Discussion
Have you two signed up to www.mx5nutz.com/forum yet?
Because it is a great forum and although there is a lot of drivel and the occasional 'powered by fairydust, lexus lit pink car' on there, there is also a LOT of knowledge.
Good Classifieds too.
For driving (opposed to looking cool) 15" is regarded as optimum balance, 6.5 or 7J. 195, or 205 section tyres.
4X100mm PCD, Stock offset is about ET38 IIRC, can get away with slight deviation on the offset though.
There are a number of the factory wheel options that are actually very well regarded - very light weight, and high quality. The hollowed spoke wheels and the 5 spoke wheels fited to Mk2's are quite good.
Original 14" Daisies are even pretty light too.
Because it is a great forum and although there is a lot of drivel and the occasional 'powered by fairydust, lexus lit pink car' on there, there is also a LOT of knowledge.
Good Classifieds too.
For driving (opposed to looking cool) 15" is regarded as optimum balance, 6.5 or 7J. 195, or 205 section tyres.
4X100mm PCD, Stock offset is about ET38 IIRC, can get away with slight deviation on the offset though.
There are a number of the factory wheel options that are actually very well regarded - very light weight, and high quality. The hollowed spoke wheels and the 5 spoke wheels fited to Mk2's are quite good.
Original 14" Daisies are even pretty light too.
The us guys had a stab at listing all the standard wheel weights here if thats your thing:
http://www.miata.net/faq/wheel_weights.html
http://www.miata.net/faq/wheel_weights.html
Standard offset for the early Mk1 14" is 45mm, I think later wheels varied a bit up to about 38mm. My 15"s are 35mm offset with no problems, perhaps very slightly more tramlining (though I also changed to wider tyres at the same time) and you can feel what I think is a small change in scrub radius just as you reach full steering lock.
ETA: You don't feel that second effect at speed though, only when parking etc.
ETA: You don't feel that second effect at speed though, only when parking etc.
Edited by GravelBen on Wednesday 9th December 11:09
Personally, I would buy a set of these 
Mazdaspeed MS-03 with polished rim.
However any 15" with a 4*100PCD at least a 6J width and an offset of less that ET40 will work well and should look good. If you want to fill the arches i'd recommend 7J width and a lower offset, but be careful of going too low as you will have clearance issues and then need to start getting into arch rolling etc...
Mazdaspeed MS-03 with polished rim.
However any 15" with a 4*100PCD at least a 6J width and an offset of less that ET40 will work well and should look good. If you want to fill the arches i'd recommend 7J width and a lower offset, but be careful of going too low as you will have clearance issues and then need to start getting into arch rolling etc...
pmanson said:
trooperiziz said:
pmanson said:
Trooper - you about at the weekend?
Down south and the grandparents on sunday, might be around on saturday, but not sure yet. 
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