Diamonds Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Oh man, evo guys the world over have a new sherrif in town. After a drunken debate with a well-respected evo owner-builder at a bar in the flats. It was decided (in his opinion..not mine) that the term "GTR Fitment" referred to a wheel with a sunken face. "Sunken face" is the proper term for a wheel that has a concaved wheel center. Examples of a sunken face wheel would be a low offset (wide) Te37. From my experience and conquest for proof, "GTR Fitment" refers to a wheel that is 17 or 18 inches tall, by nine inches wide, with a +20 offset (for the poin-dexters, it can be anywhere near that, doesn't have to be exact)... the term recieved its definition from the likelyhood that the size noted as "GTR fitment" was oftentimes used on a skyline chassis. This evo-owner continued to tell me that "GTR fitment" was about the face of a wheel etc etc... and it then worked itself into a crazy drunken debate about wheel construction, barrel types, casting construction and their differences...... and irish whiskey. Either way, aside from the fact that i will school anyone in wheel knowledge.... i caught wind of a newly distributed wheel by MB that just hit the market. the wheel is called the MB Battle. it comes in attractive sizes and are decently light-weight. MB has a habit of buying up bulk orders of pre-existant wqheels and reselling them under their own name (Atech, etc) MB recently bought up a bunch of CST zero-1's and is now making them their own. you can look at both wheels and they will be identical. The cool thing is... FOR NOW, the MB's are noted as being about 60% of the price of their counterpart (CST zero-1)... Check it out for yourself. they are about 260.00 a piece at RHDjapan.com... buy them locally at Discount tire for less... Disclaimer - these wheels are nothing new, i'm not acting like i'm finding them for the first time, so please no "oh dude, those are so last year"... i'm simply finding them for less and for "local" you are welcome buy them now before the price hikes. 23lbs for a 17x9 (not shabby) http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/3424/arumisouko2007-img600x450-1130467231syuppinn_1271.jpg http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/3424/600x450-2005083000005.jpg http://images7.carview.co.jp/parts/images/parts40923_1.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i23/dstar180/ghostdancer6.jpg LINK http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/wheelProduct.go?tc=MBMBAT Feast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Wait, what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Cliffs notes: CST zero-1's = 1100.00 MB Battles = 660.00 They are the same wheel. They would look great and fit well on a Mitsubishi Evolution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excell Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Ahhh okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 So this wheel police thing you do isn't just an internet thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I have the cst zero 1's, the mb's have no concave face whatsoever, take a look yourself . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 call mike from memoryfab he is the main importer for cst wheels in the states. I know now for sure they are not the same wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I have the cst zero 1's, the mb's have no concave face whatsoever, take a look yourself . is that so??? hmmm, let's see, this guy bought a set to compare to his actual CST's.... hmmm... here is one of his newly purchased MB's http://www.team-blend.net/jacksonphoto/flushmaybe2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/240trainee/Battle1.jpg they look just as concave to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 call mike from memoryfab he is the main importer for cst wheels in the states. I know now for sure they are not the same wheels. dude, please dont' argue with me.. i don't want to see you kick that already dead horse that took 5 pages of a popular forum to kill. http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=180879&page=2&highlight=battles and i quote "i have real CST's on my s14, and my buddy just got in a set of the MB and they look identical except for the center caps, which i think it looks better without the center cap. but point being, there are noooo difference in rims, they weigh the same, and quality looks and feels the same." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I can't believe this thread exists.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 call mike from memoryfab he is the main importer for cst wheels in the states. I know now for sure they are not the same wheels. Are you insinuating that a business owner told you that because he wanted to dispell all myths or do you think he maybe did it because he is the (as you said) main importer of the same wheel that costs almost twice as much... to protect his "keep".... I'd tell you that too... Hey man, i am completely unbiased anyways. I wouldn't be caught dead on gravity cast wheels... /elite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Theres only 1 way to settle this guys. DRIFT SHOWDOWN! http://carsmedia.ign.com/cars/image/article/726/726600/dvd-check-bmi-japan-vs-usa-drift-off-20060818051515906.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 http://www.the-reel-mccoy.com/movies/2001/images/FastFurious1.jpg lets do arial 3-D drifting in muscle cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I just got back from discount tires on sawmill with the mb in stock and looked at them in person, they are not the same wheels , they are closed @ 3 due to good friday, look at the wheels in person, the casting is different and the concave face is way diff the mb is not as concave and has a huge block on the backspacing on the wheel. cst do not. I can care less about pricing I seen this post and was kinda pissed that I could of picked them up for this cheap, but when I went to sawmill to look at the wheels, they are similar but not the same, they did not have the 17.9 in stock just the 18's but same offset ect, they have a smaller dish with a big backspacing block on the rim. Alot of the guys are buying the cst caps and selling them on zilvia this way, even the color of the rims where a bit different. but I do agree the price of the rims is crazy for the offset and price, way better then shitty ass sportmax or played out 5ziggen rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Apex Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Your thread title isn't clear, I had to read the entire post and some replies to understand what your talking about, hence why your getting the flack. I'll take those in a 17x9 +27 for my Laser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Theres only 1 way to settle this guys. DRIFT SHOWDOWN! http://carsmedia.ign.com/cars/image/article/726/726600/dvd-check-bmi-japan-vs-usa-drift-off-20060818051515906.jpg ....that was a great episode of of BM.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 GTR Fitment = Concaved monoblock. why would they give it a stupid name like, "GTR fitment." Fuck the GTR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted March 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 ^^^ how could that be true when they consider work CRkai GTR fitment as well? those aren't monoblock. GTR fitment simply refers to width and offset.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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