Finally someone tried the Konig Torch 17x9.5 ET35
Sep 9, 2013, 09:20 AM
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Finally someone tried the Konig Torch 17x9.5 ET35
After searching for another 17x9/9.5 option other than the NT03 I came across the Konig Torch in 17x9.5 +35.
I had emailed Konig a while back and they said it would clear the brembo brakes. I came across this photo this morning on the Konig Facebook page today and it rekindled that fire and now I want some new shoes for the race car.
Discounttiredirect.com has them in stock at $620 for the set shipped makes it hard not to buy them. I see cars at the track all the time that have not had any issues with them.
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...=Car%2FMinivan
I had emailed Konig a while back and they said it would clear the brembo brakes. I came across this photo this morning on the Konig Facebook page today and it rekindled that fire and now I want some new shoes for the race car.
Discounttiredirect.com has them in stock at $620 for the set shipped makes it hard not to buy them. I see cars at the track all the time that have not had any issues with them.
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...=Car%2FMinivan
Sep 9, 2013, 09:41 AM
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Just found this
"On the 17 x 9.5 ET15 wheel for example, the overall weight comes in at around 22.1 pounds." at http://blog.frsport.com/2013/07/02/k...ts-at-frsport/
22.1 pounds isn't exactly light but its not terrible. For reference, a RPF1 17x9.5 et 18 is 16.75.
"On the 17 x 9.5 ET15 wheel for example, the overall weight comes in at around 22.1 pounds." at http://blog.frsport.com/2013/07/02/k...ts-at-frsport/
22.1 pounds isn't exactly light but its not terrible. For reference, a RPF1 17x9.5 et 18 is 16.75.
Sep 9, 2013, 10:21 AM
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For $620 shipped, this is an awesome deal that I will be taking advantage of. That being said the weight gain of 2lbs (over the 17x9.5 NT03) it is not worth the extra $5xx price tag. With that in mind I can get a wheel and tire package from DTD delivered to my door for free, with free mounting and balancing. I am going with the proven Hankook r-s3 which is 1lb lighter than the Z2 or r888.
Taking that thought a step further, if I decided to deal with mounting the tires on my own and get BFG Rivals which are 2lbs lighter than the Z2/r888, I will have made up that weight savings over the NT03 and would still be $5xx ahead of the game with an identical wheel/tire package weight.
It will be nice to not have to deal with loading up my EVO with 4 wheel/4 tires to a tire place in hopes that they will not destroy my wheels and charge me out the ***. DTD and Konig get my vote.
Taking that thought a step further, if I decided to deal with mounting the tires on my own and get BFG Rivals which are 2lbs lighter than the Z2/r888, I will have made up that weight savings over the NT03 and would still be $5xx ahead of the game with an identical wheel/tire package weight.
It will be nice to not have to deal with loading up my EVO with 4 wheel/4 tires to a tire place in hopes that they will not destroy my wheels and charge me out the ***. DTD and Konig get my vote.
Just found this
"On the 17 x 9.5 ET15 wheel for example, the overall weight comes in at around 22.1 pounds." at http://blog.frsport.com/2013/07/02/k...ts-at-frsport/
22.1 pounds isn't exactly light but its not terrible. For reference, a RPF1 17x9.5 et 18 is 16.75.
"On the 17 x 9.5 ET15 wheel for example, the overall weight comes in at around 22.1 pounds." at http://blog.frsport.com/2013/07/02/k...ts-at-frsport/
22.1 pounds isn't exactly light but its not terrible. For reference, a RPF1 17x9.5 et 18 is 16.75.
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Sep 9, 2013, 11:43 AM
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No problem, I know there is a lack of wheels in the 17x9.5 department for us so I figured i'd share. In my research I have found nothing negative about this wheel, seems to have a cult following in the 240sx community.
Sep 9, 2013, 01:55 PM
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I sent them a message, just heard back:
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Konig Customer Service <mail@konigwheels.com> wrote:
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> 73.1mm
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> Christopher Clark
> Ph: 800.645.3878
> Fax: 516.822.5703
> Cclark@Konigwheels.com
> www.konigwheels.com
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> 73.1mm
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> Christopher Clark
> Ph: 800.645.3878
> Fax: 516.822.5703
> Cclark@Konigwheels.com
> www.konigwheels.com
Sep 10, 2013, 09:23 AM
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I was considering these wheels yesterday until I started reading some really negative threads regarding the overall quality of Konig wheels. Konig has been around a while and I had heard of them so I thought it might be okay to pick-up a set of these. The nice thing is that if you destroy a wheel, they're not even $200 to replace. 
I'm going to pay the extra $100 per wheel and get the NT03s. I'll also save 2 lbs. per corner and that's nothing to sneeze at.
I'm going to pay the extra $100 per wheel and get the NT03s. I'll also save 2 lbs. per corner and that's nothing to sneeze at.