Lightweight Racing Wheels - Where's the hot source?

[DoubleXL240Z]

I just spoke to TROY at Real Wheel:
15x7 aluminum wide five wheel is 7.0 lbs (thats seven) at 169.93 a piece
and adaptors to go from 5x4.5 to wide five are 132. each!!
Also figure approximately 3 1/2 weeks lead time!!
Also Chris Rallo look at Douglas wheels in Jegs catalog 15x14 is 10.75 lbs!!!

[CRallo]

I just spoke to TROY at Real Wheel:
15x7 aluminum wide five wheel is 7.0 lbs (thats seven) at 169.93 a piece
and adaptors to go from 5x4.5 to wide five are 132. each!!
Also figure approximately 3 1/2 weeks lead time!!
Also Chris Rallo look at Douglas wheels in Jegs catalog 15x14 is 10.75 lbs!!!

I know, I know! I guess I FAILed to be funny... apparently the OP talked to the wrong person at Real Wheel, or something was lost in translation...

[Ron Earp]

I just spoke to TROY at Real Wheel:
15x7 aluminum wide five wheel is 7.0 lbs (thats seven) at 169.93 a piece
and adaptors to go from 5x4.5 to wide five are 132. each!!

That is a deal. Calling Troy now.

What do these wheels look like?

R

[Marcus Miller]

The big difference is the wide five portion of hte message was lost in translation...

[Ron Earp]

I just spoke to TROY at Real Wheel:
15x7 aluminum wide five wheel is 7.0 lbs (thats seven) at 169.93 a piece
and adaptors to go from 5x4.5 to wide five are 132. each!!
Also figure approximately 3 1/2 weeks lead time!!
Also Chris Rallo look at Douglas wheels in Jegs catalog 15x14 is 10.75 lbs!!!

Just talked to Troy too. Yes, the wide five is 7.0 pounds but it must be used with the wide five adapter that weighs 5.0 pounds for a total wheel weight of 12 lbs. The advantage to these wheels is if you bend them the wheel is fairly cheap to replace at $169.93 as you are not paying for a center.

Wide five wheel:



Wide five adapter:

[DoubleXL240Z]

12 lbs is pretty light for $236 corner thats figuring 8 wheels initially!
replacement at $169 each
Chris,Its all good! I didn't think that was right either!!
I knew they were light, but not THAT light!!

[DavidM]

I have a set of Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 and a set of Volk TE-37s in 15x7. The Volks are 11 lbs and the TDs are 13 lbs. I just got a couple more Volks a few months ago because one of mine cracked. I paid more for two Volks than I did for all 4 TD wheels. I probably wouldn't have done it if I didn't already have 3 of them. You can get the Volks in white and I'm in the process of painting all of mine black.

TD can pretty much make any offset/bolt pattern you want. I had mine made in a particular offset. It'll just take a couple months to get them. A set of 4 TD wheels will run you $600. Just call them direct.

David

[Ron Earp]

12 lbs is pretty light for $236 corner thats figuring 8 wheels initially!

Not $236 a corner though.

$169 per wheel, $132 per adapter, for $301 per corner.

[Ron Earp]

Ok, Spinwerkes info. The number, which was damn hard to get ahold of, is 562-467-1522. Talked to Peggy and she provided a racer discount with quantity purchase of eight to twelve wheels, $208 each, 1-5" in back spacing in 0.25" increments. The wheel would be 11.2 lbs which is quite good considering price/weight.

[Chip42]

Not $236 a corner though.

$169 per wheel, $132 per adapter, for $301 per corner.

he means 8 wheels + 4 adapters for a total cost of $235/wheel equivalent at the stated minimum order of 2 sets.

IMHO these will look really odd, but they might be a good long term solution. check to make sure apalachin tire or whomever you use can balance them though.

[Ron Earp]

he means 8 wheels + 4 adapters for a total cost of $235/wheel equivalent at the stated minimum order of 2 sets.

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My bad, true.

[DoubleXL240Z]

IMHO these will look really odd, but they might be a good long term solution. check to make sure apalachin tire or whomever you use can balance them though.
Same kind of wheels many GT1, GTA, SPO etc use!!
Chip, Bill R's Buick and Falcon use these!