Man, it was a tough choice.
I'm gonna get it from WheelMax. Their website is awesome.
and I think Tirerack has only UGLY wheels, and the ridiciously expensive BBS wheels. Only decent looking wheels tirerack has are the Borbets and a few other brands.


I think concept 5s will look awesome on my white 2k.

Well, I just wanted to share the good news with you all.

 

I too am looking into this rims sometime in the future. I love the look of the Racing Harts but can't afford $2500 for the rims so the Katana's look like a much cheaper alternative. Post pics when you get them!

Chris

 

Can someone link to pics of Katanas?

 

http://www.wheelmax.com/Wheels/Katana/katana.htm

 

Ok, let me know if I am offfending you or bragging
IMHO, don't get the Katana wheel. I have seen it in person, a former max owner Brian(aka JustMaxing, who moved on to a M coupe last year) had 17" Katana concept 5 on his 4th gen, it looks like ****(sorry brian if you still lurk here), it looks so small for 17", it's quite horrible looking up close.
I know racing hart C5 is expensive(1pcs is cheaper), if you like the style, I think 5Zigen carry a similar style.

bottom line of my opinion is:
I would rather go for a individual ok brand, instead of cheap copy of good brand.

 

I'm selling my Racing hart for $1400 with Nitto 555 Tires. Mint condition!

 

did, (although I can't see it in the pic) there was another style a while back that racing hart had that was just plain w/out the bold pattern..
Arctic Max... Just looking at the pic and other pics of those rims.. the spokes (if that's what you call it) don't look completely straight. They look like the pitch inward which IMHO, makes the rim + the car look not as strong in appearance...
BTW, they are nice rims though...

 

his is not the C5 multi pcs, that's C5 evolution, so it's alot cheaper.

 

I'm a little hesitant about the concept 5s too.
from some angle they look good, and from some angles they don't.

I might get the Nippon Racing hyperspeeds.

They look just like the factory 17s, but have sharper spokes. The spoke edges are not rounded like the factorys.

I think they look really good.
Check it out at wheelmax. Man, they got some great wheels or what!

TIRERACK sucks!!

 

Why get those when you can get 17" TSW REVO withe tires for $300 more. ~ $1299. Good quality and original. Plus they come in 17X8 so you can mount wider tires on them. Katana Concept 5 are 17X7 right? You can get 5Zigen fireball or Axis SE7EN for the same price too. It's up to you. It's going to cost you even more money if you end up trying to sell the Katana and buy something better.
Check http://www.wheelwarehouse.com/

[Edited by 1MAX2NV on 01-06-2001 at 11:58 AM]

 

If you are going to get the 5 zigen, I might be able to get the rims and tires for a better price. Around 1200 plus shipping. So total is around (Guessing shipping =$50 bucks?)
1250.00 LEt me know, as I can get the hook ups for you ship it. YEAh and my rims are 18x8.5 C5 Evolution one piece ! Yeah 18 inch baby! Email me and i might be able to save you 50 bucks or so on your next purchase of rims!

 

http://www.wheeloptions.com

 

Geez...point him to some even more expensive rims why don't you =)