A bigger gas tank!

 

dang for 568 , thats a great deal for the sequence kit. Anyone ever order anything from KDM motors ?

 

I have never ordered from there but they seem legit. I been emailing the company back and forth for a couple days now and they seem to want to help get this product to everyone.

 

 

Just ordered these for my summer tires .......... I WISH I could put them on the car right now lol

 

Pretty, but what do they weigh?

Enkei RPF-1

13.7 pounds in 16 X 7", 15.25 pounds in 17 X 7.5".

I personally don't care how nice a wheel looks, if it weighs more than the one it replaces you're taking a step backward.

 

Pretty, but what do they weigh?

I personally don't care how nice a wheel looks, if it weighs more than the one it replaces you're taking a step backward.

It doesn't matter how much it weights in total. What matters is the distribution of the mass (how much of this mass is on center and how much is on the periphery). If you assume the same mass distribution, then you can compare 2 different wheels by total weight.

 

I really like these

 

When I was ordering rims for my vette's or Grand National I was concerned about (unsprung) weight but with this GT I'm okay if they are heavier than the "stock" rims as this car isn't exactly a quarter mile champ lol. Looks / function rule in this application IMHO ... as long as it doesn't kill my gas mileage that's all I care out for this car.

 

When I was ordering rims for my vette's or Grand National I was concerned about (unsprung) weight but with this GT I'm okay if they are heavier than the "stock" rims as this car isn't exactly a quarter mile champ lol. Looks / function rule in this application IMHO ... as long as it doesn't kill my gas mileage that's all I care out for this car.

The criteria you list all call for lighter wheels. Heavier wheels take more work to accelerate and decelerate, negatively affecting your cars acceleration, braking, and gas mileage. There is beauty in form following function. Those RPF-1s are lithe and elegant because they're optimized for both strength and light weight; you have the minimum amount of material following flowing lines that trace the forces that they are designed to handle.

Or to put it differently, you can have beauty in simplicity and grace, or you can have something that has a bunch of tacked-on "style" to distract you from the fact that it's excessively heavy due to a lack of fundamental ground work:

 

So what is the stock wheel weight?

 

Approximately 23.4 pounds for the OEM 17" alloys, according to this:
CleanMPG Forums - The Next 50 Days with the 2013 Hyundai Elantra GT

The idea behind aluminum wheels is that they're supposed to be lighter than the steel wheels of old...

 

What do you guys think of these TSW's. They weigh 19.5 lbs for 18x8.5
Nurburgring Alloy wheels in matte gunmetal, gunmetal w/ mirror cut face, and matte bronze by TSW | www.TSW.com

 

Nice! The "rotary forging" technique they use is also used on the RPF-1s. Makes for a stronger rim while reducing weight in a critical area. What do these run, cost-wise? I paid $180 apiece for the 15 X 8 RPF-1s on my Miata, they're selling in the $200 range now. But you do get what you pay for...

 

Nice! The "rotary forging" technique they use is also used on the RPF-1s. Makes for a stronger rim while reducing weight in a critical area. What do these run, cost-wise? I paid $180 apiece for the 15 X 8 RPF-1s on my Miata, they're selling in the $200 range now. But you do get what you pay for...

These wheels are on the expensive side. Cheapest i found was 250 a piece. But all the other wheels that I have found that look like these with the same weight or lighter are 50+ dollars more. I found a couple heavier ones (24.5 lbs) selling for about 175.

 

So i was messing around with photoshop just to get some ideas and these are what I came up with. Sorry about the poor photoshopping I couldn't find my Wacom Tablet. But tell me what do you think?

 

As I said before, I personally don't care how nice a wheel looks-- my concern is how it adds to performance. That said, I think these before-and-after shots of my Miata show the difference between a run-of-the-mill standard aluminum wheel and a set of performance wheels, and what that does for looks:

 

Bisimoto is going to release that nice lip spoiler from the 600 HP beast. I can't wait I really like how it looks.

 

Seems likely that company is going to end up with a lot of my money. Haha

 

Want to do us all a favor and pull a wheel and measure the offset?