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Old 03-17-2013, 01:39 AM
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Default Lightest weight affordable 17x10.5 or 18x10.5

That will fit an 02 camaro to be used for RR. I am using an OE replica wheel currently and they seem awfully heavy.
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SS wheels (17s ZR1s), (17s C5 Z06s) and the ( C5 magnesiums and the Z06s)
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I dont see anyother budget wheel being that much lighter than you already have,anything anyone is going to suggest is more than likely going to say oewheels,most budget rr setups i see consists of 17x11 zr1s on all 4s,your best bet is to wait for a deal that pops up that would suit your needs better ,also you can get a much better wheel used for a lil more than you would pay for a complete budget setup,hopefully someone else can be of more help
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Define affordable?
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Haha. Yep, theres the rub. Affordable 7 years ago was $3-$4k. Now I don't have more then $1k to spend. I'm guessing that if I really want lightweight (15-17lb) wheels I'm looking at $1k apiece used. Ouch!
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Could always check out the corvette guys with the ccw dragpacks. They are lightweight and I always see sets up for sale with tires for decent prices.
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Spend the money once and get what you actually want with your hard earned coin. FYI you can get a set of forgestars that are relitivly light weight for $1300-1500 plus tires. Granted this is just wheels for a little more than your budget, find what you actually want that suits your needs and spend the money once rather than going through a couple of sets of "affordable" wheels before deciding they dont fit your needs and having to sucker up more coin to get what you could have bought to begin with.
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Originally Posted by The Alchemist
Could always check out the corvette guys with the ccw dragpacks. They are lightweight and I always see sets up for sale with tires for decent prices.
But he wants a set for road racing, NOT 1/4 mile use (unless he convinces 2 y-body boyz to just sell him the rears).

Some of the new CCWs for road racing are fairly light, good looking, and can be had for <$1000.00/wheel (unlike; Fikses/HREs/etc.).



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