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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Light weight wheels

What are some good light weight wheels that would fit a FB?
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 12:44 PM
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the stock + wheels are light. Panasports are fairly light.
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 01:35 PM
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Its hard to beat the stock plus or waffle wheels which come in around 12.5 lbs.
The downside is they are only 13 inch in diameter.

As mentioned, competition panasports are a bit lighter and come in wider widths.
Diamond Racing makes steelies that are wider and failry light for steel wheels.
These can all be had in larger diameters and 4x110 PCD as well.
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 04:19 PM
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Revolution wheels are very light. I've got a set in 13x8 for my race tires. There was a set in 14x7 in the forsale section last week.




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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 09:16 PM
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What do you consider light? 12 lbs.? 15lbs.? What size wheel? I run a 15x7 wheel (Kosei)which is about 15lbs. (no tire)for the track/street. BTW they aren't made in a 4x110 bolt pattern but do pop up for sale every now and then. I run that size wheel because 205/50-15 tires are easy to find from almost any brand. 13" and 14" wheels would be lighter but tire choises are much more limited.
My auto-x wheel setup is currently 13x7 Panasport wheel (this wheel is about 8lbs. no tire) w/ 9.5" wide slicks on them for FP they have great lateral grip. I will probably sell these soon.
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 01:22 AM
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Lightest Ive seen yet is SpinWerks at 8.75lbs per wheel for a 13X7 competition wheel.
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 02:33 PM
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Hey, thanks for the thread guys. I've been looking for steelies for my 84 GS and the Diamond Racing 14" Challenger series now. Thanks again!
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Old Nov 19, 2011 | 03:21 PM
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i have a set of Weds wheels that are fairly light. they are 15x6.
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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I run Panasport UL wheels right now. I plan on running Spinwerkes in the future.
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Old Apr 2, 2017 | 05:13 PM
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I know this is an old trend but...has anyone ever heard of a 14x7" in a 4x110mm rim? What are the weight of these?
These are apparently a 2 piece keystone dyna lite rim
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