Help with lightweight wheels
 

Sometime down the line I'd like to invest in a new set of wheels. I already checked the wheel weight sticky, but there weren't enough things listed to make a choice. What is the lightest wheel that I could run on a daily driver? I want 285's in the back. I'm told that Borbet is a good company to look into. I'd like a light set of tires as well if anyone has any suggestions. Thanks guys!

Just bumping the thread. What is the lightest weight wheel that I could fit 295's onto? I'm told that anything bigger than this will cause more parasitic loss than it's worth, unless you're making huge power (which I'm not). I suppose I'd want to keep with 245's up front.

You can get 15x10's in the back and 325/50R/15 Nitto's in the back, with skinnies up front. That would be killer.

That sounds good, but what rims are the lightest? I'd love to have some nice wide tires :D I'm just hoping to shed weight at the same time. Especially rotational weight.

If you are looking for light wheels, get ccw or fikse rims. They are major bling, but they do save lbs.

Yeah, if you're not looking to run any sort of drag wheels (bigs and skinnies), then you might be looking at spending lots of money to get a lighter weight wheel. As mentioned above, CCW and Fikse make light wheels that look stunningly good, but you're looking at spending at least $2,000+ for them.

I don't even think you could do it for $2k unless they were used...

I was just looking on the Borbet website and I think that their classic wheel the Borbet T is pretty sweet. The only downside is the largest size they make them in is 16 x 9. They still look good especially with the deep lip.
http://www.borbet.co.uk/images/tprod.jpg

So I should just go with ZO6 wheels or something? I might as well, right? Then I can have the tires I want, and eventually upgrade to ZO6 brakes because my wheels will be big enough.

If you want some light ass wheels, get some Bogarts.

Sounds like you're looking for road course wheels, not drag wheels. We do have road race wheels that are very very light.

Depending on the size and design, our wheel-weights are among the lightest on the market. If you looked at our RR wheels, you'd be looking at ~16-18lbs per large wheel typically used with 315/35/17 tires. Remember those tires are pretty heavy.

I can't state that our road race style wheels are the lightest on the market since there are so many cottage industries coming up with road style wheels...but I know they are among the lightest on the market. Of course they are show-quality and manufactured from only high-quality materials, you do get what you pay for.

If you need pricing, please e-mail me with your requirements so I can setup your request.

Steve

page three in our wheel gallery (first row, 3rd car down...Jason) has a pretty nice shot of a set of our RR wheels on an F-body.