has anyone seen these rims on a ep3. i looked at the pic thread i think JDM theory has them on his gold e right? i try'd Google but no luck. i want to get theses wheels but i wanna make sure they look good on my silver ep.

 

oh and whats the lug nut pattern on a stock 02 ep3. is it 4x114 ?

 

Bolt pattern is 4 x 100. I thought about getting these wheels before but changed my mind. Just try 'em out and if you don't like them, then sell.

 

real deal over the track-r's

dunlop cpr. nyquil ride on ephatch

 

^^thats a sick *** ep3

 

Too bad real deal costs an arm and a leg. Search the ep3 pic thread. Josh posted his a couple months ago. Stop being lazy and making new threads and use ur resources!!

 

sick *** EP. who's ever this is, props to you!!!

 

The EP does look nice with those wheels.Try looking on EPhatch.BTW the bolt pattern is 4X100.

 

thanks guys and yes i try searching or else i wouldn't have made this thread. i thought the real deal was like 550. when i called rota online that's how much they said.

 

It looks nice.

 

He meant real deal as in the cpr's. The rota track r's are replicas of those wheels. Real cpr's are crazily priced, but if I could I would get a set if I was ballin' like that.

 

Buy the real deal. Fake wheels

 

even the "real" wheels in that design are to heavy....heavy wheels ftl.

 

Just in case you still haven't found the pics...

The wheels look pretty good, but if you do get them, make sure you get 16's. The wheels in the pics are 15x7 and they were just too small looking in person. My plan for the future was to get some white 16's and have them re-drummed to about 8" wide with about a 3" lip, maybe 16x8 25et. I think that would be nasty!!

 

There is no difference between name brand wheels and replicas other than the name on the wheels itself. They all comply to the same testing an laws that state they cannot be made if they do not go thru the rigurous tests to make sure that are in compliance with said proper wheel strenth or whatever it is u wanna call it.

The only difference is a name and usually about 1-2k!!

Oh yeah and the perk of saying your whip is mad jdm y0! Dont get me wrong i wouldnt mind having a set of some "real" (jdm) wheels myself. But the average person cannot justify spending $3-4k for a set of wheels!!

 

sweet deal man. u have the same color and year car to show an example lol. nice nice. yea i want 16s. i took my backout tails off i got sick of it lol and where did u get the mud flaps? i know not everyone likes them but i sure do

 

Really, no difference? Do you know what the words cast and forged mean?

 

I got my mudflaps off craigslist for $20 lol. I'm pretty sure handaaccessories.com has them though for like $50 brand new. In fact... http://www.handa-accessories.com/civicsi.html they're only $41

 

Cast- to give shape to (a substance) by pouring in liquid or plastic form into a mold and letting harden without pressure.

Forge- a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought

A workshop where wrought iron is produced or where iron is made malleable


Yeah i have heard of them. Your point?

 

great! thanks alot man

 

So since you know what casting and forging mean you should then know what the big difference between real and replica wheels are. That would be most real wheels are forged while all replica's are cast. Of course there are some real rims out there that are cast (mugen rnr's come to mind) but most are forged, making them a much stronger rim. If I remember correctly forged aluminum is somehwere around 300% stronger than cast aluminum. So with forged wheels you get a much stronger and lighter wheel.

I'm not a Rota hater or anything, I actually have Track-R's on my DA, but please realize that a cast rim is not anyhwere close in terms of quality to a forged rim. So to say that other than the name there is no differnece between real and fake wheels is pretty far off. If I tracked my car and was concerned with having the best I would not of got a cast rim, but for most of us who daily drive our cars with a limited amount of track time a cast rim is just fine.

 

BUMP !!! im in the market for these !

 

what was the point of bumping this?

 

iv seen alot of "real wheels" that are cast, weird...
buddy club. altough same price as rota almost.
$1k for a sticker so i can have more friends and respect