Hi, finally installed the RPF1 after about 12months of considering it.... since boss gave us half day today, I headed down to the tyre shop for the installation. Paid the following
RM1850 for 4xrims + rim centering spacer + Alu Valves (New, after trade in old rims)
RM430 for Rays lugnuts
RM50 for new tyre removal tool
Need a new tyre removal socket as the Rays are 19mm and our original ones are 21mm.
Rims are light wei, handling went up one notch!! These are 16" and Enkei says it weights 13.7lbs = 6.2kg. The 15" are even more anorexic weigheing only 9.8lbs = 4.9kg. My tire guy initially bought in one 15" (silver) and two 16" (white). All of them are gone and I guess he wants to clear this. From what I read they are also very strong. I'm hoping that they will be excellent for track day. The car drives differently, small bumps and mid undulations are not so obvious now... reducing the unsprung weight also cause the steering to be a tad lighter and sharper.
I cant seem to find the center cap for the rims in Msai. To buy on-line is just to x, one will set you back US35.. OUCH!! Crazy man .. if any of you got jalan pls let me know, pics attached. They are special sized made for the Enkeis' only .. DUH!!
Got a set of Rays lugnuts too. These are the longer version ones, according to tire guy this is suppose to be better as they prevent scratches on the rims. Who says you cant have your rice and drive it too!! Hahahahaha ..... The rims even got a few eyefull from a bunch of ah bengs that were hanging around waiting for their carpet-zebra stripe dash-super spoiler vortex generator-brembo cover-hello kitty-interfooler super monster beast doing their alignment. I'm also a bit worried on caps of the aluminium valves beind nicked. Just yesterday I lost 3 on my old rims.. the new ones being a shade of ah beng blue .... sigh : (
There is also this ultralegga staring at me .. its nice and even lighter but out of my budget. Rims being white will have a headace cleaning it.. hopefully the guy that washes my car 3x a week wont complain too much... else have to top up his fee and buy him a can of rim cleaner every month.
I'm getting this for the price and performace and am hoping that the looks will grow on me ......
RM1850 for 4xrims + rim centering spacer + Alu Valves (New, after trade in old rims)
RM430 for Rays lugnuts
RM50 for new tyre removal tool
Need a new tyre removal socket as the Rays are 19mm and our original ones are 21mm.
Rims are light wei, handling went up one notch!! These are 16" and Enkei says it weights 13.7lbs = 6.2kg. The 15" are even more anorexic weigheing only 9.8lbs = 4.9kg. My tire guy initially bought in one 15" (silver) and two 16" (white). All of them are gone and I guess he wants to clear this. From what I read they are also very strong. I'm hoping that they will be excellent for track day. The car drives differently, small bumps and mid undulations are not so obvious now... reducing the unsprung weight also cause the steering to be a tad lighter and sharper.
I cant seem to find the center cap for the rims in Msai. To buy on-line is just to x, one will set you back US35.. OUCH!! Crazy man .. if any of you got jalan pls let me know, pics attached. They are special sized made for the Enkeis' only .. DUH!!
Got a set of Rays lugnuts too. These are the longer version ones, according to tire guy this is suppose to be better as they prevent scratches on the rims. Who says you cant have your rice and drive it too!! Hahahahaha ..... The rims even got a few eyefull from a bunch of ah bengs that were hanging around waiting for their carpet-zebra stripe dash-super spoiler vortex generator-brembo cover-hello kitty-interfooler super monster beast doing their alignment. I'm also a bit worried on caps of the aluminium valves beind nicked. Just yesterday I lost 3 on my old rims.. the new ones being a shade of ah beng blue .... sigh : (
There is also this ultralegga staring at me .. its nice and even lighter but out of my budget. Rims being white will have a headace cleaning it.. hopefully the guy that washes my car 3x a week wont complain too much... else have to top up his fee and buy him a can of rim cleaner every month.
I'm getting this for the price and performace and am hoping that the looks will grow on me ......
(Andrew) 16" Virgin white RPF1s
(Andrew) RPF1s installed with blue anodized Rays Engineering extended length lugnuts. Got Bling?
(Andrew) Lightweight aluminium air valve. These come with the RPF1s. Jacko, next time pls clean the wheel first before taking pixslar..
(Andrew) Now is this the fiercest looking SGTI in all Malaysia or what?.JPG)
14 comments:
Bro,
This is my blog. Not a public forum. So long as you're not making racist remarks on offending the powers that be I couldn't be bothere :)
rims looking hot!
interfooler heheee
where do you get that rim?? quite cheap la... 18++k how waz it?? can really feel the diff between ya old rim and the new rim??
1.8K++ is after trade-in I believe. Jacko mana lu?
1.8k after trade in. dont you think its worth it andrew? yummy yummy. they will look the bomb on your car. consider getting em yea!!!!
or u dont have to get rid of ur current ones. keep em for spare!!!!!!
SV,
No, not at this pont. The money has already been used for other purposes. Jack will know :P
Jack,
Did I hear gold? Dammit! U guys ah! BTW.. Lightweight crank pulley and CNC machined strut bar here. Will post in my other blog once I go pick it up. Wanted to do tonite but rained too heavt :(
what new stuff? the cnc crankpulley and strutbar?
rpf1's weighs NOTHING! its worth it! and it will look damn cool. gold, silver, white. all look great!
*poison*
Sorry. Dropping the RPF1 idea.
NOOOO!!!
what is the offset of this rims?? does it scrap the fender when u fitted it to your sgti??
Offset is modest 42 and since its the original 16" no problem, clears everything. However, the car is fitted with Evo3 lower arms that gives it a wider track of about 10mm.
You got it right! White rims need extra care and cleaning, and for a busy person like you, it may not be the best rim color. However, its light-colored nature makes it a stand out when you're on the road. But I hope your car wash guy is doing great in cleaning it! :)
Regards,
Sebastian
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