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Old 11-29-2009, 06:29 PM
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Has anyone bought wheels from JLB motorsports? They do honda stuff but they sell Rota wheels for pretty cheap. I'm looking to get the Rota GT3 in 15x7. They are 4x100 with +40 offset. Bore is 67 so I know I need the hubcentric rings. Will these wheels fit my 03 MCS? I'm going to put 205/50/15 tires on it. It's not lowered yet so I'm worried there will be too big of a gap between the fender and tires. Thanks for the help.
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I am currently running 15x7 +40 wheels with 205/50/15 tires. And there is a huge gap...

I would say it's ugly, but these are my winter wheels/tires so I can deal.
I've also noticed I scrape more than I do with stock wheels and tires.

It'll look better lowered, but also be scraping a heck lot more I guess.
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Has anyone bought wheels from JLB motorsports? They do honda stuff but they sell Rota wheels for pretty cheap. I'm looking to get the Rota GT3 in 15x7. They are 4x100 with +40 offset. Bore is 67 so I know I need the hubcentric rings. Will these wheels fit my 03 MCS? I'm going to put 205/50/15 tires on it. It's not lowered yet so I'm worried there will be too big of a gap between the fender and tires. Thanks for the help.
Yes they will. I just tried Motegi TrakLite 2's 15x7's ET35 and they fit nice, other than gap and scrapping. I will use them for track days and occasionally for summers. So, if you use them for auto-x event you will be fine, for daily driving as well as long as you don't lower it too much. If you are gonna be switching for auto-x event, may I also suggest TSW stud conversion. Here is a pic of mine albeit lowered 0.5 inches w/ JCW springs.
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