whealy

So I'm thinking about these wheels

http://www.wheelfire.com/scontent/Wh...mageField.y=19

So any comments are welcome. I'm looking for something with some bang for the buck. I also want to stick with a strict roto glow or black "theme" for my exterior. I've never really seen black wheels that I like, but I think the CF look will make them pallatable to me. I think stock wheels are 18x7. So with these 18x7.5 any comments on "largest tire" that doens't look like it's on steroids (bulging sidewalls) would be apprecaited as well.

TIA

Jay10Ralliart

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Im not a big fan of the fake carbon fiber look. It it was real it would be awesome and also expensive. 18x7.5 is to small in my opinion but to each his own. Also you need to figure out what offset these are because thats pretty important.

Kieffer87

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I came in here expecting real CF wheels

whealy

Sorry to disappoint .. how about this for you

http://www.carbonfibergear.com/wp-co...iber-wheel.jpg

whealy

I just wanna "keep it in the wheelwell". I've done the big wheel/big lip on the rear and narrower on the front before (05 NSX), but I plan on using this as a daily driver and don't really want winter/summer tires. So the 7.5 seems like it will hold the widest tire that would still fit. Just wondering what that woudl be.

Deathsythe

On a 7.5'' wheel, 225 size wheel would prob. be the largest without bulging sidewalls. 235 would bulge a tiny bit.

whealy

Thanks Deathsythe - so maybe a 225/45-18?

SOG RA

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I wonder what the pricetag is on those carbon wedsports? yikes!

whealy

That link under the pic was supposed to be the article. My bad. Here you go with a quote:

One wheel weighs in at just 2.76kg, which works out to be 6.08475844 pounds. Interested in getting a set of these for your car? Expect to pay around $10,000-$12,000 for the set. While it sounds expensive, you can easily spend $8,000+ on custom three-piece forged wheels from a company like HRE.


http://www.carbonfibergear.com/weds-...n-fiber-wheel/

Kieffer87

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I currently have 225/40/18s on 18x7.5 wheels. The sidewalls are perfectly straight.

Kieffer87

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That's actually not that ridiculously priced for the performance you would gain from a 6lb wheel! I was expecting more around the lines of 10k per wheel.

nyczlegacy

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I'm sorry I think they look terrible.