dirk dangler

am looking for some 17" lightweight rims . any suggestions ? i was looking at the oz supperleggars in gold. but not sure if these are light. cheers, steve

corradoboy

Superleggera and Ultraleggera are OZ's lightweight wheels. 'Leggera' means 'light' in Italian ! When I enquired how light they were just after they were launched the guy at Motorsport wheels handed me a normal wheel, then an OZ box. I had to open the box to verify there was a wheel inside. I promptly bought them and they really improved the handling on my old VW Corrado. To make sure it wasn't placebo I got the missuse to drive it and didn't inform her what differences there might be and she immediately said it handled much better. I always advocate light wheels now.

dirk dangler

well i think you just made me decide lol. oz Superleggera Race Gold
Wheels

corradoboy

Do some research though, there may be lighter. Anything flow-formed should be lightweight, such as Prodrive's PFF7's. Not sure on the exact weights of each wheel.

chris-boris

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most wheels made by rays are pretty light but only crop up once in a blue moon second hand. they are also very expensive BUT if you want light weight wheels they take some beating

dunx

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My 19" OZ's are lighter than my std. STI 17's !

LOL

dunx

corradoboy

One word of caution, beware of copies of lightweight wheels which have been manufactured using traditional 'gravity forming'. Flow-forming sees the alloy having a stronger molecular structure, meaning they can use less alloy to get the same strength. Less alloy = less weight. The copies are usually casting molds off of flow-formed wheels, but made with the weaker gravity-forming. The have less alloy and so less weight, but with the weaker molecular structure from GF manufacturing they may be more prone to buckling or fracture.

jimser

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rays are light,i've got a set of ce28's which i'm sure are 5.5kg's each 17x 8.
just need a car to put them on after the fire