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Enkei RPF1

                        


Since I relegated my Rota Slipstreams for winter use, I was in need of new 16” summer shoes.

I decided to go with some higher quality wheels. My choice was the classic Enkei Racing RPF1. Made in Japan. Classic. Light weight cast wheels. Forged was not in my budget.  I would have preferred to source them in Canada, but I wanted them in Bronze. And only TireRack.com seemed to carry them in Bronze.

I placed an order with TireRack.com on March 26. I called them back on the 27th to check if they included the Enkei valve stems. They did NOT. The order did include plastic hub-centric rings and black 35mm lug nuts but no valve stems. Ok, adjusted the order to include them ($11. each).  They arrived in Point Roberts on March 30. They created a separate order for the valve stems and shipped them to me. It turned out they also dropped a valve stem in each wheel box. So, I’m ending up with two sets of valve stems. Since it was their mistake, the TireRack credited me the cost of the stems, as the cost of shipping would exceed the value. Great customer service!


UPDATE: April 5, 2018

I had my BF Goodrich G-Force Sport Comp-2 mounted on the RPF1’s at 1010Tires Vancouver.

$25. a tire plus taxes. Now they’re ready to go on the GD3!

Wheel & tire weights 33.2 lbs. on my scale. Tirerack advertised weight for Sport Comp-2 is 21 lbs. That leaves 12.2 lbs. for the wheels. I did not record the weight of the wheels only. Enkei advertises the 16x7 +35 4x100 at 13.7 lbs.



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