Wheel Directory: Watanabe F8 17x7.0 +48
 

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Not very good photos but they're not photoshop:

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/aikawa/ai86.h8.JPG

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/aikawa/ai86.h9.JPG

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/aikawa/ai86.h10.JPG

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/aikawa/ai86.h11.JPG

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/aikawa/ai86.h12.JPG

Found another photo:

http://teamshow.jp/wp-content/upload...P6040457-1.jpg

Watanabe F8 17x7+48　
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...suzuki-zn6.jpg

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...uzuki-zn63.jpg


http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...o/IMG_0065.JPG

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...uzuki-zn62.jpg

They actually look really good.. I had my doubts before these pictures btw

Those look great. Thanks for posting pics. I wish they were available in 17x8-9 for the rear.

if you're really ballin they make those wheels in magnesium. suppposedly 12.8 lbs for a 17x8 F8. probably not 5x100 lug pattern though.

edit: apparently available in 5x100 and 5x114!!!!! with magnesium i'd be really flippin paranoid of hitting anything tho. curb rash would equal death for these rims.

Those wouldn't look half bad with just a minimal drop

Don't want to know what they'd cost though.


Edit: Holycrap! Same 86 GT is on the RS Watanabe home page LoL
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/index2.htm

I know Watanabes are like BBS price.

I was considering these, but if something happens replacement lead times are insane as they are made to order.

I dont know if I am the first to ask but Wow is that an all carbon fiber body?I really hope it is not that fake decal stuff.Not so big on the wheels but love that carbon fiber body.

yeah, they are about the cost of BBS's. not worth it for me if you're planning on getting the aluminum versions as they aren't particularly light. on the other hand, the magnesium wheels are other worldy light. possibly the lightest 17s you can find. price for the magnesium wheels aren't that much more expensive than the aluminum either. they are stronger than aluminum and more resistant to bending, but once you bend them they're done. can't be fixed like aluminum wheels.

Added this to the wheel directory:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7535

Looks like a vinyl wrap to me:

http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/aikawa/ai86.h15.JPG

Thanks. A little disappointed by that news though.

Those wheels look so right on a rally car with knobby tires!! Maybe not so much on a road car though...

Nice throwback wheels.

Makes me want a Panda FR-S.

Watanabe is more suited to oldskool japanese cars but thats just IMO....... Needs to be negative offset atleast!!!




http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploa...a_2010_003.jpghttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/...967d8356_o.jpghttp://i613.photobucket.com/albums/t.../classic11.jpghttp://cdn.speedhunters.com/wp-conte...sglevn6so3.jpg

^that's just because of what's been shown to you in the past, but since this car has lines reminiscent of older cars like the 2000GT, I think it works

as much as i love their eight spoke rims i think they look better on old school cars as well. they don't look quite the same at 17 inches, and their design severely limits caliper space. they were designed with 14 or 15 inch sizes and negative offsets in mind. i love the idea of getting an mg 17 inch though, but i also love the idea of being able to put on STI monoblock calipers...

more pics

F8F 17x7 +48 on michelin primacy 215/45R17
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...sakata-861.jpg

Needs these

anyone know a US/CAN distributor with a price?

It used to be Takumi Project but they went under. I'm not sure there is a U.S. distributor right now...

You could try this guy:
http://forums.club4ag.com/zerothread?id=66477

or RHDJapan.com, or Nengun.com:

http://www.nengun.com/search/#t:n:u;k:watanabe;g:1

i am surprised they did not use 17x8.5 +35 for front and 17x9.5 +35 for rear.

The above mentioned sizes are available on their site.

Meh dont like them at all, reminds me of old mustang wheels!!

They look pretty good to me. I'm going to be keeping stock size and offset, so another option is always appreciated.

their recommended fitments are rather conservative. the F8F has a less sunk face and thus has more caliper clearance than the F8, but the F8F is only available up to 17x7.5. anything bigger is the F8 type. dunno if that has anything to do with it. according to their matching data the largest recommended fitment for the 86/BRZ is 17x7.5 +40 front 17x8 +50 rear.

As others have mentioned I don't think they have a NA distributor.

more pics on modellista mag color 17x7 +40
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...hikawa-861.jpg
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...hikawa-865.jpg

Thanks for pointing that out.. yeah the caliper clearance maybe is the issue.

I was thinking how the Watanabes would look on the FRS and now there's finally real world photos. Unfortunately they look better on the AE86 and other old school cars as many of you have said.

I agree. They look MUCH better on older cars, and don't flatter newer ones. Negative offset, maybe.

Honestly the best thing going for them is the weight. I think most people like them just because of the association with the Initial D car.

http://cdn.mkimg.carview.co.jp/minka...t=703926fc9fea
http://cdn.mkimg.carview.co.jp/minka...t=703926fc9fea
http://cdn.mkimg.carview.co.jp/minka...t=2331cdc4c6a2

Weak offset, too high, ugly side strips, tacky body kit and silly exhaust. Ruined is being polite.

lol

Not bad, but I have to agree it would look better with a lower offset. Doesn't need to be herraflush or anything but a lower offset with a nice stepped lip, would set it off

here it is with a much better fitment. not a big fan of the color combo though. but it has the brand new direzza zii in 245/40.

F8 type 17x8 +40 offset
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...o/arai-861.jpg

this set on this brz are much more conservatively sized at 17x7 +45 but they're magnesium! 13.2 lbs!

These are gona be the track wheels somedy

Classic!

for the FR-S...something like this would suit much better.
http://www.gripgambler.com/blog/wp-c...oads/crab2.jpg

yeah i was thinking about that too..do you think r-type watanabes 16x8 +0 would fit without wide fenders?