Hi to everyone reading, so my problem is this I'm doing some NASA HPDE racing with my RX-8 and I have decided to get new rims, now the problem I'm having is that I want to get the enkei RPF1 rims cause they are light weight and I've seen lots of people with them on the track, I have to sellers one has them for $900 negotiable size 17x9 and the other seller has them 18X9 for $1400, witch would you recommend and why?

Thank you for your time in reading this and helping me out..

 

17x9 with +45 offset.

They are lighter and the tires are cheaper for it.

 

17x9, tires are way cheaper

 

New 17" tires are cheaper but 18" takeoffs are more common and therefore cheeper. For HPDE get what is cheeper and/or easier.

Reminds me I have an extra set of 5 silver 18x9.5 +45mm rpf1's I need to sell.

 

There's no such thing as HPDE racing.

 

Yes there is no such thing as HPDE racing , I mean I'm like racing in a HPDE group, thanks for pointing that out.

 

And for those with advice on the rims thank you , I will go with the 17" since the tires cost less than the 18"

 

Driving on a track with other greenhorns is not even remotely like racing, especially when you're in the HPDE-1 group

 

let the newbies have their dreams of racing crushed slowly during the process of getting out there, not all at once like you're trying to do We'll never get enough fresh meat out there otherwise :p

 

You're right, i should have said im driving* in HPDE 1 not racing...