ben@RARE RIMS

This one is spot on

If you have our wheels, and fancy a bit of fame... this is your chance I need a picture, side on, of a 370Z. It'll be used in an App. we're making so people can use our virtual fitting bay on the move on their phones! Thanks for any photos you have to offer! Cheers Ben

If you have our wheels, and fancy a bit of fame... this is your chance I need a picture, side on, of a 350Z. It'll be used in an App. we're making so people can use our virtual fitting bay on the move on their phones! Thanks for any photos you have to offer! Cheers Ben

Just a little bump... it's not a myth. It's very much true. There's a favourite picture of Rota wheels, some Subzeros, that were used only on track, and really hard on track, for 2 years, and had no issues. The owner, who we know, had them powder coated to sell on. First time out for the new owner they twisted. Yes, it is possible to powdercoat a wheel safely, but not all places are aware of the heat treating a wheel gets in manufacture giving it a large portion of it's strength, and re-heating to a fair high temp for a prolonged period effects the structural properties.

We offer Hyper Black wheels - we just dont do those in Hyper Black

The reason I ask is I am interested to see the origin of the wheels, as I am not sure we have done them in that fitment / colour!

If you remember, the next time you get tyres... could you fire me a picture of the sticker on the wheel near the valve please? They look really smart, totally suit the car!

They're all in packs, we dont really have them as singles... but being as it's you... Give me a call and I'll get on the way some very reasonably priced nuts

We now have tuner nuts in Red/Blue/Black and chrome.

Unless they're an OEM wheel, you'll essentially find all after-market wheels are 60 degree Tapered seat

I am putting on a BBQ here for an open day. We'll have the arch roller available to anybody who'd like a go, and obviously you can take a look at all of our various wheels. There will be various other cars coming, including 200SXs, Evos and Civics so far... should be a fun day Everybody is welcome, our address can be found on our website - www.rarerims.co.uk. See you in a few weeks!

I am a big fan of steel internal nuts I run them on all my cars, they save any wheel damage. The older style allen key ones were a little hit and miss, but the current version which are star drive are spot on... so much so we got them here in 4 different finishes It is possible for Aluminium ones to work, they just require much greater care, as they are a softer material, so they will tend to fail over time if over-tightened and not kept copper-slipped or similar to prevent galvonic corrosion

You can take the owner out of a honda, but clearly not the Honda mentality out of the owner

Essentially if you're careful you'll be fine It's just you need to make sure you check them often, and always torque them to the correct amount which is about 70lbft.

We have our own range, not the Tpi ones, but we can do the Tpi ones too if needed. Interal nuts that are allen key drive were prone to issue, star drive ones are spot on.

http://www.rarerims.co.uk/wheelshop_tyr ... king+Nuts+ http://www.rarerims.co.uk/wheelshop_tyr ... Steel+Nuts http://www.rarerims.co.uk/wheelshop_tyr ... line+Nuts+ Also do these in Black: http://www.rarerims.co.uk/wheelshop_tyr ... TUNER+Nuts How about that?

Can I refer you here?: http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=500021 We really do not recommend them, and especially advise against them on OEM wheels as they often as not designed for the 60 degree tapered seat of an after-market nut They're specifically not allowed in the blue book and at all FIA events. We have no end of issues with them, so despite being able to sell them if people would like them, for show cars and the likes, we have taken it upon ourselves to stock tuner nuts, normal nuts and spline drive nuts all in a variety of colours so people can have the look without the potential agro

The concave is a feature of the width, in an 18" wheel they'll be 9.5" to get the concave, in the 19s the 9s have a little concave, the 10s have lots

I think you might have the sizes a little off there mate... I am thinking if they're 18s they're 18x8.5 front and 18x9.5 rear, as there is no 18x10 or 18x9 option in the UK AFAIK. They are a huge improvement over the stock 17s though - good call

They're not overpriced for 18s You pays your money and takes your choices I guess, but that's actually a pretty fair price There are cheaper 18s out there, but they aren't the same product, all wheels are not created equal We however find by far and away the most popular wheels on 350s are the 19s. They seem to work really well in terms of a looks/handling/ride compromise

Octet - those nuts will be fine I believe

We're having a sort out here - loads of tyres now on ebay here: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Rarerims Any question please dont hesitate to ask, but essentially... buy buy buy!

For 18s maybe... The 650kg is more likely 690kg, and is to go with the VIA / JWL stamp on them - it's what they're tested to

No problems, thanks for popping down Sorry I (Ben) wasn't about, I was off getting married

Sorry for the slow reply, I was off getting married, and my colleagues have been a little swamped. Can you drop me an email to ben@rarerims.co.uk and I'll reply ASAP. Cheers Ben