16x8? Options

[SinisterWhisper]

Anyone ever tried rota slipstreams in 16x8? I was looking at 16x7.5 oz hydra's but they weigh 23lbs a piece or at least thats what tirerack said.

[Kadett]

Rotas are great wheels for the money. I know a few people with WRX's that love them, great customer service also.

The best solution to fix the offset issues are to use a spacer of a very high quality, jgreening is using Rotas with a +48 offset and he did just this. If he can push just shy of 300whp on those wheels with spacers i'm sure we'd be fine, I know alot of people frown at the use of spacers, but unless your lugnuts barely have any bite you'll be fine.

16x8 would be a great wheel for our cars, but if your car is aggresively lowered you might need those spacers to avoid rubbing due to the offset.

naww... 48mm offset is gonna be tucked in pretty good. I just called rota and they said they'll give me a call back after checking on their inventory and suppliers. Ha... =[

I've also dealt with subydude before... and he doesn't carry the 16's slipstreams in 5x100... but he does list them as a rota dealer.

I have 5Zigen rims with a +48 offset. 15mm spacers in front and 20mm spacers in the rear. Still a bit inside the wheelwell but I dont mind. Last 2 photo's in my profile are without the spacers. Not pushing 300 whp but I can assure you that the spacers are very good (H&R DRS Serie). If your gonna put on a spacers bigger then 5-10mm get extended lugs.