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Old Jun 13, 2007, 06:28 AM
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Lightweight rims

Sorry cant find what i am looking for so i will just ask but does anyone know of some nice lightweight rims for the evo at a reasonable price i would also like to stick with the 17X8 rims like stock to avoid any confusion. Any help would be appreciated.
Old Jun 13, 2007, 08:29 AM
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The Enkeis RPF1 are great value for money. Cheap and lightweight (15.5 lbs per rim in 17x8).
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Cheap, Light, Strong

As with a lot of things...you can only have 2 out of the 3.

How much are you looking to spend? How bad are the roads in your area? How light do you want your wheels to be?

I know guys that swear by SSR Comps or Volk TE37s. Both are light, decently strong, and cheap (relatively).
Old Jun 13, 2007, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by pacent
Volk TE37s. and cheap (relatively).
cheap? man, i wish volks were considered cheap to me! for cheap, decent rims, i'd go with the enkie RPF-1's, 5zigen FNO1R-C, or some rota's.
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Roads here are kinda crappy really but moving soon into a nicer city still going ot be in Utah just nicer roads where i am going and hoping to not spend something outrageous like 500 and 600 a piece on rims i could spend it but would rather not thanks for the input
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Enkei and they are light and not over priced.
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I love these Enkeis that I have. Honestly I don't know their weight compared to stock wheels but they are cheap. OR52's



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You can buy my SSR GT2's for $1k if you want. I'll include the A046 tires too if you want them..

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...09#post3447609

Theyre 16.5lbs but I cant get anyone to friggin take them off my hands. Been trying to sell for the last year it seems like.
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Box Rocket's Enkeis are NOT light.

But the RPF1's, RP03, NT03+M, RPM2 are
So are the 5zigen FN-01RC, and a few of the Rota's.
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Tirerack has the 17x8.5 (5x114 35mm offset) SSR GT7 wheels on sale right now. They are fairly light (18.5 lbs each; I confirmed the weight when I received my set), good construction since they are semi-solid forged and at the price they are selling them, even cheaper than the 5Zigen FN01RC.
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how about some nice SSR 17x8.5 30mm offset slightly used? less than 16 pounds.


hmmm, I wonder where.
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Kosei K1 TS. ~15lbs. Set for under $1000. I am using those right now, pretty nice.
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How much do your FN-01RC's weigh?

Originally Posted by jbrown
Box Rocket's Enkeis are NOT light.

But the RPF1's, RP03, NT03+M, RPM2 are
So are the 5zigen FN-01RC, and a few of the Rota's.
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Enkei RPF1 FTW!
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can you tell a big difference in performance with super light weight wheels?


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