Show me your CX-5 wheels

[lionshf]

You’re golden.

That tire is going to be a bit of a waste on the wider wheels, so if they’re your winter fitment and you have OE 19” wheels, I’d put the Pirellis on those and save the Enkeis for a summer fitment.

Our 14 cx5 ran Raijin 19x8 et 45 with 235/55/19 all weather vreds and I dug the look. I’m looking for a bit more aggressive et this time but like the ‘thin’ 235s. I dislike the 20x9” 40 series look on a non lowered car and can’t store summer/winter set up for the wifes car. I have 3 sets of wheels for my G87 hanging all over the garage (winter/track/daily) and I’m out of room.
I bought a pair of 15mm spacers and test fit them on the front with the oem 19/7s. It looked perfect to me. Raijin 19/8/45s would be a few mm inboard, 19/8/40s a few out and Konig 8.5 45 et Ampliforms would be almost 5mm outboard. These 19/8.5/50s are 1 mm inboard from the test fit spacers.
I really want the Ampliforms (20lbs) but you gotta promise me they won’t poke.

I guess I have to look at all the pics in this thread for a 3rd time. Let me go pour another bourbon and get on it.

 

[N7turbo]

I measured 25mm from the stock 19" wheel face to the fender trim. That is what I based my decision for 245/45/20 +45 with a 10" section width tire on. I wanted the look of the widest part of the tire being flush, while the area as it curves into the tread to be under the fender.

Note: the rear will only be flush after you zero the camber with adjustable camber arms. Otherwise you'll think you need spacers; you do not.

 

[lionshf]

I measured 25mm from the stock 19" wheel face to the fender trim. That is what I based my decision for 245/45/20 +45 with a 10" section width tire on. I wanted the look of the roundest part of the tire being flush, while the area as it curves into the tread to be under the fender.

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Note: the rear will only be flush after you zero the camber with adjustable camber arms. Otherwise you'll think you need spacers; you do not.

ON POINT! but I’m not lowering the car.

 

[Lazy2.5]

I measured 25mm from the stock 19" wheel face to the fender trim. That is what I based my decision for 245/45/20 +45 with a 10" section width tire on. I wanted the look of the roundest part of the tire being flush, while the area as it curves into the tread to be under the fender.

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Note: the rear will only be flush after you zero the camber with adjustable camber arms. Otherwise you'll think you need spacers; you do not.

this is 45offset, 10"wheel?

looks dope

 

[N7turbo]

this is 45offset, 10"wheel?

looks dope

Thanks. 9" listed width which is at the bead, 10" face to face.

 

[Lazy2.5]

Thanks. 9" listed width which is at the bead, 10" face to face.

I'm gonna be putting 17x8 Fast FC04 ET45 on my Mazda 6 for it's new summer set.

 

[N7turbo]

I'm gonna be putting 17x8 Fast FC04 ET45 on my Mazda 6 for it's new summer set.

Those look nice. And they're cheap, which tells me they definitely aren't flow formed as that adds cost. Any idea what they weigh?

 

[Lazy2.5]

Those look nice. And they're cheap, which tells me they definitely aren't flow formed as that adds cost. Any idea what they weigh?

Actually, on the website, they claim that they are indeed flow-formed. I haven't bothered just yet to look that up.

I bought them new with a solid black-friday discount - $640 CAD for the set. With tax. I'm not complaining.

The exact model I got weighs in at 16.2LB. That's more than 10lb of weight savings per wheel compared to stock 17's, which are claimed to be almost 26lb online.

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These claim to be for "competition" and track. I am worried about how well they will hold up on our terrible roads.

I think i'm gonna go with 235/50R17 (stock: 225/55R17) to get a slightly sportier sidewall, wider contact patch and reduced overall rolling circumference, but i'm really hoping I don't bend one of these wheels. The OEM's while heavy have held up well over some awful potholes here.

 

[N7turbo]

Actually, on the website, they claim that they are indeed flow-formed. I haven't bothered just yet to look that up.

I'm surprised to see flow formed wheels with such a nice design for that low of a price.

The only problem is, for me, the +35 offset is a deal breaker. That should be fine for you if you're sticking with a narrow 8" wheel width but it wouldn't work for my 9".

I had to go custom to get +45 at 9".

I think on a CX-5, you can't exceed an 8" wheel at +35 or it will poke out.

1 inch wider than stock: +12.7mm inside and outside
Offset difference: +10mm outside

+22.7mm would work fine on a CX-5 as I measured there to be at least 25mm of room to get to flush. I don't know about your generation 6. The only downside is the +10mm change in scrub radius. I am not sure if that's enough to be noticeable.

These claim to be for "competition" and track. I am worried about how well they will hold up on our terrible roads.

It's probably because they are aluminum. The OEM wheels could maybe survive armageddon. Aluminum wheels, not so much. I know what I need to avoid on the road and if I hit something I shouldn't have, it was my fault.

 

[Lazy2.5]

I'm surprised to see flow formed wheels with such a nice design for that low of a price.

The only problem is, for me, the +35 offset is a deal breaker. That should be fine for you if you're sticking with a narrow 8" wheel width but it wouldn't work for my 9".

I had to go custom to get +45 at 9".

1 inch wider than stock: +12.7mm inside and outside
Offset difference: +10mm outside

+22.7mm would work fine on a CX-5 as I measured there to be at least 25mm of room to get to flush. I don't know about your generation 6. The only downside is the +10mm change in scrub radius. I am not sure if that's enough to be noticeable.


It's probably because they are aluminum. The OEM wheels could maybe survive armageddon. Aluminum wheels, not so much. I know what I need to avoid on the road and if I hit something I shouldn't have, it was my fault.

The specific model I got is ET45.

I just want as close to OEM as possible and slightly wider. (Which is either 45 or 50 offset on a 7.5" wheel, 19 or 17" respectively.)

So, just be very careful over potholes, and should be fine, right? I had some Rays Mazdaspeed wheels on this car years ago and one of the wheels got bent and started losing air.

So, you went for 9" for looks and fender fitment? You stayed with an OEM offset at least, so that sounds good. Looks good too.

If 17x8 ET48 or so was the spec I found on sale, I would have went for that. I'm looking forward to living a little with the more aggressive fitment now, lol. It's gonna stick out 11mm more than my OEM wheels, which are obv conservative.

CX-5 fitment doesn't appear to be very different.

 

[Lazy2.5]

I think on a CX-5, you can't exceed an 8" wheel at +35 or it will poke out.

1 inch wider than stock: +12.7mm inside and outside
Offset difference: +10mm outside

Mazda designed these vehicles to handle optimally at around ET45. Seems that the 6 got the ET50 for the 17" wheel, but still, very similar to the CX-5.

It leaves you with a pretty wide range of ET to play around with while respecting the way the engineers intended to have the bore of the wheel sit for optimal bearing load and handling, but you don't really want to go beyond +-5mm. 10mm off, (ET35 like you mentioned) Would certainly poke out on a 6 as well and throw the handling completely off, probably.

 

[D.O]

Sparco Terra 17x7.5 with Continental vikingcontact8.