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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 11:29 PM
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What the lightest 18"

I want something that is a lot lighter than stock, maybe wider in the back, and is 18."

Any suggestions???
 

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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by WRAH
I want something that is a lot lighter than stock, maybe wider in the back, and is 18."

Any suggestions???

Wrah man check these out http://store1.vividracing.com/catalo...8c0c68f4b88acd ....

A few other brands for lightweight wheels would be BBS, Volk (Some) and dam a few others.. I'll post more tomorrow, i'll look around! What kind of wheel are you looking for?
 
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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 11:37 PM
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Wrah man check these out http://store1.vividracing.com/catalo...8c0c68f4b88acd ....

A few other brands for lightweight wheels would be BBS, Volk (Some) and dam a few others.. I'll post more tomorrow, i'll look around! What kind of wheel are you looking for?
I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for other than I want them to be light. I really like my stock wheels, but am thinking of making those my winter wheels.

The 19" 2005's are growing on me, but having a black car, I might go with bronze or yellow(of some hue)
 
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Old Dec 20, 2004 | 12:14 AM
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I have the black also, and im following iLLG35 about the HPracing evo dark silver 18'' iLLG35 is gonna lead me to heaven~ But one thing is that i dont care about the weight of the wheels because as i heard form some friend of mine, "G is kindda light and should put some weight on it before it flys away" (dont take their words for it, they are just trying to be silly) So im actually gonna go with heavier 18''
 
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Old Dec 20, 2004 | 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by subrobo
I have the black also, and im following iLLG35 about the HPracing evo dark silver 18'' iLLG35 is gonna lead me to heaven~ But one thing is that i dont care about the weight of the wheels because as i heard form some friend of mine, "G is kindda light and should put some weight on it before it flys away" (dont take their words for it, they are just trying to be silly) So im actually gonna go with heavier 18''
Light, we are heavy, but I just want to kill some excess weight while getting new wheels.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2004 | 10:24 AM
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Yeah, the G is kinda heavy, not light. Saving wheel weight can dramatically improve performance because it's unsprung weight.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2004 | 11:18 AM
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I bought a set of Enkei RP-03's for my car to use as winter wheels mainly (but they are really starting to grow on me). The wheels are 18's (8" in front, 8.5" rear) and weigh in at 18lbs each.

I would sware that the car is quicker now, but that is most likely in my head.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2004 | 12:02 PM
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I'm running Volk CE28N's in 18x8.5 on all four corners on my sedan. If memory serves me correctly the rim weighed in at about 16.5 lbs. each. I believe that this design is Volk's lightest aluminum wheel.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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Volk magnesium wheels are very light but there crazy expensive not sure if they make them in 18's though, I think the biggest is 17's
 
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Old Dec 21, 2004 | 01:52 AM
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I think that you can get the Volk Mags in 18s, but it's $7000 for the set with a 3 month lead time. Don't ask me how I know that.
 
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Old Dec 21, 2004 | 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by subrobo
I have the black also, and im following iLLG35 about the HPracing evo dark silver 18'' iLLG35 is gonna lead me to heaven~ But one thing is that i dont care about the weight of the wheels because as i heard form some friend of mine, "G is kindda light and should put some weight on it before it flys away" (dont take their words for it, they are just trying to be silly) So im actually gonna go with heavier 18''

G35's are def. not lightweight cars lol, but add some performance mods and the wheels will serve a gfreat purpose of better handling and grip!
 
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Old Dec 21, 2004 | 02:07 AM
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I'm liking something like this in bronze on a black Gcoupe...

volk racing: ce28: 18'' bronze, does anyone know what they weigh?


 

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Old Dec 21, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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What do the experts think???
 
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Old Dec 21, 2004 | 03:33 PM
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What do the experts think???

I would say in 18" wheels with a 8/8.5 width those would prob weigh 18-20 lbs... Those are pretty nice wheels!
 
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Old Dec 21, 2004 | 03:52 PM
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Try SSR Comp they are very light weight wheels
 
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