New 15x8 wheel coming!

[markseven]

Weak sauce! They are available 9/15/08. zOMG thats my birfday! Yay, maybe I will get a set for my birfday!

Early Happy Burfday!

[Elephant]

Ok, I see the info is already posted here. Yeah, confirmed again today that the initial shipment is due mid Sept. I asked which sizes will be in this shipment and, without confirmation yet, it seems there will be some of all sizes.

Regarding weights of the 15x7...I expressed the need for them to weigh 13lbs for SpecE30 and was told this would be addressed but perhaps it's not updated on their site yet. As stated in an earlier post, if they are listed as 12.9lbs I'm fairly certain you'll be hard pressed to find one under 13lbs.

Yes, these are likely to be out before anything from other vendors and I'd like to think this is because of me. I've been hounding them to make at least a 15x8 replacement in 5 lug since the Kosei's went away....for like 2 years now. I think they likely would have made something anyway but I also think me pushing this has made it happen much sooner. I also looked at other options to get stuff made but given the investment required to get wheels made it just wasn't a reasonable option for me. Plus honestly most of the options that were more affordable look a lot like ass warmed over. I've never felt the Koseis were attractive by any means but man, some of the stuff out there today makes me ill. Blagh.

Course style/appearance is quite subjective anyway so in the end perhaps most people find this design ass ugly.

Cheers.

[Elephant]

Sweet, they beat UUC/Bimmerworld to the punch

I'm not sure if they are working on anything right now. I'd talked to UUC about getting 15x8's made but the investment was just too much for me right now, I cannot tie up that much cash. Last year or at least quite a while ago both UUC and bw advertised 15x7 D Force wheels. I've yet to see anyone running them though, not sure if they ever came out or not. The D Force are decent looking wheels at least.

Cheers.

[cheades]

Were you ever able to check the inner barrell to see clearance for brakes (bbk)? How about a side profile so we can see how concave the spokes are?

[Mclassy]

I wish someone had a set already! I want to see them mounted.

[gearheadE30]

^^+1

[evil_twin]

I might have missed this, but what is the offset going to be on these wheels for the 15x8s?

[Brian D]

I think +20.

[Elephant]

Were you ever able to check the inner barrell to see clearance for brakes (bbk)? How about a side profile so we can see how concave the spokes are?

Ah, yes, brake clearance. I sent in I think 2 templates. Let me see if I received a response. Seems like I did but I may have had another question or something. Sorry to have dropped this. I'll report back tomorrow.

Cheers.

[rwh11385]

Ok, I see the info is already posted here. Yeah, confirmed again today that the initial shipment is due mid Sept. I asked which sizes will be in this shipment and, without confirmation yet, it seems there will be some of all sizes.

Regarding weights of the 15x7...I expressed the need for them to weigh 13lbs for SpecE30 and was told this would be addressed but perhaps it's not updated on their site yet. As stated in an earlier post, if they are listed as 12.9lbs I'm fairly certain you'll be hard pressed to find one under 13lbs.

Yes, these are likely to be out before anything from other vendors and I'd like to think this is because of me. I've been hounding them to make at least a 15x8 replacement in 5 lug since the Kosei's went away....for like 2 years now. I think they likely would have made something anyway but I also think me pushing this has made it happen much sooner. I also looked at other options to get stuff made but given the investment required to get wheels made it just wasn't a reasonable option for me. Plus honestly most of the options that were more affordable look a lot like ass warmed over. I've never felt the Koseis were attractive by any means but man, some of the stuff out there today makes me ill. Blagh.

Course style/appearance is quite subjective anyway so in the end perhaps most people find this design ass ugly.

Cheers.

Jack,

thanks for your information update and encouraging someone to come out with these. The Kazeras were a good offering, but I definitely think these look cooler and 15x8s rock.

[evil_twin]

Hey, why is there 2 holes for valve stems? I saw another wheel like this and didn't know why.

[Tchao]

Its for purging. When you fill it with nitrogen, you let the normal air out the other end until the tire is completely Nitrogen.

[Elephant]

Ah, yes, brake clearance. I sent in I think 2 templates. Let me see if I received a response. Seems like I did but I may have had another question or something. Sorry to have dropped this. I'll report back tomorrow.

Cheers.

Still waiting to hear back on this.....

Cheers.

[Elephant]

Jack,

thanks for your information update and encouraging someone to come out with these. The Kazeras were a good offering, but I definitely think these look cooler and 15x8s rock.

Yeah, the Kazeras were a nice wheel I thought and the main goal was to get a decent, low price wheel available for SpecE30. The Kazera fit that bill perfectly. But I'd been pushing TR to find me a replacement for the 15x8 Koseis that I ran on my E30 M3. It's really only natural for them to make this wheel in multiple fitments in order to keep cost/price down. And it benefits many others rather than just the small E30 M3 crowd, glad they did it this way.

Cheers.

[xLibelle]

With intense anticipation of this wheel, I am now sorry to say my current budget wont allow this purchase. I will have to wait until early spring for the new rims and slicks.
The question i have now is, how many are being produced / To what extent will these wheels remain on the market?