Wheel Directory: Enkei RSF5 18x8.0 +45
 

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Looking for pics of mounted Enkei RSF5 on a BRZ/FRS. Real life pics, not from TireRack. Thanks!

Update: Found a decent side shot of the wheels.

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Thank you so much!!! Those wheels on a Red car makes it look like a Ferrari! :w00t:
Do you think Hyper Silver would go well with a SWP BRZ? Or would Black be a better option for SWP?

I would go silver for sure!

Thanks! After all the response I've gotten and research I've done I guess my initial gut feeling of getting black wheels has now changed.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but from my understanding Hyper Silver is more Satin looking, while Silver Machine is more reflective?

Machined is shinier because well, it's been machined. I would go with the hyper silver RSF5, but the M52 is also a really good looking wheel. I went with the Kojins and they look great, can't go wrong really with Enkei.

Ah, I was eyeing those Kojins as well. Those are some nice wheels as well.
I love the style of the RSF5's, but I really prefer the Hyper Black finish of the M52's.

Why can't they just have the RSF5's in Hyper Black!?!?!

After looking through a ton of pictures I'm starting to lean towards black finish again...

I feel like black wheels only look terrible when there are too many spokes close together and you can't see past the wheel.
The RSF5 have a pretty open spoke design like in some of these pictures, so you should at least be able to clearly see the rotors, which makes a big difference on appearance.

Lastly, I'm not very convinced silver goes well with pearl white. Since the pearl white is a little off-white in color, sometimes silver looks a little weird. Especially in the last picture!

that last picture of the car looks like a kit car for some reason.

They really do look like they belong on a ferrari

The wheel looks very handsome, I didn't think 5-spoke will look good in this car, this has changed my mine. By the way, the headlight looks so cool, what brand is that? where did you buy it?

sweet Jesus that looks good. Those curves just melt around that 5 spoke. mmm...melty

Yeah, these wheels looks amazing on that Red FR-S. I'm pretty much set on this wheel. Just gotta decide Hyper Silver or Black for a white BRZ. Though choice.

I've been looking for a very long time for 5 spoke (both split and mono spoke for my Raven FRS). That last white Ferrari pick pretty much seals it for me. on a white car with some pearl, go black.

Question is what offset is this wheel even available in? On the red they look way too tucked in...?

I'm just speculating here but seeings how no major vendors here selling them the offsets can't be all that great for our cars fitment wise.

Ahh ok I see now just limited widths available probably why not so popular.

Yeah, you can't do a staggered setup with these.
It would be nice if you could, but it's still a great looking wheel at $180 a piece.

I'm in love with the clean design of these wheels and I also think it's a plus that these wheels are not so popular.

Well squared in 18x8 in 40 or 45 offset and 17x7.5" exists in 40 offset but that's about your only squaring options.

What's wrong with 18x8 45 offset? Wouldn't that look good? I'm not to knowledgable about how offsets work so that's why I'm asking.

I see 8" is 1 inch wider than the stock wheel. And I think 45 offset is what TireRack chooses when you choose these wheels for a BRZ.

Will the wheels not be flush with the frame??

Stock height likely fine but lowered an inch plus it's gonna be likely pretty tucked in.

Wheel spacers would fix this, no?

I have spacers on my stock wheels. 20mm front, 25mm rear. These probably wouldn't work since the RSF5 is 8" wide, correct?

Sorry, I'm not understanding this. I used a Wheel Offset Calculator and this is what I got:
For Stock wheel I put: 7" wide, +48 Offset
For New wheel I put: 8" wide, +45 Offset
The Results were:
Inner Clearance: 10mm LESS
Outer Position: EXTEND an extra 16mm.

What does that mean??

1" = 25.4mm

Divide 25.4mm by 2 = 12.7mm This is because, if we line up both wheels, the 8" wheel will be wider by 12.7mm on either side over the 7" wheel.

48 offset minus 45 offset = 3mm of offset
12.7mm + 3mm = 15.7mm, which is approximately 16mm, meaning the surface of the new wheel will stick out 16mm more than stock.

16mm = 0.63"

Thanks!
So, as far as Wheel Spacers go, since I'm using a 20mm for the front, instead I'd probably use a 5mm spacer for front?

And for the rear I could take my 25mm spacer and subtract the 16mm, so I'd need a 10mm roughly for the rear?

I'll be going from 20mm front, 25 rear TO 5mm front, 10mm rear? Does that sound about right?

yep, looks like it.

Sweet! Next question. Where do you recommend I get 5mm and 10mm spacers for BRZ/FRS? I checked B2 Auto and Eibach and neither site had them.

I remember B2 Auto telling me that the spacers I purchased for the stock rims would only work with aftermarket wheels if thay had the same hole or something like that. Not sure what they were talking about, but I won't be using their spacers anyways since they are too large.

Did some more digging around and found a good side shot of the wheels.

I think l've found my next rim!

I've found some great pics of this wheel in black also. I've finally found a black wheel that doesn't look like a black blob from more than 5 ft away! :)

I'm really digging how you can still see the wheel design from a distance!

You want 5x100 spacers. You probably want one that is hubcentric as well. Go with ebay, they have lots of Eibach and H&R spacers. Perrin sells H&R spacers on their site.

I asked in the "Will this fit" thread about these wheels fitting and RavSpec said that for this wheel with the Eibach Sportline springs:

"You need 15mm spacer front and 25mm spacer rear to be near "flush".
Not ideal fitments on BRZ for flush, but good for track (if light weight) and use thick tires."

Just an FYI.

I was able to get in touch with the owner of the Red FR-S with these wheels. They sent me a few more pics! Also, I went ahead and ordered my wheels yesterday. Should have them mounted by the weekend. Can't wait to see how the black finish looks with my SWP!

What offsets and size does that owner have in his and did he use spacers?

I like these a lot. It was driving me nuts trying to figure out what other similar wheel that Enkei produced in the past that had a similar appearance, and these are the spiritual successor I suppose.. I had remembered I wanted them for my Celica and resorted to GoogleFu for a bit. Came across them by chance - RSF2.

I sent the owner asking is he's using any spacers. I'll post their response as soon as I get it. They were going to try to get me some more pics as well.

Got the wheels mounted today. They look awesome in person! The back wheels are a little tucked in. I have 20mm spacers sitting around so I'll try those later. If those are too large then I'll buy some 15mm for the rear. The front wheels look pretty flush. They could maybe come out a small bit, but it's honestly not enough to even notice.

I'll have some pictures posted when the sun comes up!

Good choice, these wheels were on my short list for a while between the M52 and the Kojins. Can't wait to see the pics!

M52's were my first choice. I found that I didn't really like the M52's in black finish because from a distance you couldn't see the wheel design. With the RSF5's the spoke design is wide enough that from a good distance you can see the actual wheel design.

M52's in Hyper Black and the RSF5's in black were my two options.

I chose the RSF5's because I was going for a darker wheel look and in a lot of pictures the Hyper Black of the M52's looked more silver than black. The other thing I didn't like about the M52's was that the spokes poke out a little bit. If the spokes were flat and didn't poke out then I would've liked the wheel a whole lot more, but side shots of the M52 made the poke of the spokes very noticeable.

I know I made the right choice for the look I was going for. Can't wait to post some pics for you all!!

Here's a pic of the front wheel so you have an idea of how they look. I had to use my flash since it's already dark. Full car pics will have to wait until the morning!

My personal opinion, why use spacers when you could buy wheels with the proper offset to begin with?

The wheel is 1 inch wider and same offset so it will fill the inside and stick out a little more