2013 Alfa Romeo Giulietta on RVRN Forged RV-DS016
The Giulietta is one of the few modern five-door hatchbacks that still reads as Italian from every angle — a short rear deck, a wide track for its size, and arches that sit tight around the tire. Takane's 2013 Giulietta runs a square RVRN RV-DS016 setup: 19x8.5 at every corner on a +38MM offset, machined to a 5x110 bolt pattern with a 65.1mm center bore so the wheel locates hub-centrically on the factory hubs.
What makes the RV-DS016 the right choice here comes down to how it is built. The RV-DS016 is a 2-piece forged wheel, so the center and the barrel are forged and finished separately before being bolted together — that is what lets RVRN set the spoke profile and the lip depth for one specific car instead of compromising both in a single-piece design. Every set is machined from aerospace-grade 6061-T6 forged aluminum, which puts the material where the wheel needs stiffness and keeps it out of where it does not.
Takane kept the finish deliberately restrained: matte bronze spokes over a gloss black barrel, closed out with black assembly hardware. Bronze is the one warm tone that holds its own against the Giulietta's bright red without turning the car into a statement, and the gloss black barrel pulls the eye into the face of the wheel. The build was also specified around the car's factory brake package — Takane called out afterwards that the calipers clear without issue, which is exactly the kind of detail a 2-piece forged wheel lets you design for.
Want the full specification sheet for this chassis? See the 2013 Alfa Romeo Giulietta RV-DS016 wheel project.
