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gimmesomeshelter Samba Member
Joined: May 08, 2004 Posts: 1468 Location: San Carlos, CA
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 10:27 pm Post subject: Aluminum Wide Five Wheels |
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I just saw an ad for aluminum wide 5's that are lighter than stock.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2076832
I'm a big fan of minimizing un-sprung mass, so I looked into light weight wheels a few years ago. The only one's I liked didn't shave off much weight and were hideously expensive.
Does anyone know anything about the aluminum wheels offered by Car Craft? How's the fit and finish? How much do they weigh?
Cheers,
Paul _________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."
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vwjetboat Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2017 Posts: 1732 Location: Florida
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: Aluminum Wide Five Wheels |
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I know that when I took the steel wheels off my 92 XJ and weighed them.. they were 25 lbs each.. the new/used aluminum wheels i got weighed little over 5 lbs.. i noticed a HUGE difference in breaking and acceleration. felt like I added 20 horses.. lol
Anyway .. so on a vw with so little power to start with.. if you could shave 5 - 10 lbs each wheel.. it would be nice I bet.. |
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gimmesomeshelter Samba Member
Joined: May 08, 2004 Posts: 1468 Location: San Carlos, CA
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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 11:50 pm Post subject: Re: Aluminum Wide Five Wheels |
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I would be estatic to shave of 5 lbs. from each wheel!
I'm currently running 20 year old Mangles. I believe they weigh 15 lbs.
Stock wheels weigh 13 lbs.
If you go here, https://porsche356registry.org/article/161, you'll see that it's very hard to get below 10 lbs and still have a stock looking wheel.
Cheers,
Paul _________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned."
Richard Feynman |
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