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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 12:04 PM
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High Ridgity vs. Lightweight (wheels)

Hello. I wanted to share with you an article that AME/Endless USA translated into English

regarding the wheel weight vs. wheel rigidity factor. We found it quite interesting and decided

to share with everyone interested in lightweight, 1 pc. sports wheels.









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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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Excellent article!
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 12:34 PM
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I really like the ending paragraph that talks about the cast vs forged aspects. But overall--GREAT ARTICLE. Thanks Calvin.
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 01:49 PM
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great info - rigidity is very important, especially when you are cramming as big a tire as you can fit in your wheel wells and clearances to fender liners and calipers are down to millimeters.
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 02:00 PM
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Looks like an enkei advertisement trying to get you to buy their wheels.
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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that can be true, but Enkei would have tested their own wheel against xyz brand wheel right?
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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great article and great info! thanks for posting!
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 04:23 PM
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man those gtc-01's look good. ive bever seen them before.

might be my next wheel.
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 03lan-evo
man those gtc-01's look good. ive bever seen them before.

might be my next wheel.
Man that behind in your avatar looks pretty good too!

Good article, although my ADD forced me to only skim it
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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good info
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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Crazy
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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prob one of the best posts i've seen in a while
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Old Feb 3, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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great info! great post! Thank you for sharing!!

I wonder if the ADVAN RS is more rigid than ADVAN RGII??

I know ADVAN wheels are made by Enkei.. I hope they can put those to test in their next article.
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Old Feb 3, 2008 | 11:17 AM
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Interesting aritcle. The only thing that where the lightweight wheels seem to have an advantage is the acceleration, but even that fades after the car is traveling a higher speeds. Are there any other tests out there that test for the same thing because it's hard to make a conclusion based on just this one article (especially on what this article says about forged vs. cast)?
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Old Feb 3, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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great article...
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