I don't know what the hell has happened in the course of 2 years but apparently I doomed myself when I decided to keep these rota slipstreams/yokohama paradas. These are awesome rims and tires and I love them to death. But for whatever reason, now that I need new paradas, I can't find them anywhere. They are on backorder on tirerack, and no one has 16s on ebay. Its all 17s and up. Then, I need one, just ONE slipstream because one of mine is bent. AND I CAN'T FRIGGING FIND IT ANYWHERE!!!! No one has ONE 4x114.3 16" slipstream anywhere. Not in any color. Hell at this point it could be pink and I would buy it. But nope. If I want 17s, I'm all set. But I don't have that kind of money to go upgrading both my rims and tires to 17s. I mean, at this point, it would be easier to just do that, but I'm not rich. I need 3 tires and a rim, not 4 tires and 4 rims. I have even contimplated selling my rims/tires so I could upgrade, but no one is gonna buy a bent rim and 4 mismatched tires (one of which is bald). So I'm screwed. I will probably end up choosing different yokohamas. I can deal with that. But I can't find a damn rim, and I can't put a bent rim on the car. So I'm hoping maybe someone out there knows where I can find one 4x114.3 16" Rota Slipstream in any color. Bonus if anyone knows where I can find 205/40/16 paradas.

 

I have (well 17's) and sell those tires. I will check for avail. on Monday for you.

 

It would probably be cheaper to have the rim bent back than buying a new one. Go to a wheel and tire shop and ask if they can fix bent rims. Ive got a place around me that does it, and it is fairly cheap.

 

That would be awesome if you could check for me.

Also I may get it fixed if its fixable. I dont remember it being bent too badly. Honestly I havent looked at the things since last Novemeber, theyve been stacked on my balcony since then.

 

I had one of my centerlines bent a liitle and it cost me $50 to get it as good as new.

 

Hmm..Hey liz how good did you REALLY search for them? i found quite a few places that have them...
CHECK HERE FOR THE RIMS i mean that was just a simple google search...NOW maybe you have searched like that and called and they dont carry them....in THAT case "try here To Order Rota Slipstream Wheels Call: 1-858-565-2900 or CLICK HERE" ...as for the tires, they were discontinued, and as far as i've searched (pretty far) they are no longer stocked, and have been replaced by the cheaper, more efficent prada spec-2...

 

lol, I did a google search, but I couldnt find anything. There's a site there that sells one for $140, that's not too bad. Thanks for the links.

yeah I dont think I'll be getting paradas. Sucks. I'm gonna go with Nitto Neo Gens I think.

 

the neo gens are ok...but i recommend "BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2"...there are a non expensive tire, and they GRIP like you wouldnt believe, tread life is decent around 30-50k...and they have a SICK pattern fing02.gif CLICK HERE is a link to them...I made my brother get them on his BMW Mcoupe and he couldnt believe the difference he loves them, i'm gettin them on my tib as soon as i can wear these tires down

 

yeah I saw those, I would love to get those but I just dont have the budjet for it right now...

 

I got the BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW 2 and they rock.