Novitec Wheels

Who sells these wheels in North America?
Taz, are you running the 255 front and 355 rears?
thanx

 

Abe- I bought mine from our sponsor Exotica Motorsports.

Exotica Motorsports
Phone: (360)607-0709
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Jason Godsil made the deal for me and he sometimes gives an FChat discount. He orders them from Germany and they are delivered directly to you.

I am running 255/35 19s on the front and 355/25 19s on the rear. 25 mm spacers are required for the rear wheels only. I used Hill Engineering spacers, but the bolts for the Type 2 spacers interfered with the wheels and would have had to be turned down slightly (shortened) except we had a spare set of bolts from another application that fit. OEM center caps fit.

Taz
Terry Phillips
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Absolutely gorgeous Taz

 

I agree but they beg for a larger brake package to fill the inside of the wheel better.

 

Michael- I have Mov'It ceramic brakes with billet Modena Yellow calipers in the works. 396 mm F and 362 mm rear. Should be big enough. Black "Ferrari" script with small red "Billet Mov'It Ceramic" underneath. First street Ferrari In the States to be getting them. Second photo shows first generation rotors on a 360. They are up to third generation rotors now, drilled and vented, shown in the first photo.

Taz
Terry Phillips
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The downside is choice in tires....none.

 

Dave- Affirmative. P Zero Rossos or nothing for the rear.

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

How are they over 100?

I have heard that both 550's and 360's w/Novitecs can get squirrely at speed.

 

You can use a 345/30/19 Michelin in the rear. The 355/25/19 was a super elusive tire for a long time, and Novitec was about the only place on the planet that had them. Luckily, they are easier to get these days, but the Michelin still works.

 

Why would that be? I would expect that a wider track and more rubber contacting pavement would have an opposite effect.

I have been 120 (indicated) and survived. I was traveling in a straight line, wanted to do so and stayed that way. Solid. Have not taken any turns in excess of 100. Probably why I am able to write this.

 

Darth- Absolutely untrue based on my experience. Why would they get any more squirelly than any other wheel?

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

Dunno. It's just something I heard about both cars, owned by different people.

 

Careful Terry, I saw a spec of dirt on your car

 

DR3- A 345/30 19 tire is over an inch bigger in diameter (27.15") than the stock 295 35 18s (26.13") and pushing the 4-5% limit (3.9%) before ABS problems. Have you tried them on a 550 or 575M?

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

I havent personally, but Ive recommended them before and the had no issues. I agree the 355 is a better choice, but there are other options (Nitto Invo is another).

 

Might be worth trying, then. I compared rear tires with a Viper owner the other day and he had that size Michelins. He was very surprised to find a Ferrari had wider tires than his Viper did.

Taz
Terry Phillips

 

Soft compound not seating well under high torque. I had that problem with both 295 and 305 size PS2 tires (VERY soft) on my Mercedes....under heavy load when the turbos kicked it the rear would get very twitchy... I switched to a harder compound RE11 and all is well.

IIRC, the Rossa is not a super soft tire, so you should be fine.

 

My 456M with the 19" Novitec's
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Definitely one of the better looking 456s, cool gallardo aswell