too honda looking?

[yrsdrgn]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/pts/390943553.html

found that and just thought i would share but iono if it'd look nice on a yaris so some photoshop people can you please put it on a yaris? thanks hehe

EDIT: They only had one set of 16x7 with a 40 offset and one set of 15x7 with a 40 offset. I bought the 15x7 with 40 offset so there's still ONE set of 16x7s left for anyone who wants them!!!! dude said that rota rarely does colored rims and if some1 wants them colored they take 2-3 months to get them and then a little longer to make them and sell them. so they're going to be rare rims i'm guessing

[DuckinOut]

those are a nice color . it looks like it will match your headlights nicely

[sdmf]

brickhardmeat has those rims in 15's but in silver. i so wanted to get them but in blue 17's

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a253/081877/yarisiSmall.jpg

[Black Yaris]

I am not a fan of all the rivits, but I do not think they are too honda looking

[Chris07LB]

What the hell is "Honda Looking?"

They are nice, and a pretty good price too.

[ChinoCharles]

BUY! BUY! BUY!

[nsmitchell]

those are a nice color . it looks like it will match your headlights nicely

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[brickhardmeat]

:thumbsup:

[yrsdrgn]

well if you take out that rivet area and extend the spokes it somewhat begins to look like the 2000 civic si rims but i still think they look nice

[brickhardmeat]

they are Mugen M7 knockoffs:thumbsup:

[yrsdrgn]

they are Mugen M7 knockoffs:thumbsup:

Oic. I don't think I've seen a set of them...only known them as the rota jmags

[kimona]

I think they would look great in blue on your Yaris! But, what is the offset?

[Thirty-Nine]

What the hell is "Honda Looking?"


Well, some wheels are typically seen on Honda, or Toyota, Nissans, etc. These are Mugen knock-offs, and Mugen is Honda's in-house tuner, hence why you don't see a lot of other brand with these style of wheels. However, if it looks good and you like 'em, then who cares, right?

[cali yaris]

LOVE THEM, wish I bought them MYSELF, in RED, dammit!

[contraband831]

I would get em those are nice.

[jdgriswald]

What the hell is "Honda Looking?"

AKA "rice"
IMO, yes they are.

[Thirty-Nine]

How are they "rice?"

[yrsdrgn]

iono how they're "rice" but they somewhat remind me a civic si rims but I really like them lol

[RShatchback]

If you like them - then just get them, who cares if someone thinks they are "rice" The word is so subjective anyway. What one person thinks is "rice" may be different than someone else. If you go about putting performance parts and rims on a yaris - your guaranteed to be called rice by someone, no matter how clean - everyone has an opinion and on your car YOURS is the only one that matters.

[sherryberry]

get it get it! and brickhardmeat, i haven't really seen you posting much lately. what's up with that?

[forpinks]

Old Skool! Get something better I guess....

Rota has nicer rims than that.

[brickhardmeat]

better? I bought what I wanted what could be better than that?

everyone has a different taste and style, yawn


I got them because I liked them, I didn't bother asking what anyone else thought about them before I made the purchase, however purchasing rota wheels in general is a big "no no" to some because they are knockoffs, yawn

who cares


sherry,

seriously, why do I bother:confused:

[seanele]

I am not a fan of all the rivits, but I do not think they are too honda looking

agreed...!! and they do look good with the Blazing Blue Yaris...:biggrin:

I like that style..but i'm more to the style of Tenzo R series. probably will pick 'em this weekend at Autobacs.

[seanele]

AKA "rice"


oohh..here we go again...
:rolleyes:

[seanele]

get it get it! and brickhardmeat, i haven't really seen you posting much lately. what's up with that?

hahaha..
if you haven't seen his posts..means you haven't been in here more often.
or..maybe i'm the one whois not been here often?...hhmmm....not sure about that since i'm here everyday...but.., oh well...what ever...:)

[yrsdrgn]

after pulling a few strings here's the result. 15x7 with 40 offset
had to give back the div3 cuz i'd be too pressured with owning a set of those. I might be able to use them for shows though if he lets me ^^ but for now these are my rims. Now to stretch them old stocker tires onto these =P

[brickhardmeat]

NO!!!!!

please don't stretch those bridgestone potenza tires on there, grab a set of 205/50/15 and drop those coilovers all the way:thumbsup:

grab some falkens anything but don't put the stock tires on these, please

just keep the stock wheels for a spare set:thumbup:

the wheels look great and I prefer the 15 inch size for this wheel

by the way you will want some spacers in the rear

[yrsdrgn]

don't stretch the potenza tires? ok ok. ahha my car is lowered on cusco compact-s coilovers =P and you recommend 205/50/15 for them eh? alright i'll go with you on that one

[brickhardmeat]

don't stretch the potenza tires? ok ok. ahha my car is lowered on cusco compact-s coilovers =P and you recommend 205/50/15 for them eh? alright i'll go with you on that one

I edited my post I couldn't remember what coils you had, the car will feel a million times better with that size too :thumbsup:

[yrsdrgn]

haha cool. I'll be sure to get 205/50/15 for them. I'll probably go with toyo proxes t1r tires lol

[brickhardmeat]

haha cool. I'll be sure to get 205/50/15 for them. I'll probably go with toyo proxes t1r tires lol

that is a nice choice:smile:

[yrsdrgn]

hehe thanks. Now to update the first post =P

Edit: first post is somewhat updated

[yrsdrgn]

hey brickhardmeat, which lug nuts do you use with the rotas?

[brickhardmeat]

Gorilla 20 piece kit 1.5 chrome/closed end

They have a blue version too

[DuckinOut]

haha cool. I'll be sure to get 205/50/15 for them. I'll probably go with toyo proxes t1r tires lol

not sure if you wanna go with 205's if you want more of a grip on the road, i would say some wider tires like 215s and that would help protect the lip from any curb rash also, if your gonna lower it some more, 50s might rub just a lil bit, minus well go with some 45s, a lil lower profile and in my opinion it's feels more stable and not so wavey from side to side

[sherryberry]

hahaha..
if you haven't seen his posts..means you haven't been in here more often.
or..maybe i'm the one whois not been here often?...hhmmm....not sure about that since i'm here everyday...but.., oh well...what ever...:)

I just don't remember seeing posts of his in any threads for maybe a few days and that's a lot of days without brick! and i am having problems finding that thread about movies that we've seen recently. oh well

[elsteverino889]

Look at my car with rotas but needs to be dropped http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7789

[brickhardmeat]

205/50/15 is perfect.

[joey1320]

205/50/15 is perfect.

double that. that size looks awesome on 15" wheels.
nice wheels btw:thumbup:

[Thirty-Nine]

Looking forward to pics of them installed!

[yrsdrgn]

i should be able to have them installed by next month or so. as for tires yea i think 205/50/15 is alright cuz i had 205/45/16 on the div 3.

[yrsdrgn]

i wonder if i can use the muteki tuner lug nuts with these

[DuckinOut]

i think any "acorn" tip lugs work fine with any aftermarket rims . usually the rounded tip lugs are for the stock rims

[seanele]

Gorilla 20 piece kit 1.5 chrome/closed end

They have a blue version too

damn..i saw this Gorilla last weekend, but i couldn't remember exactly which store. i think it was at Autobacs..(hhmm...i gotta go back and check again)

i already have a set in chrome..but i'm thinking of getting the blue for my Yaris.

[yrsdrgn]

anyone have a link to the gorilla blue lock nuts?

[brickhardmeat]

http://www.jlbmotorsports.com/rims/rota-list.html

scroll down to the bottom

[yrsdrgn]

are those lock nuts as well as lug nuts? that's the only big that that confuses me lol cuz for the div3 they had a special set of lug nuts.

[brickhardmeat]

are those lock nuts as well as lug nuts? that's the only big that that confuses me lol cuz for the div3 they had a special set of lug nuts.

yes they are spine type nuts with a key

[yrsdrgn]

hmmm interesting. i might go with the muteki ones since they're the same thing

[tk-421]

Nice wheels, dragon! I agree they'll look killer in your car.

[yrsdrgn]

haha thanks tk-421. just photoshop some blue jmags on brick's yaris and that's basically my yaris since his is lowered =P

[brickhardmeat]

haha thanks tk-421. just photoshop some blue jmags on brick's yaris and that's basically my yaris since his is lowered =P

keep in mind pic is not as lowered as it is now, that was just 2 inches front and rear, more like 3 front and 2.5 rear now:thumbsup:

I need new pics:smile:

[yrsdrgn]

wow 3inches now? i've only dropped about 2 cuz of the roads here.

[contraband831]

Great buy, do you know if they get em in 17" i love this rim and yes they are fairly rare and hard to find.

[brickhardmeat]

Great buy, do you know if they get em in 17" i love this rim and yes they are fairly rare and hard to find.

good luck finding them in that size, I have seen them but not for sale, I was told by jlb that the only colors available right now are polished or black with polished lip and they only sell the 15 inch size (my preference)

these guys have 16 inch jmag in polished, red or gold

http://www.racinglab.com/rota-j-mag-16410040671.html

[yrsdrgn]

Great buy, do you know if they get em in 17" i love this rim and yes they are fairly rare and hard to find.

They told me that they only have 15s and 16s so I don't think they can get them in 17s but you can try e-mailing them. They are fast in responding to e-mails so it's probably worth a try.

[Polish0017]

Too much rice for my taste. I only like silver, chrome, and black rims. Color reminds of 2 Fast 2 Furious.

[yrsdrgn]

Too much rice for my taste. I only like silver, chrome, and black rims. Color reminds of 2 Fast 2 Furious.

I see. O well, to each his own. I got Kumho Ecsta ASX (Ku21) tires for the rims. they should be mounted on today but I'm going to drop them onto the car after monday which is my scheduled appointment for the first oil chance/service.

[kimona]

Too much rice for my taste. I only like silver, chrome, and black rims. Color reminds of 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Off topic... but, I really dislike that term "rice". Afterall we're all talking about a Japanese car that we love and it just plain sounds derogatory. I wish we could all agree not to use "rice" on this forum.

[seanele]

Too much rice for my taste. I only like silver, chrome, and black rims. Color reminds of 2 Fast 2 Furious.

rice or not, ..i still love the Yaris.

chrome wheels??...:thumbdown: :thumbdown:

[yrsdrgn]

rice or not, ..i still love the Yaris.

chrome wheels??...:thumbdown: :thumbdown:

haha they're polished =P

[yrsdrgn]

alright well i got them installed today after my oil change. car is at 4,650 miles haha

[brickhardmeat]

Looks real good. Those center caps are much better than the ones they sent me. I trashed the ones I got.

[contraband831]

Nice, Civic






just kidding, love those wheels i was looking for them in 17's, in that color but they are hard to come by.

[kimona]

Looking good! So, those are 15x7, 40's with 205/50's. Is that right, yrsdrgn?

[yrsdrgn]

Nice, Civic






just kidding, love those wheels i was looking for them in 17's, in that color but they are hard to come by.

They don't have them in 17s when i checked. they had one set of 16x7s left

Looking good! So, those are 15x7, 40's with 205/50's. Is that right, yrsdrgn?

yup yup 15x7 wit 40 offset and 205/50/15 tires ^^

As for the center caps I asked the guys who sold me the rims about different center caps and they said "here's what we have" and then i asked about the ones you see on my rims and they just gave it to me.........i checked their site during the night time and found out that them center caps sell for $18/each and i got 4 of them for free!!! lol

[seanele]

nice rims!!
are you sure they are 15??.
they more like 16in to me.

[sherryberry]

yay for new wheels

[yrsdrgn]

hehe thanks for the comments. I'll be doing a little photoshoot on saturday at the legion of honor =P hopefully all goes well.

[kimona]

nice rims!!
are you sure they are 15??.
they more like 16in to me.

I have to agree with seanele, those wheels look like 16's.

With those small blue centers and the large polished rim, I thought the wheels would look like 13's. Wrong!

[yrsdrgn]

I have to agree with seanele, those wheels look like 16's.

With those small blue centers and the large polished rim, I thought the wheels would look like 13's. Wrong!

Hmm. If they do in fact look like 16's then I guess i made the right choice with the 15's hehe. Yea the wheels w/out tires mounted on them did look rather small.

[kimona]

The "problem" with the Yaris is that for such a small car it has a huge appetite to "swallow up" wheels.

Choosing the right set-up is important visually because many wheel/tire applications all the way up to 17's just look tiny on this car!

Yrsdrgn, you got very lucky, and your car looks great!

BTW, you could run some hubcentric spacers in the rear if you want a bit better look.

[yrsdrgn]

The "problem" with the Yaris is that for such a small car it has a huge appetite to "swallow up" wheels.

Choosing the right set-up is important visually because many wheel/tire applications all the way up to 17's just look tiny on this car!

Yrsdrgn, you got very lucky, and your car looks great!

BTW, you could run some hubcentric spacers in the rear if you want a bit better look.

Thanks. Lucky? I think i might have been very lucky cuz the guy had a set of 16's and 15's lying around.

And I will try for 5mm spacers in the rear because I think that's about all I'll be needing to make it look more flush. I'll probably do that after i get my dent fixed in in the rear right fender (you can see in the pictures since all that i posted is the right side of the car haha)

[kimona]

Yup, 5mm's. That's what I'd try in the rear. Should look quite nice!

Find a GOOD bodyshop.

[yrsdrgn]

I've been looking around and found this place in my area called 19th ave auto body. I've seen some reviews of it and it's pretty decent. I'll have to check it out next month or so.

[redyaris]

They look fabulous yrsdrgn. Come join me on my ricequest.

[yrsdrgn]

They look fabulous yrsdrgn. Come join me on my ricequest.

Lol. The only things left for me and the exterior of the car is the carbon fiber hood and to install my carbon fiber side skirts. =P