lightweight track wheels?
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RE: lightweight track wheels?
Motegi makes a wheel called the trak lite... and the trak lite 2.
They are extremely lightweight, and very very well priced! You are right that they don't come in 5x112... but guess what? The new Jetta's and the new golfs (when they get here) are 5x112... so you can count on a plethora of new wheel options in the next few months. I'd email motegi, and tell them you have a new jetta... 5x112... and want the trak lites. I bet they've been getting several emails of that nature.
They'll eventually get the picture!
They are extremely lightweight, and very very well priced! You are right that they don't come in 5x112... but guess what? The new Jetta's and the new golfs (when they get here) are 5x112... so you can count on a plethora of new wheel options in the next few months. I'd email motegi, and tell them you have a new jetta... 5x112... and want the trak lites. I bet they've been getting several emails of that nature.
They'll eventually get the picture!
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RE: lightweight track wheels?
headshok2002 Date 10/15/2005 11:04:41 PM
Motegi makes a wheel called the trak lite... and the trak lite 2.
They are extremely lightweight, and very very well priced! You are right that they don't come in 5x112... but guess what? The new Jetta's and the new golfs (when they get here) are 5x112... so you can count on a plethora of new wheel options in the next few months. I'd email motegi, and tell them you have a new jetta... 5x112... and want the trak lites. I bet they've been getting several emails of that nature.
They'll eventually get the picture!
Motegi makes a wheel called the trak lite... and the trak lite 2.
They are extremely lightweight, and very very well priced! You are right that they don't come in 5x112... but guess what? The new Jetta's and the new golfs (when they get here) are 5x112... so you can count on a plethora of new wheel options in the next few months. I'd email motegi, and tell them you have a new jetta... 5x112... and want the trak lites. I bet they've been getting several emails of that nature.
They'll eventually get the picture!
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O i didnt know that some of the vdubs weren't 5x112. I def will e-mail them...from like 3 different e-mail accounts, cause by the time they get the picture maybe ill be ready to buy!
headshok2002 Date 10/15/2005 11:04:41 PM
Motegi makes a wheel called the trak lite... and the trak lite 2.
They are extremely lightweight, and very very well priced! You are right that they don't come in 5x112... but guess what? The new Jetta's and the new golfs (when they get here) are 5x112... so you can count on a plethora of new wheel options in the next few months. I'd email motegi, and tell them you have a new jetta... 5x112... and want the trak lites. I bet they've been getting several emails of that nature.
They'll eventually get the picture!
Motegi makes a wheel called the trak lite... and the trak lite 2.
They are extremely lightweight, and very very well priced! You are right that they don't come in 5x112... but guess what? The new Jetta's and the new golfs (when they get here) are 5x112... so you can count on a plethora of new wheel options in the next few months. I'd email motegi, and tell them you have a new jetta... 5x112... and want the trak lites. I bet they've been getting several emails of that nature.
They'll eventually get the picture!
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RE: lightweight track wheels?
headshok2002 Date 10/16/2005 2:22:50 AM
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headshok2002 Date 10/15/2005 11:04:41 PM
Motegi makes a wheel called the trak lite... and the trak lite 2.
They are extremely lightweight, and very very well priced! You are right that they don't come in 5x112... but guess what? The new Jetta's and the new golfs (when they get here) are 5x112... so you can count on a plethora of new wheel options in the next few months. I'd email motegi, and tell them you have a new jetta... 5x112... and want the trak lites. I bet they've been getting several emails of that nature.
They'll eventually get the picture!
O i didnt know that some of the vdubs weren't 5x112. I def will e-mail them...from like 3 different e-mail accounts, cause by the time they get the picture maybe ill be ready to buy!
I like your style.
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headshok2002 Date 10/15/2005 11:04:41 PM
Motegi makes a wheel called the trak lite... and the trak lite 2.
They are extremely lightweight, and very very well priced! You are right that they don't come in 5x112... but guess what? The new Jetta's and the new golfs (when they get here) are 5x112... so you can count on a plethora of new wheel options in the next few months. I'd email motegi, and tell them you have a new jetta... 5x112... and want the trak lites. I bet they've been getting several emails of that nature.
They'll eventually get the picture!
O i didnt know that some of the vdubs weren't 5x112. I def will e-mail them...from like 3 different e-mail accounts, cause by the time they get the picture maybe ill be ready to buy!
I like your style.
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RE: lightweight track wheels?
SSR comps are super duper expensive. OZ Superleggeras are decently priced, and Koseis are veery light and reasonably priced, also. Try Tirerack; they have all the weights of all the wheels that will fit our car.
I always thought Motegis were ricewheels. I guess I'll check them out. Thanks for the heads-up, shokington.
I always thought Motegis were ricewheels. I guess I'll check them out. Thanks for the heads-up, shokington.
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RE: lightweight track wheels?
Yuikio Date 10/16/2005 4:44:22 PM
SSR comps are super duper expensive. OZ Superleggeras are decently priced, and Koseis are veery light and reasonably priced, also. Try Tirerack; they have all the weights of all the wheels that will fit our car.
I always thought Motegis were ricewheels. I guess I'll check them out. Thanks for the heads-up, shokington.
SSR comps are super duper expensive. OZ Superleggeras are decently priced, and Koseis are veery light and reasonably priced, also. Try Tirerack; they have all the weights of all the wheels that will fit our car.
I always thought Motegis were ricewheels. I guess I'll check them out. Thanks for the heads-up, shokington.
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RE: lightweight track wheels?
Definitely look at Koseis or OZs. Both are light, both are relatively cheap (<240 a wheel)
Nothing that's actually very lightweight is going to be super cheap, because the way you get a wheel to be lightweight is a: expensive materials and b: expensive forging procedures, so yeah. You can save money on tires if you get 16 or 15 inch wheels, but that rules out brake upgrades in the future. I think A8s and Boxter calipers will fit under a 16" wheel, but I don't know. I have mondo brakes that barely fit under 17s. I'm not complaining, though.
Nothing that's actually very lightweight is going to be super cheap, because the way you get a wheel to be lightweight is a: expensive materials and b: expensive forging procedures, so yeah. You can save money on tires if you get 16 or 15 inch wheels, but that rules out brake upgrades in the future. I think A8s and Boxter calipers will fit under a 16" wheel, but I don't know. I have mondo brakes that barely fit under 17s. I'm not complaining, though.