Recommend strong wheels for racing.

Whisper · Post by **Whisper** » April 19th, 2007, 1:29 am

Looking for balance between weight, price, and durability. Looks aren't all that important. Not a show car, just something that'll hold up on the track. Wouldn't mind lighter color wheel, like silver or white, with thicker spokes. But if it ends up looking the opposite of that, no big deal.

Hoping for 16x7, so they're not too big, but offer lower profile tire.

Up to $200 a wheel. 14-16lbs. Nothing super light, since cheap and light usually means a sacrifice of strength.

I did look through a lot of rims on my own, but figured extra input wouldn't hurt.

TIA

yence · Post by **yence** » April 19th, 2007, 12:29 pm

light, not too expensive and good looking (imo) 16x7:
-5zigen pro racer GN+
-motegi traklite 1.0/2.0 (these have good strength as well, but slightly more expensive)
-rota slipstreams

If you have a look in the lightweight 15" rims topic, most of those are available in 16x7.

Whisper · Post by **Whisper** » April 19th, 2007, 1:44 pm

Yeah, I've seen that list. Seems it's more geared towards pure weight, rather strength.

I was thinking about the Slipstreams, but I'm hearing rumors they're kind of fragile. Since they're super-light replicas, and are cast, but use the design developed for forged wheels.

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » April 19th, 2007, 5:18 pm

Take a look at the Konig BRITE LITES.

Very light and very strong.

Nice price too thru good-win-racing.com too.

Here is the direct link to their wheels:

http://www.good-win-racing.com/Mazda-Pe ... heels.html

Steeb · Post by **Steeb** » April 20th, 2007, 2:37 am

http://www.takumiproject.com
http://rbmotoring.com/gallery/JDM-Used-wheels

i have purchased a set of work wheels and ssr wheels from takumi project and a set of blitz wheels from rbmotoring i have had good experiences with both.

this company makes a few nice wheels that are very low priced and look good. one of them is even forged
http://www.sportmaxwheel.com/wheels.shtml

these will fit perfect with 225/45/16 or 215/45/16.
http://cgi.ebay.com/16x8-ROTA-SLIPSTREA ... dZViewItem

theres wheels other higher end wheels like work, ssr, profound, seiken, volk, gram lights, and 5 zigen

or look at the sticky at the top
http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=43630

Whisper · Post by **Whisper** » April 20th, 2007, 4:51 pm

Yeah, a buddy of mine bought some Advans from rbmotoring, got proper service, and the rims are so far so good. I'm not too thrilled about used wheels, though. Even though the price is lower, who knows what kind of stress they've been through, and how much they've weakened. Cracks and bends become a greater probability. I suppose I'd have to buy forged if I am to buy used.

And yes, I hear Work wheels are of high quality and durable, even the cast ones. And usually cheaper than SSRs, though still a big ouch for the wallet.

I've kind of narrowed it down now. Final choice will be the hardest to make, though. In fact I might even go with 15”s, just to reduce the cost.

Thanks for the help, ya'll.

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » April 20th, 2007, 9:25 pm

atlantamx3 wrote:Take a look at the Konig BRITE LITES.

Very light and very strong.

Nice price too thru good-win-racing.com too.

Here is the direct link to their wheels:

http://www.good-win-racing.com/Mazda-Pe ... heels.html

i got a set of these sitting in my room waiting for tires. amazing looking rim and only 100 USD each.

I bought them from good win racing aswell. great company to deal with.

- Bochek

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » April 20th, 2007, 9:58 pm

I have them on my car and I LOOOOOVE them.

Very light.

tehbrookzorz · Post by **tehbrookzorz** » April 22nd, 2007, 1:22 am

Do the britelites come with center caps, or does anybody have a part number for them? I ordered these rims last night, and can't wait to see them.

*edit* They don't come with center caps. The company I ordered them got back to me and told me they couldn't get them right away. Every supplier I can find is out of stock and says they're 2-6 weeks away.

XxantwawnxX · Post by **XxantwawnxX** » April 23rd, 2007, 9:41 pm

I use th eflat black motegi traklites..17 inch at 14 pounds and there forged. cost alot..but i think its worth it, i love em.

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » April 23rd, 2007, 10:11 pm

tehbrookzorz wrote:Do the britelites come with center caps, or does anybody have a part number for them? I ordered these rims last night, and can't wait to see them.

*edit* They don't come with center caps. The company I ordered them got back to me and told me they couldn't get them right away. Every supplier I can find is out of stock and says they're 2-6 weeks away.

Yep- mine came with center caps.

tehbrookzorz · Post by **tehbrookzorz** » April 29th, 2007, 4:02 am

I want to see pics of the Britelites on an MX-3. I may have found a supplier.

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » April 29th, 2007, 5:35 pm

tehbrookzorz wrote:Do the britelites come with center caps, or does anybody have a part number for them? I ordered these rims last night, and can't wait to see them.

*edit* They don't come with center caps. The company I ordered them got back to me and told me they couldn't get them right away. Every supplier I can find is out of stock and says they're 2-6 weeks away.

i got mine with center caps too.

You can get them from goodwinracing.com

- Bochek

Whisper · Post by **Whisper** » May 5th, 2007, 7:44 pm

So I ended up getting a set of white 15x6.5 SSR Type X. They're used JDM, but seem to be in decent condition. One piece Semi-Solid Forged, bathroom scale says around 10 lbs. They look fairly durable. Fat rubber should provide enough protective cushioning, though I'm not sure if I want to use them for city driving, since some of our streets have more potholes than road surface. I might just keep them for track use only. We'll see. If all is well, it'll be a serious improvement over the 20+lb garbage I have right now.

I'll update once my tires come in and I actually try the wheels out on some reasonable roads.

tehbrookzorz · Post by **tehbrookzorz** » May 11th, 2007, 1:06 am

Bochek wrote:
i got mine with center caps too.

You can get them from goodwinracing.com

- Bochek

What did the price work out to with shipping and levies and such coming into Canada?