 Light weight, nice looking, affordable wheels, Do they exist |
 Oct 21, 2009 - 6:44 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Aug 29, '02 From Lake Orion, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%)  |
Imagine my shock and surprise to find Gramlights going for $4k a set with rubber on The Ebays... can anyone think of some low cost, low weight rims that will look good on our cars?
Cheers - -------------------- -Mike
mjcoury@gmail.com Team Reynolds Style Celica Blog Celica Wiki It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. |
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Sep 21, 2010 - 2:51 AM
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15" haha please. we've all already established that 16x7 rims with 215/45R16 tires will be the best setup. period!!!
This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 21, 2010 - 2:53 AM -------------------- Group buy to replicate Narrow E series transaxle parts
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Oct 24, 2010 - 3:41 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Lake Orion, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Sep 21, 2010 - 2:51 AM)  15" haha please. we've all already established that 16x7 rims with 215/45R16 tires will be the best setup. period!!! Can you elaborate on this? Or is Manny going to have to close another thread due to my Negative and Skeptical nature?! -------------------- -Mike
mjcoury@gmail.com Team Reynolds Style Celica Blog Celica Wiki It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. |
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Oct 26, 2010 - 2:04 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (qatar11 @ Oct 24, 2010 - 1:41 AM) QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Sep 21, 2010 - 2:51 AM) 15" haha please. we've all already established that 16x7 rims with 215/45R16 tires will be the best setup. period!!! Can you elaborate on this? Or is Manny going to have to close another thread due to my Negative and Skeptical nature?! 16" wheels will give you the best weight to tire wall ratio. What this means is a 14" rim will have thick monster truck rubber tire where as a larger 18" rim will have thin rubber band tire to keep the wheel diameter the same. In general the best set up for our celica is a 16" rim. The 16" rim are relatively light, and they give you an aggressive thin tire side wall while keeping wheel diameter the same. However when your racing in 24 hour LeMons, and your not allowed to invest in horse power or brakes. The only advantage you can gain is in reducing weight, especially rotating mass. If you have not notice, a smaller rims will always be lighter then a larger rim. That is why most hybrid cars come with ugly 14" rims. There are some cases where that is not true, but that involves using exotic carbon fiber. For qatar11 event that is not feasible. There is also an added bonus of using a smaller rims and thin tires as it lowering your gearing. On most race tracks the Celica will never reach top speed, so lowering your gear ratio my be beneficial. The last bonus of using smaller rims are cheaper tires. So are 16" rims the best for our celica? yes Is it the best rim for racing. no... |
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qatar11 Light weight, nice looking, affordable wheels Oct 21, 2009 - 6:44 PM
Promasta 17x8 +35 enkei rpf1s 15.6 lbs each
$1000 ship... Oct 21, 2009 - 6:51 PM
whatthe QUOTE (Promasta @ Oct 22, 2009 - 10... Oct 21, 2009 - 10:21 PM 95CelicaST Yeah, RPF1's are your best bet if you want an ... Oct 21, 2009 - 6:57 PM qatar11 Dayyyyymmm Thanks gents can I get that in a 16... Oct 21, 2009 - 7:02 PM Promasta sure they are
http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/e... Oct 21, 2009 - 7:16 PM qatar11 QUOTE (Promasta @ Oct 21, 2009 - 8:1... Oct 21, 2009 - 7:18 PM Tigawoods i paid 1k for my wheels and tires.
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yeah i ... Oct 21, 2009 - 7:36 PM TRD_Ian light weight-affordable-nice looking
pick 2 lol Oct 21, 2009 - 8:39 PM qatar11 QUOTE (TRD_Ian @ Oct 21, 2009 - 9:39... Oct 21, 2009 - 10:20 PM playr158 OZ ultraleggera Oct 22, 2009 - 7:30 AM qatar11 According to Tire Rack - the RPF1's are lighte... Oct 22, 2009 - 7:40 AM playr158 yea but OZ is sexier Oct 22, 2009 - 7:40 AM 95CelicaST My problem with RPF1's is that EVERYBODY has t... Oct 22, 2009 - 8:45 AM Culpable04 Motegi - Traklite
16 x 7 +40 12.5 Lbs
... Oct 22, 2009 - 8:55 AM qatar11 QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Oct 22, 2009 - 9... Oct 22, 2009 - 9:31 AM whatthe QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Oct 23, 2009 - 12... Oct 22, 2009 - 10:57 AM playr158 4k is the upper average value of the cars on this ... Oct 22, 2009 - 8:55 AM 95CelicaST I don't think people look at that fact Dan, no... Oct 22, 2009 - 9:17 AM qatar11 QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Oct 22, 2009 - 10... Oct 22, 2009 - 9:21 AM Temporary-Failure Maybe OZ Alleggerita:
http://www.ozracing.fi/webim... Oct 22, 2009 - 11:04 AM BonzaiCelica I like those oz ultaleggera, i think they look bet... Oct 22, 2009 - 1:39 PM qatar11 QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Oct 22, 2009 - 2... Oct 22, 2009 - 1:56 PM SwissFerdi Wouldn't it be better if you could find those ... Oct 22, 2009 - 1:59 PM qatar11 QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Oct 22, 2009 - 2... Oct 22, 2009 - 2:49 PM Culpable04 click !
Now imagine what you can find used ... Oct 22, 2009 - 3:00 PM qatar11 QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Oct 22, 2009 - 4... Oct 22, 2009 - 3:03 PM trdproven Oz has too many spokes, flat, plain ehhh
spend th... Oct 22, 2009 - 7:03 PM razor7 I just say buy used.
Our cars aren't worth th... Oct 23, 2009 - 2:16 AM qatar11 Here is the source of my sudden interest in wheel ... Oct 23, 2009 - 9:26 AM BonzaiCelica very good information. I would suggest checking ou... Oct 23, 2009 - 11:52 AM Harold_Fastwaker There are a few cheap lightweight race wheels avai... Oct 25, 2009 - 2:07 AM Galcobar QUOTE (Harold_Fastwaker @ Oct 25, 2009 ... Oct 27, 2009 - 4:15 AM BonzaiCelica i dont think their is such thing as a nice looking... Oct 26, 2009 - 5:01 PM Tigawoods SSR
not cheap
Type-F
i have one in my garage. ... Oct 27, 2009 - 11:46 AM BonzaiCelica the answer would be that no, there is no such thin... Nov 2, 2009 - 1:17 PM Harold_Fastwaker QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Nov 2, 2009 - 1... Nov 2, 2009 - 5:22 PM rigley For those who are on a budget, Speedy lite race wh... Nov 3, 2009 - 5:20 AM phantom you can't go cheaper than brand new sportmax 0... Nov 4, 2009 - 4:18 PM Rusty added to the stickies - but those links need to be... Nov 5, 2009 - 12:30 AM soulshadow Invisible 20" rims with tires. Those are as l... Nov 5, 2009 - 1:35 AM delusionz Lightweight wheels will give you better accelerati... Nov 5, 2009 - 3:51 AM qatar11 QUOTE (delusionz @ Nov 5, 2009 - 3:5... Nov 5, 2009 - 9:28 AM Hanyo QUOTE (qatar11 @ Nov 5, 2009 - 7:28 ... Sep 7, 2010 - 3:21 AM qatar11 QUOTE (Hanyo @ Sep 7, 2010 - 3:21 AM... Oct 24, 2010 - 3:35 AM Demios QUOTE (delusionz @ Nov 5, 2009 - 10... Nov 5, 2009 - 5:58 PM BonzaiCelica type r vs celica.... trying to reduce as much weig... Nov 6, 2009 - 3:43 AM delusionz Didn't read anything about lemons, Just read t... Nov 6, 2009 - 7:51 AM qatar11 QUOTE (delusionz @ Nov 6, 2009 - 7:5... Nov 6, 2009 - 8:04 AM chode QUOTE (rigley @ Nov 3, 2009 - 6:20 A... Nov 13, 2009 - 8:30 AM BonzaiCelica OZ Racing Ultraleggera 16x7 with +35 offset at 14.... Sep 6, 2010 - 8:33 PM JuMPiiN Since he bumped this thread,
5zigen 17s FN01R-C
... Sep 7, 2010 - 1:11 AM block i LOVE these. im actually saving up to get these ... Sep 21, 2010 - 8:58 PM basho 17 X 7--PCD 4 X 100---+45 Offset-- KINGS KG5 Lites... Sep 26, 2010 - 12:54 AM Culpable04 I got a set of these for DIRT cheap
3 wheels a... Oct 2, 2010 - 10:24 AM BonzaiCelica Your right I don't have anything to back that ... Oct 24, 2010 - 11:01 PM BonzaiCelica see I told you guys that 16" was best for our... Oct 26, 2010 - 4:03 AM BonzaiCelica I don't think these are lightweight by any mea... Dec 23, 2011 - 3:20 AM |
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