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Rota warehouse is out of RB 16X7 (40 ET, 4X100, 56.1) in Silver. Any idea when Rota will be restocking its warehouse with this wheel? (Seems like a very popular wheel).
Rota warehouse is out of RB 16X7 (40 ET, 4X100, 56.1) in Silver. Any idea when Rota will be restocking its warehouse with this wheel? (Seems like a very popular wheel).
Dan,
Olga (MAXCOM) and I are thinking about getting some flat black tires for her R56 and for my R55. She currently has 16" 5 spoke rims with runflats, and I have 17" 5 spoke rims with runflats on mine. Any ideas that you can share would be welcome....(would PM you, but thought there may be others here with a similar question).
Thanks,
Pawel
I'm not clear exactly what your question is. Is it, what wheels come in flat black? (I assume you mean WHEELS, not TIRES. Because all tires are flat black...)
I'm currently looking at the Rota Torque for my 05 MCS. Any idea on how wide I'd want to go for tires?? 235 or even 245 too wide?? Might just have rubbing issues most likely.
235 is very wide for the R53. Look around this forum. There are only a couple of people running that width.
I gave up trying to order Rota wheels. Dealers have told me they do not know what is in the next container until it's opened -- regardless of what they or a customer ordered.
If a dealer does not literally have in stock what you want, think hard about finding another dealer or wheel. I wasted several months ordering and waiting for Rotas I ordered. As a consequence, I am still riding on Blizzaks though that will soon change with today's arrival of "non-Rotas."
I see that in some places it says the the 16x7 RBs have a 57.1 hub bore, and in other places the hub bore is 56.1. Which is it? And if it IS 57.1, does that little milimeter matter?
Thanks!
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I see that in some places it says the the 16x7 RBs have a 57.1 hub bore, and in other places the hub bore is 56.1. Which is it?
Both. In fact, they also are made in 67.1mm. Rota seems to be unsure of which they should make, and we never have been able to successfully get them in 56.1mm 100% of the time. So...we take what we get.
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And if it IS 57.1, does that little milimeter matter?
In my experience, no. I've run two sets of 57mm Rotas on our shop MINI, with no vibration or any other problems.