im looking for some companys that make light weight wheels. i want 17"s not sure on the style yet im thinking prolly a 5 spoke style. not sure on color either. im thinking silver black gunmetal or polished. any insite on some companys and styles would be great.
i know enkei makes some lightwieght wheels
As far as lightweight 17s for a good price, when I was looking, I wanted a 17x7.5... I found two that I liked that size.
17"x7.5" Kosei K1 Racing 16.7lbs each 35 offset $179 @
www.tirerack.com
17"x7.5" Falken Hanabi ~17lbs each 42 offset $159.99 @
www.1010tires.com
The Hanabi has a better offset for our cars and is cheaper and weighs about the same. I almost went with them but I got a deal on a set of used Kosei K1s.
Look for the motegi track lites, I think they are around 200 a rim.
i like those ro_ja's but i herd they were discontinued is that true? i also like the 5 spoke centerline wheels i dont know the name and cannot find how much they weigh. the motiegi trak light is nice but no 5/100. is there a site that actually tells you the weight of wheels. all the sites i look on have no weight listed for the wheels 1010tires.com lists some but not most.
Wheres the cheap light weight, white 5 spoke wheels?!! All I can find is the motegis which weigh a lot and the gram lites which cost a ton!
Check out Velox ... I've got the PG5 S 17" 12.5lbs. 18" 15lbs.
Velox
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i found the name of the centerlines they are called centerline storm but i cannot find the weight of them, i also like the enkei rpm2 they weigh 16.9. those velox pg5 s are crazy light 12.5 ibs they look good too, how much do those cost about?
go with motegi track lites
you can get a set of 4 in 17's in black/gunmetal for 780 or so
where did u see the track lites go for that cheap? the lowest i see them is a grand for all 4
...John, your wheels were EXACTLY the ones I was looking into...how do you like those veloxes? I havent seen em in a while, are they still available? What tires (size, too..heheheh) ya running with em? They look marvelous on your car, btw...
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Another rim I would check out is the Drag DR-8. They're only 15 lbs. for 17's and run about $380-400 for a set of four.
I cant think of the name but they were 5 spoke gunmetal 17's with polish lip that weighed 12.5pounds each ill see if i cna figure it out
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13.7 @ 102mph 2.19 60'
^^^^^Those are the Velox PG-5S you are thinking about. Those are the ones that John317 has on his 'fire.
Rota Slipstreams look nice and light.. i was
told the 15" ones weigh 6lbs each without tires but im not 100% sure.
someone had a set of TrakLites and Goodyear Drag Radials and they said one weighs less than a spare tire donut and thats with the tire mounted....cant remember who but it was on AIM, i think it was Josh Roberts with his new cavy aka Minion, so that would be a good setup there.. he only has 2 tire as the drag radials obviously, for racing..
