just put these light wheels on today

yuyue · 07-09-2009, 08:42 PM

18'' TRmotorsport MT1+yokohama advan s4

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these wheels weigh much less than the stock 16 inch wheels (styel 268).

I will show you in my very scientific methods.
I can definitely feel my brakes are more effective.

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Also I wanted to mention something for tirerack.
there are too many weights on wheels!!!!
I believe the red dot on the tire indicates the heaviest part of the tire. If you mount that red dot 180 degree away from the valve, the tire and wheel can pretty much offsets each other. that way you can use less weights to balance the entire "wheel&tire". I don't know if I made my point clear.
but I can live with it since they are still way lighter than my stock wheels.

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Gary@TireRack · 07-10-2009, 10:49 AM

Thanks for posting up the pics.

Our techs that do the Hunter Road Force balancing will always start with the heavy spot 180 degrees from the valve stem, but if the machine then tells them that they can get a better balance by turning the tire, they'll do so. I noticed that the light spot (yellow dot) of the tire was kind of in an odd place in relation to the heavy spot so that might have been part of the reason for more weights being used. Their preference is normally to have the best balance possible versus using less weights.

yuyue · 07-10-2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gary@TireRack

Thanks for posting up the pics.

Our techs that do the Hunter Road Force balancing will always start with the heavy spot 180 degrees from the valve stem, but if the machine then tells them that they can get a better balance by turning the tire, they'll do so. I noticed that the light spot (yellow dot) of the tire was kind of in an odd place in relation to the heavy spot so that might have been part of the reason for more weights being used. Their preference is normally to have the best balance possible versus using less weights.

thanks for your inputs.
ya, I just think it would be looking neat if I got less weights on wheels.
anyway they are still light weight wheels for sure.

SpmnE9zero · 07-10-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by yuyue

thanks for your inputs.
ya, I just think it would be looking neat if I got less weights on wheels.
anyway they are still light weight wheels for sure.

Just out of curiousity, why not get the 19's? If your answer is for weight, that brings me to my next question, not to hammer you but why so interested in weight on a 328?
Just curious is all.
I like that style of wheel a lot just thought it would look even more amazing in 19".
Nice car btw.
Shadowline, Blacklines, etc... Very cool!

SpmnE9zero · 07-10-2009, 03:06 PM

I assume they are staggered for the dif in weights given by your high tech methods of measurement, or are the tires just wider in the rear?

yuyue · 07-10-2009, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SpmnE9zero

Just out of curiousity, why not get the 19's? If your answer is for weight, that brings me to my next question, not to hammer you but why so interested in weight on a 328?
Just curious is all.
I like that style of wheel a lot just thought it would look even more amazing in 19".
Nice car btw.
Shadowline, Blacklines, etc... Very cool!

19's forged wheels will cost me an arm and a leg.
and I just don't want to risk of getting a set of cast 19's.
roads here are terrible. bumps, snow, and salt....

sorry I don't understand your point, do you mean wheel weight is not important for 328s?
I think 328 already lacks the power compareing to its competitors of the same price range. it really doesn't have that excessive power to go all the way cosmetic.

ya, 19's will definitely look more amazing. but then a BBK will be a must must. and I don't think they are offering these in 19''.

I have 255 mounted on rear wheels.

oh, and I don't have shadowline, lol my car came with those original

Proper Motion LLC · 07-10-2009, 05:16 PM

Im confused. What are the scales showing? Is that Kilograms or something?

cbad335 · 07-10-2009, 06:43 PM

I think those look really good on your car.

yuyue · 07-10-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 09AlpineTTSedan

Im confused. What are the scales showing? Is that Kilograms or something?

it's kilograms.
I prefer to use kilograms, but I forgot to change the setting when taking the picture.

to change these into lbs:

19.8 kg = 43.6515279 lbs
20.7 kg = 45.6356883 lbs
22.6 kg = 49.8244713 lbs

yuyue · 07-10-2009, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by cbad335

I think those look really good on your car.

thanks, the car in your sig looks nice too!

Dan335i · 07-10-2009, 09:59 PM

They look just like the ASA wheels i had on my 03 Evo 8.

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