Friday, February 24, 2012

Motegi Racing Series MR107 Gloss Black Finish Machined Wheel (17x7.5"/5x114.3mm)

Motegi Racing Series MR107 Gloss Black Finish Machined Wheel (17x7.5

Product Details

  • Item Weight: 25.1 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 27.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
  • ASIN: B00267T9LG
  • Item model number: MR10777512345

By : Motegi Racing
List Price : $256.00
Price : $126.66
You Save : $129.34 (51%)
Motegi Racing Series MR107 Gloss Black Finish Machined Wheel (17x7.5

Item Description


The Motegi Racing MR107 wheel with its street inspired spokes and contrasting details make you look race prepared. Tuner styling with its 5 spoke style this wheel capabilities a high gloss black machined finish and special rivet facts about the lip. One particular-piece painted aluminum with center cap and a 1 year finish and a lifetime structural warranty. Motegi Racing wheels are the only tuner wheels that are objective-built for specialist-level competition in drag racing, drifting and road racing. Our street wheels have the best blend of attitude, efficiency and style with the most recent technologies and finishes.

 

Motegi Racing Series MR107 Gloss Black Finish Machined Wheel (17x7.5"/5x114.3mm)

 

Item Attributes

  • High gloss black machined finish with machined accents
  • Unique rivet particulars about the lip
  • Five spoke design
  • One particular-piece painted aluminum with center cap
  • One particular year finish and a lifetime structural warranty
Motegi Racing Series MR107 Gloss Black Finish Machined Wheel (17x7.5

Customer Reviews


I bought these wheels because I hit a nasty pothole and bent the stock wheels on my 2005 Acura TL. Instead of paying big money for stock replacements, or even half of that for 3rd-party stock replicas, I bought these wheels for about 1/4 the price as genuine Acura wheels.
They seem like a decent quality wheel for general use. I probably wouldn't put racing compound tires on them and take them around Road America, but nor would I with any cheapie cast-wheel. I've had them on over a month now, and they are fine for daily driving, and the look great without being too flashy (I know, looks are subjective.)
Two things that should be noted:
1) They require an acorn style tapered lugnut. Also, the hole the lugs drop into is deep and very narrow. You'll need a very thin-wall deep-socket wrench to put them on, or just do what I did and get a set of spline-drive lugs.
2) The hub is 72.6mm diameter. My TL's hub is 64.1mm. They will mount without a spacer/adapter, and supposedly if you tighten the lugs in a star-pattern correctly, they will be fine. I tried and could not get the wheels to remain perfectly centered, and experienced vibration around 50mph. I would re-torque the wheels (up on a jack, so there's no load on the wheels) and it would fix the problem for a day or so. Then the wheels would slip ever so slightly over time and start vibrating again. My solution was to buy a set of cheap plastic hub-spacers off ebay. They've been on a couple weeks and the vibration has not come back, even though I have not yet performed the standard aluminum-wheel re-torque after 100 miles.
I gave this product 5 stars, because for what they are, they are perfect. They are not Forgelines or BBSs, so don't expect a featherweight, indestructible racing wheel. Expect a decent quality set of rims that will look great on your daily driver.

They all came in very nice. Now that they have been on the car for a couple weeks there are "imperfections" coming out ... but still nice for the price.

 

Motegi Racing Series MR107 Gloss Black Finish Machined Wheel (17x7.5"/5x114.3mm)

 

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