disappear IMHO.
4. women are always right and you can change, if you have to, i guess. ;0)

ray

This post has been edited by axelrduvirage: Mar 4, 2008 - 2:52 PM

[x_itchy_b_x]

MSW Type 16, Black with red stripe, = awesome.
i wanna do the red lip theme this time around. that or bronze. still cant get my head around it.

[lagos]

MSW Type 16, Black with red stripe, = awesome.

x2

[Fastbird]

I dunno. I just can't shake the "too dark" image.....

The main reason I am leaning hard for the R-1 Hype right now is because the wheel flows with the car. The machined center face and chrome lip would flow along nicely with the chrome in the headlights, and the polished Magnaflow muffler and tip in the back. If you guys haven't seen a machined finished wheel face in person, it's stunning. Pics just don't capture the effect.

Now, the MSW Type 16, admittedly is nice, but I am fearful of it being too dark for the car. If it had a polished lip, I'd probably be a lot more receptive. But there's really no "black" on the car save for the tint. That's my biggest hangup. *Edit* Another big thing for this one is availability. They're not scheduled to be available until 5/6/08. We don't want to wait that long. We're looking for wheels now.

Time to have the wife photoshop this stuff and see what we come up with.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Mar 4, 2008 - 4:01 PM

[Promasta]

looks nice i think. 18x8 too which is awesome

[axelrduvirage]

looks nice i think. 18x8 too which is awesome

that's the ticket!!!!

[Rider]

I like the Exels and the R1's... I would go with something like the Exels for my car (which is also red).

[Fastbird]

Well, given that the Type 16's aren't available until May, the R-1 was the one that she and I agreed the most upon (We found and chopped some Tork Champion Hyper Blacks on the car that she liked, but it didn't look right), so I'm ordering those R-1's today with the concession that if she doesn't completely like them on the car that we can order the Type 16's in May when they're available and ditch these....unless i pick up this other 6GC off a friend who's offering it to us.

[Fastbird]

Wheels are ordered. And they were NOT one of the 4 from the poll. We ran across another wheel that is VERY similar to a couple of the wheels in the poll.....a cross breed if you will. It's a 18x8, +37 offset, and LIGHT......21lbs light (for an 18 anyway). That's all I'm letting out. We should have them by Mid-Next week, so I'm hoping to have them mounted by the end of next weekend.

[Celicav]

I'll bet they are the same wheels that you had before

[FreddyTheOthaMea...]

REALLY like those R-1's... where ya gettin em at?

[joehernandez]

the R-1!!!!!!!!
o love that rim!!
that is the one im going to have on my car!

[Fastbird]

We didn't order the R-1 Hype. Apparently R-1 is notoriously poor at keeping stock. They're backordered for like 2 months. I REALLY wanted the R-1 too....but to no avail.

Should I let the cat out of the bag??? There is a pic of the same wheel in a different color here on the site somewhere, but as far as I know no one is running it or the one we bought yet.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Mar 6, 2008 - 4:14 PM

[joehernandez]

We didn't order the R-1 Hype. Apparently R-1 is notoriously poor at keeping stock. They're backordered for like 2 months. I REALLY wanted the R-1 too....but to no avail.

Should I let the cat out of the bag??? There is a pic of the same wheel in a different color here on the site somewhere, but as far as I know no one is running it or the one we bought yet.

where were you getting them from,,,
the place i am going to buy em has them,, i want size 18 X 7
and what is the price on those?


This post has been edited by joehernandez: Mar 7, 2008 - 1:52 AM

[Fastbird]

Where am I getting what from, my new wheels that I haven't shown yet? Or are you asking about the R-1 Hype wheels? Those I called every shop I could find that showed them on line and no one had them nor anticipated getting them in within a reasonable amount of time.

FYI, they're a 18x7.5 with a +40mm offset. Running the calculators, that's tucking them in 8mm from a 18x8 with a +38 offset. They're going to be deep in the wheel wells......almost to the point of needing spacers I think.

[Fastbird]

Ok, since no one is playing, here's what we ordered. I found them, she loved them, I dig them.....just gotta see them on the car now.



The only thing I'm going to have to do is paint the wheel hub black so that rust doesn't show through the unused holes......that or cap those holes somehow. Nice looking wheel though from the pics I've found. It's an 18x8 with a +37 offset which is really nice, but the best part is that for an 18" wheel, they weigh in at a paltry 21 lbs. That's barely more than my drag wheels for my trans am weigh that are 15x8 and spun aluminum.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Mar 7, 2008 - 11:48 PM

[Celicav]

Those are gonna look tight on the RED Celi! Yeah, I would definitely paint the hub and calipers black too. That would look freakin' stealth. I'm thinking about painting my wheels black too, esp. if I get a carbon fiber hood. I'm only rollin' on 15's, but they are Mille Miglias, and still look like the day I bought them new, ONLY 8 years ago.

"Great Success!"

-Borat

[joehernandez]

yeah i was asking about the r-1's,,
how much were you going to pay?

also,, so you are saying that spacers are needed for the r-1's?

[Fastbird]

yeah i was asking about the r-1's,,
how much were you going to pay?

also,, so you are saying that spacers are needed for the r-1's?

I was looking at paying about $180-200 per wheel. One ebay vendor has them advertised at $825 BIN plus $70 shipping, but the don't have them in stock. I chewed the guy out actually because between the two auctions he's got listed he's showing having 7 sets in stock.

Yeah, the 7.5" width coupled with the +40 offset would tuck them in pretty good into the wheel wells. I think a 5-10mm spacer would put them about perfect on the car.

[Fastbird]

Wheels are mounted up. The cool part is that all the lettering on the red lip is stickers, so we opted NOT to put them on. Also had some pieces painted finally (Dustin should know what they are). I'm hoping to catch a break in the weather to clean the car really good and mount everything up for some new pics. Sadly, she's outside right now suffering because I've got a guys VERY sweet 00 Vette hiding in the garage for work.

[6strngs]

I was the one thinking about getting those wheels. lol (though I think someone else posted some up too, so you might not be referring to me, but w/e) they look nearly identical to the wheels I'm getting. the wheels I'm getting I actually ordered in bronze and they sent black with a red stripe... so we could have near identical wheels, but I'm sending them back and getting the bronze.

in any case, they'll look sick. post some pics when you get them on!

[Fastbird]

Yah, I've had the wheels and tires mounted/balanced for like a week now, and have the SSIII splitters (front and rear) and Duckbill spoiler (all from Doggy) back from the paint shop for the same amount of time, but we've got a busted front faucet, so no washy the car = no mounting new pieces. Ordering a fix-it for the faucet tomorrow, so maybe this weekend.

[lagos]

good choice. got any pics?

[Fastbird]

good choice. got any pics?

Not really. The four are all mounted up and stacked in the garage with the old wheels sitting right next to them. I just haven't had time to get it into the shop for an alignment (I'm going to see how out of whack my camber is and if I need to do some work before I ruin new tires), and the wheels aren't going on until then.