With the proper wheel spacers (4x110 to 5x114.3, or having someone mill out commonly available 4x108's) your first generation RX-7 can have some pretty nice looking wheels (the ones on the left, which are attached to the axle (only took a month)):
Here I borrowed the rims from an 08 Civic Si which are 17" with low profile tires. In comparison to the standard 14" rims with high-profile tires that came stock, they look better and will provide better performance: there will be no need to worry about high-profile tire roll through turns. The only downside, as you will see with the next photo, is the addition of width to your wheel base.
You may be saying, "Whoa! more width means more surface area which means more traction! SWEET!" Yes, these will provide a lot better traction and handling, and you can actually buy high performance tires for these rims unlike the stock 14's, but they also add 5 1/2" to your wheel-base (including 2-2" spacers and extra width of the rim)... which doesn't quite fit within the wheel wells. You have two alternatives: cut up your rear quarter panels and make bigger wheel wells, something resembling those of a wide-body 911, or keep your crappy 14" stock rims because no one makes nice rims with that bolt pattern.
Here I borrowed the rims from an 08 Civic Si which are 17" with low profile tires. In comparison to the standard 14" rims with high-profile tires that came stock, they look better and will provide better performance: there will be no need to worry about high-profile tire roll through turns. The only downside, as you will see with the next photo, is the addition of width to your wheel base.
You may be saying, "Whoa! more width means more surface area which means more traction! SWEET!" Yes, these will provide a lot better traction and handling, and you can actually buy high performance tires for these rims unlike the stock 14's, but they also add 5 1/2" to your wheel-base (including 2-2" spacers and extra width of the rim)... which doesn't quite fit within the wheel wells. You have two alternatives: cut up your rear quarter panels and make bigger wheel wells, something resembling those of a wide-body 911, or keep your crappy 14" stock rims because no one makes nice rims with that bolt pattern.
You are simply right about how reacted upon it. It's a good choice. I am astounded and might as well start working on my own project.
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