i seen exel and adr rims that are like under $1000 for 18"w/tires, some look kinda tight anyone heard of these rims? are they heavy and shitty?

 

htttp://www.wheelweights.net is a good starting point.

 

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Yes, they arent very good, they usually heavy and not made very well... the tire is usually a no name brand also.

 

If you're gonna buy 18's you're obviously not very concerned with weight.

 

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not necessarily the 5zigens i was going to buy were 19 pund 18"s

Rota is one of the few resonably priced wheels that are still light. But some people may say the quality is a little lacking in the finish.

 

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not necessarily the 5zigens i was going to buy were 19 pund 18"s

Rota is one of the few resonably priced wheels that are still light. But some people may say the quality is a little lacking in the finish.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I stand corrected.

I've heard some horror stories about Rotas, but all in all they seem to be a good wheel for the money.

 

What about some of the ads i see with 5zigen wheels going for sick prices...???These wheels seem to be like grey market or something...Are there people buying caps and slapping them on these low quality replicas? I know only of lots of 5zigen wheels are better than others, like my brother has lovely 18" 3piece Heidfelds on his accord, and they are pretty rare to me.

 

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My 18s are 18lbs.

 

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they weren't cheap though.

 

All "cheap" rims are Cast which adds to their weight. Look at Forged 17" or 18"s... They are much lighter, but are also around 500 a piece and up.

 

cheapest light rims i know of are rotas.

probably going with a set of 15" subzeros for track days and auto-x

speaking of 5zigen, what i'd really love to get my hands on are some 15" fn01R's...

 

ya get what ya pay for

 

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Yep

I looked into some rota slipstreams before b/c they were light, and fairly inexpensive but from what I heard they bend easily, and on these high quality roads in Alabama I'm pretty sure you'd see me with some do-nuts on the car after a week.

 

i've had rota's for almost a year now...no problems...as far as 18's though and light wheels, you want to make sure you get some beefy tires so that if you do accidentally hit a pot hole or curb it, you won't damage the wheel...don't buy tire and wheel packages...they usually come with shitty *** tires that don't last long anyways...

 

how much do the stock black rims weigh?. the preludes and accords do come in fifteens right or all of them 14's.