I love the DEEP Concave LOOK of this wheel, but don't trust the company
Those are DOPE!!!
I've heard about the whole 360 thing and seen the threads. The fact that a member (MDGLW?) just got a set from Janoy shows they are still around making wheels. Whats your worry...mostly poor customer service?
I've heard about the whole 360 thing and seen the threads. The fact that a member (MDGLW?) just got a set from Janoy shows they are still around making wheels. Whats your worry...mostly poor customer service?
IMHO all these new wheels that are being called concave, they are not, they're kind of an angled face wheel. These are real concave wheels:
... and even though this wheel looks nice, it's not concave, it actually looks like 08-09 OEM IS-F BBS with an angled face.
... and even though this wheel looks nice, it's not concave, it actually looks like 08-09 OEM IS-F BBS with an angled face.
ExclusivIS: Quite simply I refuse to buy cheap wheels from fly-by-night companies that keep rebranding to avoid customer's from recognizing it's the same brand. Quality companies WANT THEIR NAME TO BE REMEMBERED, NOT FORGOTEN such as BBS, Volk, etc.
What if you bend a wheel 1 year down the road, where are you going to get spare or pretty much you going to throw away 3 rims as no one buys incomplete wheel sets?
I spoke to the VOSSEN rep at SEMA and he specifically told me that wheel pictured does NOT fit IS-F's due to rear brake clearance issues. I think the picture shown above is on a regular ISx50.
ADVAN makes some quality rims and I saw a black IS-F sporting those wheels at SEMA but they certainly don't look that great on the IS-F (personal opinion).
Why is it that BMW owners get all the fun, this wheel would look perfect on the IS-F IMO but of course they don't make a 5x114.3 lug pattern for our cars....this is the BBS CH-R wheel btw:
What if you bend a wheel 1 year down the road, where are you going to get spare or pretty much you going to throw away 3 rims as no one buys incomplete wheel sets?
I spoke to the VOSSEN rep at SEMA and he specifically told me that wheel pictured does NOT fit IS-F's due to rear brake clearance issues. I think the picture shown above is on a regular ISx50.
ADVAN makes some quality rims and I saw a black IS-F sporting those wheels at SEMA but they certainly don't look that great on the IS-F (personal opinion).
Why is it that BMW owners get all the fun, this wheel would look perfect on the IS-F IMO but of course they don't make a 5x114.3 lug pattern for our cars....this is the BBS CH-R wheel btw:
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I've been in Tokyo and will be here fora while so no pics in the near future. You basically have to get rid of all but 8mm of fender and you can run a 275 PS2 with minimal rubbing. If you hit big bumps you will rub. To get more you need to pull the fenders to your liking. Anything less than that level of shaving and you get fender to rim contact.
BTW - it's not saying anything bad about the company. It's great wheel and Vossen was excellent when ordering it.
BTW - it's not saying anything bad about the company. It's great wheel and Vossen was excellent when ordering it.
Last edited by isbeater; Oct 17, 2010 at 08:01 AM.
I've been in Tokyo and will be here fora while so no pics in the near future. You basically have to get rid of all but 8mm of fender and you can run a 275 PS2 with minimal rubbing. If you hit big bumps you will rub. To get more you need to pull the fenders to your liking. Anything less than that level of shaving and you get fender to rim contact.
BTW - it's not saying anything bad about the company. It's great wheel and Vossen was excellent when ordering it.
BTW - it's not saying anything bad about the company. It's great wheel and Vossen was excellent when ordering it.
Are you lowered on coilovers or springs?
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No, I think you may have issues if you lower it, so I opted not to. I'm a bit against lowering a car of this calibre without proper suspesion tuning, which I am admittedly not good at. I figure the R&D is done on the handling and I like how it drives up ramps and handles as it stands. I do wish I could get a more lowered look, but I already have cars that are slammed that I dont drive regularly and don't need another headache to drive.
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