My wheel dreams crushed or, how heavy is too heavy?

[thebarber]

if you do mostly city driving, heavy wheels will adversely affect your mileage, unless you drive with a light touch on the throttle

if you do a lot of highway, heavy wheels will likely be nicer as they'll hold your momentum, but keep in mind that your braking distances will be a bit longer

33OH has big heavy-ass 18's, but theyre great for cruising

i wouldnt worry about potholes so much for the wheels sake...theyll be sturdy

my personal experience is driving my car with 14" steelies and crandalls car with 17lb 17's. i noticed a huge difference in acceleration and braking (was slower to go and stop with the 17's)

[marlondog]

Keep the dream alive, and get those mofos. You dont need ultra light wheels to drive your car to 'space boy' from Initial D. Those wheelz are as sick as bumz fucking. I would keep them the way they are. If you are looking for similar wheels, you can always get the ESM 001 wheels.

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by marlondog

Keep the dream alive, and get those mofos. You dont need ultra light wheels to drive your car to 'space boy' from Initial D. Those wheelz are as sick as bumz fucking. I would keep them the way they are. If you are looking for similar wheels, you can always get the ESM 001 wheels.

Memory Fab, a used JDM wheel dealer in Northern California, had a set of Bridgestone DTM wheels that, other than the lettering, look exactly like these (cap and pin, included). I was thinking of buying them (they were for sale for the longest time) but when I decided to pull the trigger, they were gone. :( I forgot where I saw it, but I actually read a post by the buyer asking a few questions about the wheels; double burn...

Are these your wheels? The reason I hesitated buying is because I can't tell if the face sticks out past the lip. Does it? If not, triple burn...

The reason I would paint it all white is because I don't like TOO much bling. I even painted the polished stainless steel muffler body of the Tanabe Medallion Touring flat black, although I did leve the tip shiny.

[marlondog]

Originally Posted by Yaristeve

Memory Fab, a used JDM wheel dealer in Northern California, had a set of Bridgestone DTM wheels that, other than the lettering, look exactly like these (cap and pin, included). I was thinking of buying them (they were for sale for the longest time) but when I decided to pull the trigger, they were gone. :( I forgot where I saw it, but I actually read a post by the buyer asking a few questions about the wheels; double burn...

Are these your wheels? The reason I hesitated buying is because I can't tell if the face sticks out past the lip. Does it? If not, triple burn...

The reason I would paint it all white is because I don't like TOO much bling. I even painted the polished stainless steel muffler body of the Tanabe Medallion Touring flat black, although I did leve the tip shiny.

I just saw the wheels online, and figured that you could do something similar to the esm wheels is you want them to look like the Ronal's.

[marlondog]

Here's some other wheels you can drool over:

http:forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4945509-Turbo-Wheels-Own-You-Version-2

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by marlondog

Here's some other wheels you can drool over:

http:forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4945509-Turbo-Wheels-Own-You-Version-2

You're an evil, evil man. More evil than the guy in your avatar... :)

[1.5]

8s fit fine. 16x8+12 and SLAMMED, pretty much no rubbing

[WeeYari]

Originally Posted by 1.5

8s fit fine. 16x8+12 and SLAMMED, pretty much no rubbing

...but with exactly how much stretch? ...

[cali yaris]

for eveything else there is mastercard......or in Garms case, Paypal

And Krugerrands, gold teeth, natural gas futures, shares in Tesla... etc.

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

And Krugerrands...

No need to dabble in gold black market anymore. US Mint now has 1oz pure gold bullion, too!

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by 1.5

8s fit fine. 16x8+12 and SLAMMED, pretty much no rubbing

I don't see how 16 X 8 +12 will fit without rubbing even if you did stretch 205/50 on them when according to the wheel sticky you need at least a +38...

[1.5]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

...but with exactly how much stretch? ...

Originally Posted by vten

Like a Lot .....175 on 8's ... Hardcore ! Lol

Lol Tan is exact on the specs. Youd be surprised, 175s are s drives and Yokohama makes fat ass tires so they are not THAT extreme, 165/45 on an 8 is extreme which is what I ran before.

Originally Posted by Yaristeve

I don't see how 16 X 8 +12 will fit without rubbing even if you did stretch 205/50 on them when according to the wheel sticky you need at least a +38...

205 is deff not a stretch on an 8 unless you get some falken 512s and even then it is barely any stretch

I have ran 165/45 on an 8 as my daily, no issue other than there is a pubic hair's with of cushy rubber between you and the road.

That sticky is not an end all say all Bible it is a guide for noobs.

[vten]

Like a Lot .....175 on 8's ... Hardcore ! Lol

[vten]

Hahaha I can't keep up with u guys ! U guys r hardcore ! Lol

[mr_miles]

8 inch wide wheels are skinny. i feel like im running on ice skates with these d2's. 10 inch wide rear wheel or bust! (which will be done sunday, one got finished last night!)

I forget what size tire I have one them. 185 50 i think?

[1.5]

OMG 185s on 10s???

And yes Miles knows what wide wheels look like lol but I'm only 1/4" skinnier can I still be cool? Lol

[yarisugi]

I priced out the 15x8 on their website. They have two offsets for 4x100
and 15x8, a +35 offset and a +20 offset. Total was $700. If their online promo
code for holiday savings of 20% applies, then 700-140= $560! What a deal.
Of course, I didn't go that far but a good choice to consider. Might look something like this?

[mr_miles]

Anything over 9 inches is acceptable. (THE PUNS, THERE ARE SO MANY)
I'm waiting on the edge of my seat to see those get on your car. They're going to look so sexy.

We're going opposite ends of the spectrum it seems lol. the 92's are so small compared to yours.