Wheels

[GregM]

Anyone know of a good place to get the Kosei K1's for the Neon besides the Tire Rack ?

 

[PSherm]

Greg - they occasionally show up on www.neons.org and I bought a set from a guy on sccaforums.com

BTW, the owner of Moder Performance was looking at a group buy for the Rota Slipstreams for Neons. There is a thread on the neons.org site.

 

[rpapa]

From my understanding they have discontinued them.

 

[GregM]

Just weighed the stock wheels 14" at 16 lbs and the new 15" Kosei K1's at 14 lbs

A 205/60/14 Hoosier weighed in at 19 lbs and so did a 205/50/15 Hoosier.

 

[Rabbit07]

Greg,

Am I to understand that a factory wheel with Hoosier tire weighed 19 lbs?


Also, a Kosei with a Hoosier tire wieghted 19 lbs?

Time to go back to the 14's

 

[Greg Amy]

Wrong Greg, but no: the Hoosier tire itself must weigh 19#. My Volk wheels with 225/50-15 tires weighs high 20's total. - GA

 

[Rabbit07]

I was thinking that. I swear I had weighed a Neon wheel with tire at 30 lbs and change.

 

[GregM]

stock wheels 14" at 16 lbs + a 205/60/14 Hoosier weighed in at 19 lbs = 35 lbs.

15" Kosei K1's at 14 lbs + a 205/50/15 Hoosier at 19 lbs. = 33 lbs.

I weighed the item's separately to try to determine which wheels are lighter and which brand tires are lighter. Unsprung weight ya know !!!
Gonna make the trick shocks work.

 

[ner88]

Can someone tell me wheel size?
Width & bolt pattern?
Does anyone make a 15X7?

 

[Andy Bettencourt]

We did this excersize as well on our scales: all 15x7

225/45/15 Hoosier Dry on SSR 32#
225/45/15 Hoosier Dry on Kosei 35#

205/50/15 Hoosier wet on SSR 28#
205/50/15 Hoosier wet on TSW 36# surprised this is close to dry set-up but the rain tire is 4# lighter

205/50/15 Goodyear dry on SSR 28# don't know what Hoosier will be
205/50/15 Hoosier wet on Kosei 33# Kosei is 5# heavier than SSR

(Jerry - the top 2 are RX-7 fitaments and the bottom one is my Miata)

 

[ner88]

Andy
Do the RX7 wheels fit the Neon?
I am not familiar with bolt patterns.

 

[Andy Bettencourt]

No. You have a Neon? Did you buy Randy's red one?

 

[ner88]

No, I haven't bought anything yet, just tossing some ideas around.
It would be nice if I could use the Miata tires on a Neon if I did.
I'm trying to see what wheels are available that are somewhat inexpensive.

 

[Greg Krom]

The Neon uses a 5x100 bolt pattern. Something around 35mm offset works well.

Rota makes two different 15x7 wheels for the Neon, both are available from Modern Performance for under $500/set.

Does anybody have any experience with Rota wheels? The wheels look nice, the specs are right and the pricing is good.

Rota Slipstream - 13.2 lbs

Rota RB - 14.2 lbs