light weight rims and sizes

[kilipo4]

Hey guys, I've got a 1989 fastback that I want to put some lightweight rims on. I was thinking either SSR competitions or volk racing gramlites.

As for the SSRs, I'm told they fit my car but I haven't been able to find an application list for them and tire rack doesn't list them for the car either. Anyone know for sure either way?

In the future I'd like to do both drag racing and track racing. I plan on setting my car up as the all around type. With that in mind, what size wheels do you guys think I should go with? I'm pretty much set on a 17in diameter but I'm not sure about widths. Maybe 8.5" all around? What are the pros and cons of having a different width or a different diameter rim up front?

Thanks guys,Cliff

[kilipo4]

Also, does anyone have any info on these rims clearing koni yellows or kyb agxs and bigger rotors?

[raging panda]

I also am looking into getting some lightweight rims like some volk te-37, or something of that sort. I dont see why you would have clearance problems with the rotors, unless youre talking aobut doing a 300zx brake swap. But then you would have to worry about the calipers, not the rotors. I think that a 17in. wheel should have no problem clearing your brakes though.

[240_Keyy]

That is not always true, Konig monsoons in a 17 will not clear Z calipers. We tried it on my friend's car and they hit. It all depends on spoke design.

[Exar-Kun]

Hey guys, I've got a 1989 fastback that I want to put some lightweight rims on. I was thinking either SSR competitions or volk racing gramlites.Gram-Lights, not 'lites' its not a diet wheel. more filling! less calories! good choice in wheels though, hope you have 1200-1500 to shell out for JUST wheels.

As for the SSRs, I'm told they fit my car but I haven't been able to find an application list for them and tire rack doesn't list them for the car either. Anyone know for sure either way?FAQ. http://www.wheelweights.netuh, the SSR competitions I think only come 5-lug, which poses a problem for you. last time I caleed tire rack, thats what they said(but they can be wrong.)

In the future I'd like to do both drag racing and track racing.so you dont really know what your going to do, so you pick"everything". I plan on setting my car up as the all around type.yeah, exactly. way to specify. With that in mind, what size wheels do you guys think I should go with? I'm pretty much set on a 17in diameter but I'm not sure about widths. Maybe 8.5" all around? What are the pros and cons of having a different width or a different diameter rim up front?FAQ. geebus. lets see, number A: your not sure about widths, so your probably not even sure about offsets, or what tire size, you want, or type of tire you want to run, how long you want it to last, summer or all season, how much you want the wheels to weigh, etc. Get more specific than "all around type" or get more specific on what you plan on doing TO the car and I can help you more, otherwise I'll tell you this:1. you dont need over a 17" wheel.2. there are no true pro and cons to running a different diameter wheel from front to rear(for most street cars, and dont tell me about corvettes and ****, I already know about them.), they only serve to change the tire size and overall diamtere in the rear.3.8.5" in a 17 is HUGE. thats one wide wheel, and with the more negative offset you'd need to run to clear coilovers you'd be sticking tire out of your fenderwell and wouldnt really do your car much more good than a 8" or less wide wheel. hell, a 7" wide is fine for most people.

Thanks guys,Cliff

there ya go. get back to me and I'll help you out.-chet

[kilipo4]

Damn...must be that time of month for somebody. *passes the Midol*

1. I know how to spell light and I know how to spell lite.

2. yes I know gramlights are expensive

3. I'm not trying to be vague in what I want. I enjoy drag racing and racing a track. I simply don't want to sacrifice too much of one for the other.

4. The suspension that I'm wanting to get is either Koni Yellows or KYB AGXs with Eibach prokits. I also plan on swapping in a CA before the year is out. When all is said and done I want to have atleast 300hp depending on how streetable it is on a CA.

5. This is a daily driver but I'm in college right now so it doesn't get alot of use except for a 6hr drive home every now and then.

Does that help?-Cliff

[Exar-Kun]

yes it helps, and NO its not that time of the month. har har. I just get hammered with these questions all day at work, and here, far too often without enough specifics to really do you any good.

I wouldnt get over a 17" wheel, and a 7.5" wide rim will be all you need, even with 300hp. you can run up to a 255-40-17 on that wide of a wheel, and with a LSD it should provide more than enough traction.

that said, for road and drag racing, the 16" wheel option should be conisdered, the wheels weigh less, and you have more options(in correct zizings for our cars) for competition tires, IE drag radials and Road race tires(225-50-16 and 245-45-16). also, thes will be less expensive, and a good wheel will clear Z brakes and coilovers fine in a 16", if you get the offset right.

if you wnat a 17" wheel, and plan on drag racing the car, I would run a 7-7.5" front and a 9" rear possibly so you can run a 17" drag compound tire. (275-40-17, maybe wider...)

or just run a 245-45-17 drag compound in the rear. for autocrossing, in a 17" theres a few sizes to try all around with competition style tires, 215-45-17, 225-45-17 and 235-40-17. all of those come in (from dif. mfg) race compound tires.

for tire choice, get something like a all-season high performance(like pilot sport a/s from michellin) or run a max-performance if you dont mind having to keep it parked during heavy rain and/or snow(bridgestone s-03, pirelli Pzero, etc)

there ya go, as good as I can get for ya with that information.-chet