Mazda5 Wheel Fitment & Photo Guide

[Kojack]

Finally got a chance to snap just a few pictures of my Mz5. Hopefully she will be on a new set of wheels within the next few months!






Thoughts?

Nice,

what is your roof rack setup?

 

[gethershredded]

eBay rack with bamboo laced to the top!

 

[ratr0]

stock height no tires test fit. so much gap.
enkei sporsh 18x8+45 18x9+38

probably will run 215/45R18 after the van gets lowered.

 

[Kojack]

eBay rack with bamboo laced to the top!

Does it work good? and do you have a link to the rack?

 

[chandlerGTi]

Those wheels look great!

Switched mine up last week, sold the other wheels to buy parts for my 8.1l Chevy.


As an aside, the specs are 16x7 et30 16x8 et35ish

 

[Davicho]

Okay so don't know if I'm the first one to do this but I certainly have not seen any 2nd gen on RX-8 wheels. My girl and her new kicks. Sorry about the crappy night time pic. I'll post up another day time pic hopefully tomorrow. I just couldn't resist.

 

[Davicho]

Here is the day shot

 

[loosenut]

Davicho, that looks excellent. I truly believe that there isn't a Mazda those look bad on. Saw them on a track prepped Miata and they looked awesome on it as well.

 

[loosenut]

Did you get new tires or swap from the Speed 3's? I just painted mine black sparkle metallic.

 

[Davicho]

Loosenut, I iust swapped my existing tires that were on my MS3s. I just bought tires about a month ago so they're still brand new. 225/40R18

Nice set up you got too. Did you paint them yourself? They look great! I pondered the idea of going black but I wasn't sure. Now that I left them silver and installed them I'm happy that I left them alone. In the future I may get them powder coated in a gun metal color but for now I'm happy.

 

[loosenut]

What tires did you get? The size looks good. Painted them myself with a hvlp unit that I use for my other hobby, woodworking. I had to fix some curb rash and decided to try something different. I like your thoughts for the color of your wheels. They look really good as is though!

 

[chandlerGTi]

Loosenut, what front splitter is that?

Wheels look great!

 

[loosenut]

Thanks, it's an ebay splitter that does a pretty good job of hiding the damage a previous owner wrought upon the front bumper leading edge.

 

[Davicho]

Loosenut, I bought these from them and although they are an "economy" tire I am very pleased and impressed by them.
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findTireDetail.do?ra=searchTiresBySize.do&fl=&pc=12895&counter=0&ar=40&rd=18&cs=225

My brother in law who is an ADT installer and uses his own Accord to drive to his job sites bought these same tires, in a different size of course, and after 15k miles they still look brand new and he says they feel great. That's also coming from someone that drives a tuned up WRX with 350hp at the wheels. The reviews are also very good.

I want a splitter just like yours too. In fact I've been searching for it but there's no love for the 2nd gen MZ5s.

 

[Silentnoise713]

Did you get new tires or swap from the Speed 3's? I just painted mine black sparkle metallic.

You removed the faux door bumpers but leave on pin stripes!?...

Ooooh, sparkly wheels! Like to see it in person at night.

 

[loosenut]

Well, there is ghosting left in the paint from the bumpers and I know the pinstripe will do the same, so I'm waiting until my detail guy has time to buff it. My wife's CX9 is overdue and will get buffed first though.

 

[phunky.buddha]

Next step for me is probably 225/50 on my lightweight MX-5 17x7 +55 wheels. Anyone run that fitment yet?

 

[njaremka]

Next step for me is probably 225/50 on my lightweight MX-5 17x7 +55 wheels. Anyone run that fitment yet?

the miata guys have run 225/45 on the stock 17's - that's actually the size required for the 06+ cup cars. you will probably be just fine with a 225/50 on the mazda5.

 

[phunky.buddha]

I'm running 225/45 now, which is dead on with the stock diameter of 25.0 inches. 225/50 will take it right up to 25.9/26.0. Considering I ran 215/50 (25.5) and 235/45 (25.3) on the same offsets with no problems I'd tend to agree, but you never know...

 

[underconstructi]

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