Lightest Wheels

[itsallyellow]

What are the lightest wheels out there?

With the demise of Dymag i need a new wheel supplier!

18" diameter

Mike

[St Eval]

The BBS mag wheels that we have for our car are lighter than the Dymags that we originally ran, Technomagnesio and OZ are other good options. I'm not saying that any of these are the lightest but they are very light.

[450Nick]

Demise of Dymag?? What happened?

[itsallyellow]

They went into administration a few weeks ago. No buyer was found.

Very sad.

Wouldnt have thought i will find anything lighter than the Dymags. Would be very supprised if the BBS were lighter. I know the oz mags are around 4kg a wheel heavier.

I'm looking at some of the Jap wheels. The P1 QF's seem to be light.

[Tim.C]

What about billet Image wheels?
http://www.imagewheels.co.uk/pages/wheels_billet.h...

Alternatively Compomotive CXTs look excellent VFM.
http://www.comp.co.uk/wheels/popup.asp?wheel=36

[itsallyellow]

Tim.C said:

What about billet Image wheels?
http://www.imagewheels.co.uk/pages/wheels_billet.h...

Alternatively Compomotive CXTs look excellent VFM.
http://www.comp.co.uk/wheels/popup.asp?wheel=36

They are cheap but wiegh to much. The Carbon dymags only wieghd in at 6.9KG per wheel. The compos are over 13kg!

Mike

[450Nick]

Are you not keeping the Dymags you have now then?

[itsallyellow]

Yes will still use them but also want another 2 sets in the same size etc.

Mike

[Graham]

itsallyellow said:

Tim.C said:

What about billet Image wheels?
http://www.imagewheels.co.uk/pages/wheels_billet.h...

Alternatively Compomotive CXTs look excellent VFM.
http://www.comp.co.uk/wheels/popup.asp?wheel=36

They are cheap but wiegh to much. The Carbon dymags only wieghd in at 6.9KG per wheel. The compos are over 13kg!

Mike

Most places i've spoken to class 10-11kg as light for 18*11 wheels.. Dymags always did seem to be the lightest by far... my 18*9 magnesium dymags are a fair bit lighter than my 15*7 compos !!!


The problem i've seen with a lot of the stuff aimed more at the aftermarket than racing is that they may be light but they dont have the strength you need, and quickly become oval or break.

If your after 2-3 sets of wheels all the same size and offset you could give speedline a ring. they would make any size and would vary the construction to your requirements.. but they did have a minimum order of 12 for custom wheels.

G

Edited by Graham on Wednesday 2nd December 12:17

[itsallyellow]

Graham said:

itsallyellow said:

Tim.C said:

What about billet Image wheels?
http://www.imagewheels.co.uk/pages/wheels_billet.h...

Alternatively Compomotive CXTs look excellent VFM.
http://www.comp.co.uk/wheels/popup.asp?wheel=36

They are cheap but wiegh to much. The Carbon dymags only wieghd in at 6.9KG per wheel. The compos are over 13kg!

Mike

Most places i've spoken to class 10-11kg as light for 18*11 wheels.. Dymags always did seem to be the lightest by far... my 18*9 magnesium dymags are a fair bit lighter than my 15*7 compos !!!


The problem i've seen with a lot of the stuff aimed more at the aftermarket than racing is that they may be light but they dont have the strength you need, and quickly become oval or break.

If your after 2-3 sets of wheels all the same size and offset you could give speedline a ring. they would make any size and would vary the construction to your requirements.. but they did have a minimum order of 12 for custom wheels.

G

Edited by Graham on Wednesday 2nd December 12:17

Speedline will do 12. Although he was telling me they also weigh over 13KG!

[Graham]

itsallyellow said:

Speedline will do 12. Although he was telling me they also weigh over 13KG!

They were saying around 11 when i spoke to them, and depending on constuction could be lighter/heavier... maybe they quoted you on a heavy duty GT wheels. they were fairly cheap as well.


Im swaying t0wards billet wheels, they were also talking about 11kg, and if I move to center lock hubs, then I only need to change the wheel centres.. Need to find some hubs for that first though... Ginetta uprights and hubs look possible... same front and rear with bolt on mountings for the wishbones..

[itsallyellow]

The buddyclub p1 QF's come in at 7.7kg.

So that looks like it may be the way to go?? Seem to be used on in the Jap GT championship.

Mike

[stinkysteve]

Wolfrace Pro-lite come in at 9.6kg for an 18 inch rim.

not sure if that helps, but they're cheap.

[itsallyellow]

To be honest cheap isnt the goal. As light as possible is all that matters. Cant see anything being more expensive than the dymags to be honest!

[RogueMotorsport]

Rays Wheels?

http://www.rays-msc.com/

[CNHSS1]

my Image billets in 15" x 10" wide, weigh 6.35kg inc metal valves.

[St Eval]

Right, have just been in the garage to weigh the wheels that we have.
Dymag 14x13 6.15kgs
Technomagnesio 15x13 6.15kgs
BBS magnesium 15x13 5.79kgs
so out of these 3 makes Dymag are the heaviest as that wheel is an inch narrower than the others.

[itsallyellow]

I think we are talking about different Dymags here. Mine are the Carbon Dymags 18x11 6.9kg

Edited by itsallyellow on Thursday 3rd December 10:19

[mat205125]

Flow Forming Speedlines are strong and pretty light.

[St Eval]

Maybe, mine are all magnesium and they are light!