Hi Guys,
Firstly, thank you all for your advice so far. This is a great forum.
I am due to be in Tokyo for work in January. I found this site provided by other helpful members of this forum:
http://www.pitinn.co.jp/rs-ohmiyakita/
From what i see they look like Miata specialists. I was intending to pay them a visit and hopefully pick up the above mentioned rims.
I only managed to go through every single page on this section today and this has highlighted some concerns i should have with this wheel.
1. Scrub radius. There is talk that excessively low offsets will compromise the handling of the car? I know handling is subjective, but for me it basically means a car that is composed and still easy to drive at or over the limits of the car. I have a stock 92 at the moment and drift the car regularly in the wet. At the moment i was slightly dissappointed after i've just installed a brand new set of Cusco Comp S coilovers but only to find that the car is more nervous when sideways, cornering speed is higher, however but not so relevant to me.
2. Brakes rubbing? I was surprised to find someone complain that he ordered a set of these rims only to find that some machining of the rim or brake calips in order to get them to fit. I had an impression these are direct bolt ons as any sort of machining is a big no no for me. How do i ensure that Watanabe will issue the correct rims for a miata? sounds like i'd have to force them to fit them on an existing car while im there just to make sure they are the right ones.
Many Thanks!!!
Firstly, thank you all for your advice so far. This is a great forum.
I am due to be in Tokyo for work in January. I found this site provided by other helpful members of this forum:
http://www.pitinn.co.jp/rs-ohmiyakita/
From what i see they look like Miata specialists. I was intending to pay them a visit and hopefully pick up the above mentioned rims.
I only managed to go through every single page on this section today and this has highlighted some concerns i should have with this wheel.
1. Scrub radius. There is talk that excessively low offsets will compromise the handling of the car? I know handling is subjective, but for me it basically means a car that is composed and still easy to drive at or over the limits of the car. I have a stock 92 at the moment and drift the car regularly in the wet. At the moment i was slightly dissappointed after i've just installed a brand new set of Cusco Comp S coilovers but only to find that the car is more nervous when sideways, cornering speed is higher, however but not so relevant to me.
2. Brakes rubbing? I was surprised to find someone complain that he ordered a set of these rims only to find that some machining of the rim or brake calips in order to get them to fit. I had an impression these are direct bolt ons as any sort of machining is a big no no for me. How do i ensure that Watanabe will issue the correct rims for a miata? sounds like i'd have to force them to fit them on an existing car while im there just to make sure they are the right ones.
Many Thanks!!!
