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lemansz20 08-10-2009 10:26 PM

The weight is just as heavy as a stock wheel, or more depending on size. Its hard to judge as most sizes are always going to be different, but their materials arent any better then volk, jline, or dpe. SORRY

armensti 08-11-2009 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by lemansz20 (Post 146266)
The weight is just as heavy as a stock wheel, or more depending on size. Its hard to judge as most sizes are always going to be different, but their materials arent any better then volk, jline, or dpe. SORRY

a lot of after market rims are actually heavier then our stock rims because our stock rims are so good that its hard to compete with them.

boredfast 08-11-2009 02:40 PM

so i guess the realization of 8k for wheels (30% of what the car is worth) scared of TS?

lol i am waiting for him to post his response.

shabarivas 08-11-2009 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by armensti (Post 146409)
a lot of after market rims are actually heavier then our stock rims because our stock rims are so good that its hard to compete with them.

99% of work / volk / etc will be lighter than stock if you retain stock size... any time you get an aftermarket cast wheel it will be heavier...

OMGWTFBBQ 08-11-2009 10:39 PM

That works if you're talking about 95% of OEM wheels, but it's a different story for the 370z sport wheels. The sport wheels are made by the same company that makes Volk Racing wheels (Rays Engineering). They're also forged aluminum, which cannot be said for a LOT of OEM wheels. In fact, if you look at most of the other OEM wheels (for a Japanese brand car at least), the wheels are cast aluminum made by Enkei.

It'll be hard trying to find an aftermarket wheel that weighs less than the sport package wheels. But then again, the weight difference should be negligible since the wheel width, contact patch, and tire width are going to be increased, or else, why bother with new wheels right?

vater 08-11-2009 11:03 PM

beautiful wheels, Concave FIVE ftmfw.

However, for 8k I'd rather buy a toyota echo with 5k miles to use for bad weather days.

armensti 08-12-2009 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ (Post 147631)
That works if you're talking about 95% of OEM wheels, but it's a different story for the 370z sport wheels. The sport wheels are made by the same company that makes Volk Racing wheels (Rays Engineering). They're also forged aluminum, which cannot be said for a LOT of OEM wheels. In fact, if you look at most of the other OEM wheels (for a Japanese brand car at least), the wheels are cast aluminum made by Enkei.

It'll be hard trying to find an aftermarket wheel that weighs less than the sport package wheels. But then again, the weight difference should be negligible since the wheel width, contact patch, and tire width are going to be increased, or else, why bother with new wheels right?

yeah your right but the volk g2's are much lighter then the sp wheels.

im not 100% on this but i think that the 19x9.5 and 19x10.5 are under 20lbs but the sp wheels are around 23lbs.

Shunya 08-12-2009 06:48 AM

i still love the mesh :D

OMGWTFBBQ 08-12-2009 12:47 PM

I don't think they're coming back. :p

armensti 08-13-2009 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ (Post 148239)
I don't think they're coming back. :p

y would they? lol


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