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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 09:15 PM
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Lightweight Wheels

I'm looking for some lightweight wheels for occasional (weekend) street use and wet weather track use at club road racing events. I know about Panasports, and I've looked at brands like 5Zigen. I have an '84 GSL-SE (4 X 114.3mm PCD) and want 15" X 7" wheels. Any other brands I should look into?
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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 09:27 PM
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RAYS Volk Engineering
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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 09:42 PM
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cough wheelspecs.com cough
seriously though, you can do a search for whatever pcd, size, etc
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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 10:16 PM
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I use some old school gold BBS wheels, they are lightweight alluminum. I love them, you pick some up from the bargain bin on Beat.
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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 01:48 AM
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konig Heliums are 10.8 lbs for a 15x6.5





Diamond racing wheels

http://www.diamondracingwheels.com/D...tockSeries.htm
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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 06:54 PM
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Thanks for the suggestions. I looked at some Konig wheels today, and the prices are good. I'm frankly a little worried at just how low the prices are -- you know, if it looks to good to be true . . . At any rate, I want to run Hoosier R3S03s in 205/50 front and 225/45 rear. The minimum recommended rim width for the 205/50 is 6.5", while the minimum recommended for the 225/45 is 7". Has anyone run this combo? If so, any recommendations on offset? Any interference problems?
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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 10:09 PM
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konig traffik's 40mm offset. 12lbs ea.

http://www.rx-7.net/uploads1/1043505084.jpg
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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 08:29 AM
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I found some great 15x7 enkei rims at a salvage yard. Look around, you can find some great stuff.
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