LIGHTWEIGHT Wheels

[jimlloyd40]

Something from the other side of the world:
wheels: borbet db8gt 8.5x18 ET42 7,9kgs / 17,42 lbs
tires: bridgestone potenza sport 245/35
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greeting from austria

Welcome.
Love the car and the wheels.

 

[joerg83]

I really appreciate your warm welcome. Due to regulations here in austria, every mod has to be acknowledged by a government engineer, I had to have 3 appointments with the TÜV. So its usually only wheels and tires or suspension and stock wheels. If you start mixing stuff things get quite complicated and costly/time intensive. Sometimes I envy you crazy americans modding pretty much everything on your cars however you like it.

 

[Malttv5]

Something from the other side of the world:
wheels: borbet db8gt 8.5x18 ET42 7,9kgs / 17,42 lbs
tires: bridgestone potenza sport 245/35
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greeting from austria

Similar in Australia , wheel spacer are illegal unless they were fitted from factory . Wheels can only be 25mm wider than the widest wheel fitted from stock . Only 25mm increase in wheel track on FWD & AWD cars . No heim/uniball spherical joints unless fitted from factory .
If I want to go out side the ADR rules I have to get engineering approval . The best one is , a 20% increase in power must be certified by a Vass Signatory .

Cheers

 

[turbojzrr]

Just got mine and am beyond satisfied with this fitment out of the box.
18"x9" Enkei EPF1 + 235/40R18 Michelin Pilot Sport 4S
Stock suspension - next comes some negative camber, then possibly coils

I neglected to take pictures of them on the scale, but even @ 9" wide, the RPF1's are still under 17lbs. a wheel. Insane.

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offset?

Any issues with rubbing?

 

[turbojzrr]

Been waiting on these for a few weeks. RPF1 in 17x9 ET45. Wheel only (no valve-stem) came in at a feathery 15.4lb.

they are 5x112?? I didn't think they came in 112 with ET45

 

[bfury5]

they are 5x112?? I didn't think they came in 112 with ET45

They don't - they're a redrilled 5x114.3 wheel. With the camber I have up front, I probably could have gone with ET35 in the front but ET35 in the back is too much poke. It was easier to just do ET45 all around and I'll probably add some spacers up front

 

[flipflp]

They don't - they're a redrilled 5x114.3 wheel. With the camber I have up front, I probably could have gone with ET35 in the front but ET35 in the back is too much poke. It was easier to just do ET45 all around and I'll probably add some spacers up front

Unless stance bro and -3 degrees of camber. Every time I shop a 9.5" wide wheel for a stupid street setup I get reminded how not friendly our rear fitment is

 

[bfury5]

Unless stance bro and -3 degrees of camber. Every time I shop a 9.5" wide wheel for a stupid street setup I get reminded how not friendly our rear fitment is

Yeah exactly. You *can* fit et35 in the back but not at a track friendly alignment. Can a 9.5 fit out back at any offset?

 

[flipflp]

Yeah exactly. You *can* fit et35 in the back but not at a track friendly alignment. Can a 9.5 fit out back at any offset?

There aren't a lot of them around but you can fit a 9.5 ET 45-50 wheel but probably only on an R because of the fuel filler neck. A 9" ET35 wheel is effectively the same as a 9.5" ET42 in poke, it's just inner clearance that's a problem with a 9.5" wheel.

 

[turbojzrr]

WedSport TC105x, 18x8.5, +43, no spacers and came in at 16.4 lbs, 39 lbs with tire.

Clears Macan Brembo's

 

[bfury5]

WedSport TC105x, 18x8.5, +43, no spacers and came in at 16.4 lbs, 39 lbs with tire.

Clears Macan Brembo's

I spy A052s! Nice choice

 

[Raguvian]

If I ever go 18" the TC105 is one of the few I'd consider getting.

 

[Scober]

@turbojzr​

Very nice, love the Wedsports

 

[turbojzrr]

I spy A052s! Nice choice

Sadly they are likely 50% done after just 50 laps at Laguna Seca.

If I were to do this over again, I would go with Cup 2's, and get stud conversion.

Every time I take the lugs off, the wheel falls and hits the rotor heat shields and now the barrel is all scratched up.

 

[Raguvian]

Sadly they are likely 50% done after just 50 laps at Laguna Seca.

If I were to do this over again, I would go with Cup 2's, and get stud conversion.

Every time I take the lugs off, the wheel falls and hits the rotor heat shields and now the barrel is all scratched up.

Can I tell you about our lord and savior wheel stud conversion?