Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

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Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

July 15, 2013, 12:31:21 PM

I found these Rota RB wheels and like them. They are very light wheels, which is a bonus. I haven't seen them on our Fox Tbird/Cougar set before. Anyone have experience with them? Backspacing and size (16x7 with +30mm offset) is similar to our TC snowflake wheels (16x7, +32mm offset with 4x108mm lug spacing)

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Daniel

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #1 – July 15, 2013, 12:35:05 PM

and different color...

black

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #2 – July 15, 2013, 12:45:19 PM

I like them...just not sure about them on a TBird/Cougar.

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #3 – July 15, 2013, 01:26:43 PM

are they available in different widths? I know these are popular in the tuner crowd

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #4 – July 15, 2013, 02:24:59 PM

I think widths are limited. 15x7, 16x7 and 17x7.5. The offsets come in +30mm and +40mm for the 15 and 16s and +20mm for the 7.5. I don't know a lot about them except that they are popular with the autox and tuner groups, and fit a lot of Ford of Europe cars (Focus, Fiesta, Cortina) and some of ours, too.

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #5 – July 17, 2013, 05:10:39 PM

those look like they should be on a beetle, a VW van or an old British sports car/ hatch back.

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #6 – July 18, 2013, 11:45:23 AM

European ...you mean like these?

I just thought they look different and play into the racing heritage of Fords. The pictures above were my inspiration. :cheers:

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #7 – July 20, 2013, 05:21:07 AM

Well, I stand corrected. I am just going to start eating my words now.... BUT
http://auskellian.com/paul/misc/350-9.jpg

I suppose we are both right good sir.

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #8 – July 20, 2013, 08:05:42 PM

:)

You are correct, too. I lived in Europe (France) and visited a lot throughout western Europe, and know that the british sports cars had minilites and panasports a lot. They were/are also popular with VWs and small Italians...

I remember the triumphs and MGs well, my Father-in-law had a 73 MGT with those

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #9 – July 20, 2013, 10:42:42 PM

Maybe I'm talking myself out of these after looking at "Rota + quality" on google... I'll likely not be racing it, but Tbird, Rota = heavy car, cheap wheels = possible fail. I haven't heard anything bad about the RBs but some of the other wheels may be suspect. These aren't Panasports or Minilites.

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #10 – July 20, 2013, 11:26:30 PM

That would defiantly suck

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #11 – July 21, 2013, 12:29:40 AM

There's a good chance that wheel broke after that car understeered into a curb. Its not like rotas just fall apart.

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #12 – July 21, 2013, 04:13:15 PM

I know. These are used in drift cars and see a lot of abuse, and maybe not reflective of the overall quality.

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #13 – July 22, 2013, 05:30:19 AM

Omg rotars just fall apart!

Anyone try 4 lug minilite style wheels?

Reply #14 – July 24, 2013, 12:52:30 PM

hey those wheels are famous! watching transformers 3 I noticed something. Sams datsun.

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