It’s time to continue our look at some of RAYS’ most iconic wheels. After dedicating some space to the iconic TE37 and its future, I wanted to shine a light on another very important model in the line-up, the CE28N.
This is one of Volk Racing’s most recognizable wheels. It was brought into production in the late ’90s and continues to be a favorite among enthusiasts, from diehard track racers to the ones that put style in front of outright performance. But performance is what the CE28N has always been about; it continues to be RAYS’ lightest wheel, currently offered in eight different versions and countless sizes and fitments to suit pretty much any vehicle out there.
The ‘CE’ stands for ‘Competition Expert’, a hint at its purpose. Like the TE37, the ’28’ in CE28N refers to the weight of the original entry-level wheel, a 14x5JJ, which tipped the scales at just 2.8kg. In no way does the wheel’s light weight impact its strength and rigidity though, and there’s the added benefit of a design that swallows up large brakes with ease.
I’ve personally always liked this wheel for the accentuated lip portion of the design that looks especially good on wide and deeper offset applications.
While its spiritual successor, the ZE40, was released a few years back now, the CE28N continues to be a popular go-to wheel for consumers. It also remains favored in the motorsport world with the Club Racer version being offered in specific sizes for homologation in one-make race series.
I hope you enjoyed this quick look at what remains an epic design so synonymous with Japanese aftermarket tuning culture.
Next, I’d like to spend some time looking at the cast Gram Lights line-up…
Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Nice work Dino keep em coming.
Few more!
Needs moar history about this design. LOL!
Yeah, the article felt like a long introduction. I actually said, "what?" out loud when I got to the last couple of sentences, as I was expecting it to delve deeper into the design. Maybe there's not much to say and it just is what it is, like the guy on the team that does amazing work, but doesn't say much and just gets on with things.
what does the 'n' stand for?
I think N is stands for 'Normal' variant of CE28.
There is CE28C which have 3-spoke design at the time CE28N came out.
No comment.
I used to have a set of CE28 wheels the spokes cracked where they met the wheel....
Damn, what'd you hit? I've seen photos of all sorts of high-end wheels breaking and bending, though. Nothing's indestructible.
Love it, keep it up.
As a CE28N owner even I was left wanting more from this
It would be a whole lot more professional if you would disclose within the article that this is basically an ad, especially seeing how often you guys promote RAYS and how they're your official suppliers.
They our part of our official suppliers : )
I'd like to think that its fairly obvious, as directly below your (tough guy Anon) post, is the official suppliers list....with strangely enough, Rays listed. They aren't hiding anything.
Most of us are also quite interested in the wheels too I daresay
It's a pretty common thing in journalism to disclose sponsors in articles related to them. I don't necessarily expect it here but it's not a weird thing to point out.
Anyway, I had the Volk NRS wheels on my old Civic, very similar to the 8-spoke CE-28s.
YEAHHHHHHHHHH GRAM LIGHTS excited to see mine
or atleast same design but different colors of what i have