thought a few people here might be interested in this, this size and offset are hard to come by without dropping $3k+ on Rays/Volks, CCW, etc.

Rota recently released their RT5 wheel in a 17x10 +50 5x114.3 size

weight is on the fugly side at 20# each but they are really cheap, a new set is FS on eBay for $800, they are probably under $900/set of four through regular retail channels

a few S2000 guys are tracking on them

 

These would go great with the newly released Hoosier 275/35 17. Cheap and fast!

Nice find!

-Andrew

 

That's a nice wheel for the price

 

Yep, one of the S2000 racers is sponsored by Rota and some some data from a race where he ran those with some lighter wheels (Enkei's) back to back. The difference was about 0.2.

New 17x10 wheels - S2KI Honda S2000 Forums

 

20 lbs isn't bad at all for 17x10s. my 17x10 FN01R-Cs are like 22-23 lbs each and my 18x10.5 RPF1s are 19 lbs...


I recently bought a set of 18x12 rotas (23 lbs) and so far I'm pretty darn pleased with them.

Rota is definitely starting to step it up...

 

Kinda look like a cross between Desmonds and Advans. Nice find and good luck!


EDIT: This thread really IS worthless without pics.
Rota RT5:

 

well the 17 x 10 +45 SSR Type C-RS was 16.9# and the same in 10.5" was 17.2#

those days seem to be gone though ....

 

With all wheel-snobbery and jokes aside, in all seriousness are Rotas proven strong and safe enough for serious track use? Just wondered if there was any info on construction process, etc?

 

There's some horror stories, but there are also a lot more stories about how they work just fine. I had a set of SubZeros on my old Protege5 for about a year (including more than a few laguna seca days) and never had a complaint. Once I got rid of them for a set of real JDM wheels on it, tho, I never looked back. It's all about what's important to YOU, the driver of the car.

The old saying goes: "Light, Cheap, Strong. Pick two."

 

You'd be surprised how many folks use them at the track, with racing slicks or r-compound. They are very popular with the S2000, WRX and Lotus Elise owners who track their cars. Some of their older wheel models were not up to that kind of a task..

 

Thats good to hear. As much as I love, and have owned my fair share of high end wheels it would be nice to have a low cost option that can still take the abuse.

 

Why not just run a 17x10 +38MM rpf1? These can be had for $1,050 shipped on ebay. Maybe less through one of the vendors here in rx7club?

You can easily fit a 255/40/17 tire on that with some rolled fender lips. I am running 18x10 +38 with 265/35/18 all around with rolled fender lips.

17x10 RPF1 weigh 16.9 lbs

 

I have a set of 949Racing wheels on my FD 17x10 with a 52mm offset. These were a shade over $1,000 and they fairly light. Can weigh em this week if anybody is interested.

Sorry for the thread jack, but I figured I would throw out info about a budget priced set of rims to add to the options.

 

Weigh them!

 

With two valve stems installed I came up with 19.4lbs.

 

Good thing with these wheels is that they give the option of running nitrogen with the dual valves. Here's a pic of them on my car with Toyo 275/40/17s front and rear. Note - same offset as S2000 IMG00088-20100923-1714.jpg?t=1285655137

 

Only issue with the 949 wheels is they aren't available anymore. Was looking to buy a second set a while back. Glad i picked up the ones i did.

Glad to see rota has an option out.

 

Lousy offset for those that like wide tires... I run 295/35/17 on factory fenders, that won't happen with a 38mm offset. Maybe in the rear if they are rolled flat, but not a chance in the front.

 

R the wheel still for sale

 

Those are wide tires, and should only be run with 17x11 wheels. otherwise you will have less grip than less wide tires stretched on the wheel.

 

Not necessarily true, depends on the tires and the use. In my case the 295 is faster then the 275. I'd run a 315 on an 11" wheel, at least in a Hoosier.

 

Just to follow up on this thread, some of the S2000 owners are finding that the wheels will not clear BBK's. One of them had correspondence with Rota about clearance before purchasing, but they didn't not clear his Stoptech kit.

 

I have a set of the 17x10 949R wheels too. Posted this up because they NLA and I know FD3 owners want something in this size/offset range.

just ordered a set of Bogart 17x10.5 +48 3pc wheels race wheels for my RX8 and even won't be all that light, about 18# each. I could have bought 3 sets of the Rota wheels though so you can't beat the price, lol :-/

 

Did anyone ever buy a set of these? I'm wondering about fitment and tire size you are running as well as where you purchased

 

I just installed mine a couple of days ago, fitment is pretty good, the fronts look they might need a small fender roll or increased camber, I still need to get mine aligned though so its hard to tell. It is very close to perfect though. The rears are about 1/4" away from the rear trailing arm, and will prob need a 3-5mm spacer because the the center of the rear hubs pushed the center cap out by a couple of mm. But they undoubtedly will fit underneath a stock car.

I got mine off of Ebay for less than 800 shipped, and went with bridgestone RE760s 265/40/17.