Looking to buy 18 inch Rims.. Fitment question

[FT-86 SpeedFactory]

Originally Posted by Here2rock

Question from someone with no experience in cars, how do you camber? Why bother if you can fit a smaller wheel or don't lower it.

Larger wheels and tires will give you much more traction and grip. Guys looking for the most grip will fit as large of a wheel and tire they can for that advantage.

Camber can be added in the front by using camber bolts or camber plates.
http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/susp...ber-bolts.html
http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/susp...mounts233.html

In the rear for our cars, an adjustable lower control arm is needed for camber adjustment.
http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/susp...l-arms-98.html

Camber also helps in the handling department, as when cornering the contact patch will be larger as the tire leans on its outer edge.

You can get really in depth with this, but this covers the main reasons.

[Here2rock]

Originally Posted by FT-86 SpeedFactory

Camber also helps in the handling department, as when cornering the contact patch will be larger as the tire leans on its outer edge.

You can get really in depth with this, but this covers the main reasons.

Thank you, I guess these are important factors when you are on a race track.

[bfrank1972]

I just love these posts:

Newbie: "I dunno anything and I dun wanna do any search werk stuffs, can you guys tellz me wat I should do becuz I dunz know anythin"

Forum posters: "here you go, we're nice people with lots of wisdom, here are some good ideas to try, etc etc"

Newbie: *crickets*

Sorry OT min-rant

Best thing to do if anyone is looking for a wheel setup is to comb through this forum, find a look that you like, and ask that person what their wheel setup is.

[TheBigChill]

I want to go ahead and BUMP this up for a very specific reason.

I own a 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata, and was looking for wheels a few months ago. I came across Ambit, and like you guys, I saw very very inexpensive wheels in a few appealing designs. Most importantly, what I saw was that Ambit claimed JWL / VIA Certification on their wheels.

As an Engineer with years of experience in both product testing and manufacturing, I thought to myself "How can they sell these for so little, and still afford to QC them like they're claiming?". Short answer...they can't.

I promptly contacted Ambit with a question, requesting proof of their certification for the wheels I had bought (RS18 Flow Formed 15x8, ET+25). No reply after a week. I contacted them again, insisting that they back-up their claim. What followed was a 30 email-long argument, finally ending in Ambit's admission that their wheels ARE NOT in fact JWL / VIA certified.

Jacky, the Ambit rep, went so far out of his way to try and baffle me with BS. He sent me fake testing certs for wheels that they don't even produce; he sent me a blacked-out version of the JWL Certification for their manufacturers testing equipment, in which he went out of his way to hide the actual manufacturers name. Well, I'm crafty, and I found out who makes them. I also applied for access to the VIA Wheel Registration Database, and was granted full access. I can literally find any wheel that is VIA registered. Ambit nor their manufacturer were listed. I contacted the VIA personally, and they also confirmed that these people had not had a single "Ambit" wheels certified.

Finally, last night, I requested that Ambit remove the VIA and JWL marking from their wheels and website, because use of those trademarks on unregistered wheels is not only highly illegal, but dangerous and misleading. The Ambit rep agreed to do so, but begrudgingly so.

Straight-up, these guys are clowns. My advice is to avoid them at all costs, unless you're just looking for a very cheap wheel. I would not in a million years drive hard on these wheels, nor would I track them.

For anyone wondering, I have all of the emails between us, photos of their manufacturing plant, the test report, etc.