Tarmac wheels came today

[Jordan]

the 15x7 wheels came today, I will take pics but camera is MIA. They look pretty nice and I can't wait to get some grippy tires on them. Unfortunately, I'll need to wait until I've gone through my recently purchaced tires due to budgetary constraints.

I did a quick weigh-in on the digital bathroom scale and they are 18.0lbs with some balancing weights still attached. Not ultra lights, but I don't think that is that bad and they look pretty tough.


Here is the auction img:

[max]

18 lbs at 15 inches is what you get for a deal.

[Jordan]

18 lbs at 15 inches is what you get for a deal.

15 x 7

[max]

18 lbs at 15x7 inches is what you get for a deal. :lol:

[Jordan]

compared to?

[max]

Compared to a lot of wheels that are a lot lighter? :shrug:

[Jordan]

You mean like this list of magical MINI wheels?

ASA EM9 15x7 et42 19.0 lbs EM9
ASA JS1 15x7 et42 17.0 lbs JS1
ASA JS5 15x7 et42 18.0 lbs JS5
ASA LW5 15x7 et42 14.5 lbs LW5

BBS RG-F 15X7 et42 10.6 lbs RG-F

Borbet type B 15x6.5 et40 16.5 lbs Type B
Borbet type H 15x7 et40 18.5 lbs Type H
Borbet type T 15x7 et40 17.5 lbs Type T

Kosei K1 15x7 et38 13.5 lbs K1 Racing
Kosei K1 TS 15x7 et38 10.6 lbs light Grey Orange Silver

Millie Miglia Avia 15x6.5 et40, et45 22.0 lbs Avia
Millie Miglia Cello 15x7 et42 19.0 lbs Cello
Millie Miglia HT3 15x7 et45 17.5 lbs HT3
Spider II 15x7 et45 23.0 lbs Spider II

Moda R2 15x7 et40 19.5lbs R2

Sport Edition Fox 2 15x6.5 et40 15.6 lbs Fox 2 Fox 2 Sport
Sport Edition Fox 3 15x6.5 et42 19.0 ]Fox 3
Sport Edition Fox 5 15x6.5 et40 18 lbs Fox 5
Sport Edition Fox 6 15x6.5 et42 Fox 6
Sport Editon TK5 16x6.5 et37 17.0 lbsTK5
Sport Edition Valore 15x6.5 et42 18.5 lbs Valore


Oh yeah , most of those are much better

[max]

Note, that I said "for a deal". The better wheels in that bunch, BBS, Kosei, are all pretty light. I never said you'd find light wheels for little money. Like I said, "18 lbs is what you get for a deal."

[Jordan]

I'm sure most of those wheels are not a "deal" they are just not super expensive ultra light race wheels.

[max]

Borbet, ASA, Sportmax, even the Koseis are not expensive wheels. Kosei K1's in 17 inch size are on closeout from tirerack for $179, and weigh 16 lbs.

[Jordan]

when did wheels @ $800 a set not become expensive? And what does the fact that some random wheel on closeout that is a light wheel make 18lbs heavy for a 15x7? I don't see your logic.

[matt]

A set of WRX wheels with low mileage tires on them for under $200 shipped is a deal. $800 for wheels without tires is NOT a deal.

[Luke]

$800 is on the cheap side for new wheels, but not a deal. You have understand we are all cheap as they come saab owners though and we don't drive lil foo foo's so thats a lot of $ to us.
I think Jordans wheels will be fine, heavy or light. I've used essentially the same ones and they didnt seem to slow me down.
You still got that bug up your $^%# over those holey wheels you missed on ebay, or are you just a fighting irishman?

[paulh]

yeah 18lbs is on the porky side, the 2 piece wheels i just got are a bit over 15lbs, but hell, whats 3lbs? i definitely wouldnt get worried about 3lbs.

Paul

[max]

Here's my logic, that's i've painly stated that you don't seem to see- I never said the wheels were too heavy. I just said in a joking manner that "18 lbs is what you get for a deal". I never said they were "too heavy". I'm not worried about anything, and I'm not sure where I said $800 wasn't a lot of money. Is $800 a lot of money? Yes. Is $800 a lot of money for rims? Hell no.

P.S.- I'd settle for anything other than my stock wheels right now- mine are 25 lbs each.