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Old 08-23-2013 | 09:50 PM
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OH Enkei Kojin

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Old 08-23-2013 | 10:30 PM
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My wheels just came in today. I'll be mounting them up either tomorrow or Sunday, and I'll try to get pictures as well. From my brief searching, I have yet to see an RX-8 with the Kojin, so I'm hoping it looks decent. Overall I'm a fan of the wheel, so I think I'll enjoy them even more once I see them on the car!

I ended up going with 18x8.5 offset: 50mm. I didn't want anything too super aggressive, and wanted to retain everything that makes the RX-8 actually fun to drive. Let me know what you guys think
Looking forward to seeing how they look, I like the style. What color did you go with? And what do they weight?

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Old 08-24-2013 | 03:53 AM
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Good buy, can't wait for pics...
Old 08-24-2013 | 10:19 AM
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I ended up going with the black. The silver just looked too dull to me (for being silver I mean).

I'll be sure to get some pictures up though once I get them on!
I wish they came in gunmetal... I painted my stockers with anthracite plasti dip because I was sick of the silver on silver and I like the look (from a distance, up close I think the plasti-dip looks like ****). I really want to get some decent wheels but have the hardest time deciding on anything I like. I think the Kojin would look awesome in gunmetal.
Old 08-25-2013 | 01:54 PM
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doesnt look bad, looks a little like the discontinued JIC wheels
Old 08-25-2013 | 05:43 PM
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My friend bought these for his Civic in the same sizing. I can't justify the pricing for these as they are not exactly much lighter than the competition nor cheaper.
Old 08-25-2013 | 10:17 PM
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Understandable. To each their own. Personally not a fan of the style unless they are in the wide and more concave versions of the Kojin. 5Zigen FN01RC and RPF1's are a good choice, but you also deal with the "everyone has them factor".

None the less, you really didn't go wrong with the Kojins.
Old 08-25-2013 | 10:42 PM
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Nice, and you need a drop...
Old 08-26-2013 | 12:59 PM
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Oh yea for sure. I've got springs to throw on in the mean time to hold me over until I get extra money to invest in coilovers. I spent way too much on the R6 this year -_-
I think they look good. Again I would like them better gunmetal, but still look good.
It's weird they almost look smaller than the stock ones, I guess because it's black on black...
Old 08-26-2013 | 05:14 PM
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Yea I'm happy with them overall. Definitely more so than my beat up stock wheels. The guy before me must have been blind or something. There was so much curb rash!
Did you reuse the tires you had or buy new ones?
Old 09-02-2013 | 08:54 PM
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Much better
Old 09-03-2013 | 02:44 AM
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LOL @ front shock removal time vs rear.............. goodluck sir.
Old 09-03-2013 | 04:38 AM
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looks much better w/ drop
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