kendroz

Car is CG and I will stick with 17 x 7 for wheel protection.
The construction of Enkei RP03 seems better than G-Games, but the 77W looks nicier and I believe that they are cheaper.

Enkei RP03 are ET45 and 16.2lbs
G-Games 77W are ET42 and around 17.5.

Were can I get a good price on Enkei?

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Thanks to all

Maxboost

Wow you are going the same options i did.
I ended up bought G-Games to save some money for good rubber.
As for construction, the RPO3s are way stronger and better.
The best price I found is from www.gruppe-s.com give 'em a call their customer service is top notch.
You can also go to discount tire since they do price matching.

mandercruso

I got the Enkei RP03 at www.WheelsBoutique.com. Call them and talk to Ben at ext 201. They beat everyone else's prices my about $300. Just an FYI though, I have 18s on my car, and they look somewhat small. I think 17s would look pretty tiny. As far as wheel protection goes, I'm running 235/40-18 with no problems so far (granted it hasn't been a whole week yet, lol). I'd recommend at least 18s.

~Amanda

xizor

why are people dissing the g-games quality? have you heard anything bad about them specifically, or anything better about the enkei's?

kendroz

Great recommendations!!

Thanks to all of you for your help!

BlackTSX

That does seem pretty odd, ive had mine since last june, no problems at all. I would say they are quite stong and they weight no more then the stock rims, mine in 18 were actaully 2-3 pounds lighter

Maxboost

G-Games is not a bad wheel at all, I also bought a set and it's on my car right now. Looks gorgeous, too. EXCEPT that between these two Enkei just has a little bit of edge since the way it was construct was half forged while the G-Games is just a normal cast wheel. You can definitely tell that the quality is some what difference. In the G-Games you get universal hole, so it's kinda ugly IMO. As for Enkei it came with 5 bolt application and numorous weight saving measuers been put into this wheel.
So between these two i'll have to say Enkei is a better wheels. DOH it's more expensive, too! HOWEVER the RPO3 has an inner lip which gonna make your wheel looks smaller than it's suppose to be. At least to my eyes.
But I'm sure we can be assure with G-Games since Rays Engineering made them.

virtualbong

Enkei rims are all half forged?

Dan Martin

How do you half forge something???

CGTSX2004

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Forged rim with cast spokes or vice versa?

Dan Martin

Oh like a two piece rim...

Ususally the spokes are forged and they use a spun rim (similar to how you make a cooking pot).

mandercruso

Actually the RP03 doesn't really have an inner lip. The only reason it looks somewhat smaller is because the spokes curve a bit.... but definitely no significant lip there...

Amanda

xizor

except that the RP03 isn't a 2-piece wheel. this page says they're rolling forged, whatever that means. I don't understand how its half cast/forged though

Maxboost

I think I've misinterpretted it.
I didn't mean half forged, since it's impossible to make on one piece rim such as RPO3. What I meant is the strength of the RPO3 is better than cast but not as strong as forged wheels out there (TE37 for example). I was going to say sth like "half way between forged and cast". As for the lip that I was talking about it's the lip that's beneath the spoke. It looks thicker than G-Games and most wheels that's why it looks smaller than it's suppose to be.
The rolling forged or whatever it is that xizor is referring to it's more like a gimmick or selling point by Enkei; HOWEVER, it does make their wheels slightly stronger than cast ones but not as expensive as forged wheels.
Most of the wheels in their racing series are top notch and high in quality. The NT03 wheels by Enkei stems from the wheels that's being used in JGTC road racing right now. Strong and light as hell. There's also a performance line which is not as good as the racing series. RSV, RS5, and RS7 are all in this category.
Enkei is a very reputable wheel company just not as famous as Rays and ricers love them because they're cheap (in the performance line).
More info http://www.enkei.co.jp/en/t_mat.html

PS. If I had more money I would have bought the RPO3 hands down.

kendroz

Guys you are all great!!

I convinced that I will go 18 x 7.5 with Enkei's in the few months!

Thanks to all