Need help finding wheels to clear big brake kit

[Oddiish]

Hi guys.

I've got a 3000gt vr4 bbk going on my 2g soon. I know for my current 17x7 +45 wheels to clear I need spacers, which I have already, so that's taken care of.

My question is: eventually I will be getting bigger/wider wheels; probably something in the 17 or 18x9 or 9.5...what wheel design is best for clearing big brakes? By design I mean, I tend to see most wheels either have spokes that extend to the outside of the wheel lip and are more "concave", OR, have a flat/convex face and a deep lip.

Which would be best for clearing the larger calipers?
My offset on the new wheels would be around +35 as well.

 

[ACM]

The easy answer is any wheel style that works on an Evo 8/9 will clear VR4 brakes by a country mile. Offset is not that important, spoke design is.

I use 18x10.5 RPF1s and 17x8 Kosei K1 TS which work with Evo 8/9 brakes, and they both clear the VR4 brakes on my a/x car with masses of room. I also have 18x10.5 CCW Classics, which require a 1/4" spacer to clear the VR4 brakes and probably a 3/4" spacer to clear Evo brakes.

 

[Oddiish]

Awesome, thanks for confirming what I had been thinking.
I see a few evo guys running bbs LM's which makes me wonder if the spoke design gives more clearance. BBS LM's would be my absolute first choice if I could run them without either a huge spacer making them poke a ton, or a 4x4 ride height.

You saying your 10.5 wide classics needed a spacer scares me. Lol

 

[Jon91TSi]

I have the VR4TT / Mustang rotor setup on one of my 1g's. I have a set of Evo8's on it, and I have about 3mm of clearance between the spoke and the outermost edge of the caliper. I wouldn't get any closer than that, even though my calipers are powder coated black they are still getting bitched up from small stones and gravel that get kicked up and get between the wheel and caliper.

 

[Tiki2777]

The easy answer is any wheel style that works on an Evo 8/9 will clear VR4 brakes by a country mile. Offset is not that important, spoke design is.

I use 18x10.5 RPF1s and 17x8 Kosei K1 TS which work with Evo 8/9 brakes, and they both clear the VR4 brakes on my a/x car with masses of room. I also have 18x10.5 CCW Classics, which require a 1/4" spacer to clear the VR4 brakes and probably a 3/4" spacer to clear Evo brakes.

It may depend on the 3KGT VR4 conversion hes using/doing/making etc. The old company that used to do make brackets had them use the stock vr4 rotors (can't remember the name of them), but if he uses RTM racing's kit it is a 13" rotor from a mustang cobra. So, I don't know if that makes any difference, but its something to think about I guess.

 

[jjw205]

I had a hard time finding something that fit and looked good. Ended up going with Rota Torque 18"x8" with a +35 offset. Fit great on the car, and have about 1/2" clearance between the spoke and caliper.

 

[Oddiish]

I will be using the RTM kit. Thanks for that pic of the Torque's, thats been a wheel I've looked at a few times. I was reading some of the other threads with people making blanket statements like "anything +35 offset or lower will clear Evo Brembos" which seems a little hard to believe with all the variations of style.
Like I said, I do prefer the CCW/BBS LM style of wheel; you dont see them often on DSM's...maybe this is the reason.

 

[jjw205]

I will be using the RTM kit. Thanks for that pic of the Torque's, thats been a wheel I've looked at a few times. I was reading some of the other threads with people making blanket statements like "anything +35 offset or lower will clear Evo Brembos" which seems a little hard to believe with all the variations of style.
Like I said, I do prefer the CCW/BBS LM style of wheel; you dont see them often on DSM's...maybe this is the reason.

Yea, I didn't love the Torque at first, but it grew on me a lot, and it looks great in person, being "concave", it's hard to see in pictures.

I used the RTM brackets, hubcentric rings, and the braided lines for a 2G. The rest I pieced together for much cheaper.

I had another set of 18's that were +40 I believe, and they were not even close. They needed a 1" spacer to clear, which I did not want to use. By the time you buy (good) spacers, and (good) extended lugs, and new lug nuts, you can almost buy another set of wheels. So the spoke design has the biggest impact.