Motegi MR131 18X8 5X4.5 6.27 45mm MATTE BRONZE - MR13188012645

The only thing you’ll dislike about these wheels is you’ll need tuner lugs since your stock ones are too big to fit. They are easily clear the STI Brembo calipers, but I’m also running 20mm Subispeed forged spacers for that extra aggressive look, so they sit with a +25 offset, which looks perfect imo, other than that they are super light, an estimated 20 lbs a piece, not forged obviously but flow formed for strength and lightness and for the price it’s a win/win situation. Now you may think that these wheels are Japanese, they are not. They are made in China and Motegi’s have been around for a long time now and are just part of a bigger umbrella company. My theory is these wheels are called Motegi because of the Twin Ring Motegi Racetrack in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan and that’s why they have these Traklite models.

I have owned a set of these for nearly two years and love them! ...Until a few days ago when I accidentally clipped a curb to avoid a cat in the road. I was going about 30mph and the rim seemed to bend very easily. When hitting the curb. It bent so far that the inside of the rim cracked rendering it unusable. The rim itself didn't even contact the curb directly as there's not even a scratch on the rim. Because of this experience, I can't speak much on how strong they actually are.So rather than buy a whole other set of rims, I figured it would be cheaper and easier to just replace the one. I order the extra rim from Amazon (same place as before, probably just a different seller) and well, it just doesn't match. The color is off in a way that it looks like they turned the saturation down or something. The old rim is a very deep, golden bronze and I loved that about the rims. That color was exactly what I was looking for. But this new one does not match and it is driving me crazy. I will probably go ahead and have the new rim installed just so I can have my car back. Then I'll order another of this same rim from somewhere else off amazon and once that arrives and is hopefully a matching color, I will just be returning this mismatched one. This is very disappointing.

Very light weight

Perfect for my tires and my polished metal car..