Koya Drift Teks

[BASHO]

I'm thinking of some new rims for my R34GTT and like the look of Koya Drift Teks, I'd be goimg for 17 x 8s nothing fancy there, Koya have told me that they weigh 8-9kgs in the 17x8 but didn't seem to sure, I've also come across a couple of posts that were less than enthusiastic about Drift Teks.

So does anyone know what wieght they actualy are ? --And --

---Has anyone an opinion on them based preferably on personal experiance ?

I have to say I'm thinking of getting these because I like the look of them and that they should be reasonably light.

[Russco]

Got a set of Drifteks in 17 x 8 on my R32 GTST fitted with 235x45x17" RE55 for circuit days. Cheap solid cast rim but not the lightest, never had any issues but if I had my time again would go for Enkei RPF1, much lighter and the better quality.

[hrd-hr30]

You can get a set of 17*9" Enkei RPF1s for around $15-1600 from the US. That's bugger all more than driftteks.

aren't 8" a bit narrow for a 34GTT?

driftteks aren't light but if its a road car, who cares? the little bit of weight will make no meaningful difference whatsoever at road speeds on road tyres.

[batakr33]

Got link to those RPF1's for that price ?

[_Ryan_]

contact streeter

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

get the 9.5 +12's (or is it 22...?) either way

[BASHO]

Thanks guys does anyone know of a deler that has these in stock on the Gold Coast ? My car is silver/grey and I'd like to sight a wheel I'd be after silver if I go for them and I'm not sure if the colour match would work.

[scathing]

A mate had them on his S14 for a while. They had a pretty hard life, and he never had issues with them.

They're not that light, but they're not that expensive and they seem strong enough. They also look pretty cool.

[nisskid]

they are heavy and relatively weak. you get what you pay for, although seems cheap and nasty wheels are the flavour of the month here on SAU, even on performance orientated cars. i mean the show cars and "street cars" have always been filled with cheap copy shit, now it seems it's leaking into the performance cars.

but hey, i bet bob jane do killer payment plans so it's all good.

[some_cs_student]

contact streeter

Mine are actually due in about 1-2 weeks for the RPF1's, I bought when the yen was slightly low so paid over $1600. The yen went up to 79yen per Aussie dollar a week later

RPF1's are extremely light.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

they are heavy and relatively weak. you get what you pay for, although seems cheap and nasty wheels are the flavour of the month here on SAU, even on performance orientated cars. i mean the show cars and "street cars" have always been filled with cheap copy shit, now it seems it's leaking into the performance cars.

but hey, i bet bob jane do killer payment plans so it's all good.

lol i totally dont get it...

i got my SSR professors for 2300 with 95% tread dunlop lemans 702's (that's 4 x $500 tyres)

they were in immac condition, and worked out cheaper than drifteks etc with the same quality rubber

2nd hand jap FTW

[Kramotax]

If you look around abit, you should be able to get 2nd hand jap rims in great condition

[nisskid]

lol i totally dont get it...

i got my SSR professors for 2300 with 95% tread dunlop lemans 702's (that's 4 x $500 tyres)

they were in immac condition, and worked out cheaper than drifteks etc with the same quality rubber

2nd hand jap FTW

exactly, 2nd hand jap is amazingly cheap, especially through streeter, yet people still insist on buy cheap crap. i think its just laziness these days, no one seems to really give a shit enough about their cars to spend the time to actually search for some quality gear for cheap.

another good example was my new model GT-P's, forged disk, spun rim, cost me $1250 or something delivered to my door in new condition with all volk valve and hub caps, thats less than drift teks i think. and they were high demand size and offset (17x9 +16)

[scathing]

II wouldn't trust second hand wheels in a non-streeter "performance" setting. You have no idea what has happened to those wheels in the past, and the cost of failure is quite high with wheels.

I sold off a set of TE37s, one of which I bent heavily. It's impossible to see after the repairs, but it'd be nowhere near as strong as you'd expect. I don't even know if it'd be as strong as a never-bent cast wheel.

Second hand Jap wheels are good for a street car that isn't thrashed too hard but where you can still enjoy the lighter weight, and great for bragging rights, but not something I'd consider for "serious" performance use.

[Russco]

or as I've found out in the past, out of a set of second hand jap wheels 1 is often buckled which is pretty hard to pick up unless you have a wheel balancing machine handy hence why I'll always buy new wheels be it cast or forged.

Nisskid - continuing on from the Rota thread are we...............?

[BASHO]

You can get a set of 17*9" Enkei RPF1s for around $15-1600 from the US. That's bugger all more than driftteks.

aren't 8" a bit narrow for a 34GTT?

driftteks aren't light but if its a road car, who cares? the little bit of weight will make no meaningful difference whatsoever at road speeds on road tyres.

I don't think so OE is a 17 x 7.5 so 8" is just a 1/2" over OE.

I'm not a fan of over wide wheels on a streeter, which is what my car is, for the 300kws atw guys fine and whatever rocks the boat for everyone else realy , but IMO it dosen't make for a better handling car round town, they're an extra strain on the steering and track gear can be a pita in the wet, don't help with fuel consumption and lets not even get started on tyre costs of fattys.

I've been told that the 17x8 Drift-Teks weigh 8-9kgs which aint to bad but unless someone on here has weighed one and posts I have no way of knowing whether thats right or not till I can find one and sling it on the bathroom scales if they are even 9kgs then I think they'd be about 1 to 2kgs lighter than the 17x7.5 R34GTT OE .

I spose its all relative but 4x 17" x 8" Drift-Teks are $1040.00 fitted,balanced, new wheel nuts, valves etc- using my existing Nexens which have far to much tread to give the ass , much as I'd like to.

Then there's wheel and tyre packages beyond counting from the likes of Tempe @ $1100.00 and moving on of course second handy lightweight mostly Japspec stuff which can be excellent value but from the searches I've done so far min $1500-2000.00 and up and though I guess many are good theres still the element of re roll chance with a second handy as scathing notes in his post here.I have also to find the size/offset I'm after -I'm probably looking in the wrong place.

Then of course we can't put a price on the bragging rights of a $4k set of wheels and then theres the tyres----------------------of course .

[DSTROY]

I run Drift Teks on my skyline, 300kw+ with semi slicks at the track and haven't had a problem.

[Basti]

lol i totally dont get it...

i got my SSR professors for 2300 with 95% tread dunlop lemans 702's (that's 4 x $500 tyres)

they were in immac condition, and worked out cheaper than drifteks etc with the same quality rubber

2nd hand jap FTW

lol i got my meisters for 950 with 80% trerad and a slight buckle to one rim ($90 to fix). they aren't the lightest wheel, but better than BT shite

[nisskid]

II wouldn't trust second hand wheels in a non-streeter "performance" setting. You have no idea what has happened to those wheels in the past, and the cost of failure is quite high with wheels.

I sold off a set of TE37s, one of which I bent heavily. It's impossible to see after the repairs, but it'd be nowhere near as strong as you'd expect. I don't even know if it'd be as strong as a never-bent cast wheel.

Second hand Jap wheels are good for a street car that isn't thrashed too hard but where you can still enjoy the lighter weight, and great for bragging rights, but not something I'd consider for "serious" performance use.

ur right, brand new quality wheels are best. but id take the very low risk that my 2nd hand wheels have been bent really bad before and repaired, and aren't very strong, then buy brand new cheap wheels and be guaranteed that they aren't very strong.

[nisskid]

Nisskid - continuing on from the Rota thread are we...............?

which one? ive been ragging on rota and other cheap shit for years.