Guess I am too impatient :) I just ordered a set of silver 15" Konig Helium wheels with toyo proxes t1s this morning. The wheels are less than 11 lbs in 15". treaddepot.com sells them at $79 a wheel ($385 shipped to Florida). Other place I called wanted $140 for them. The wheels do have tuv approval, so that is a plus. Who knows how they will hold up, but they can't be weaker than the stock bbs. The other wheels I had narrowed my choice down to were SSR Competition @ 9 lbs and O.Z. Superleggera @ 11.5 lbs. Tirerack said the Superleggera was on back order and they couldn't guarantee in how many months they would have the wheels. I think the Konig Traffik Carbon would look good as well. If the Konig Helium look like crap on the Jetta I'll sell them and go with the OZ or SSR probably.
I updated my page with some more wheels and their accurate weights just now in case you all want to have a look. http://chadr.myip.org/~chadr/jetta/wheels/index.htm Oh, and to everyone interested in my old wheels... sorry, but I am keeping them and having the bent wheel straightened yet again. On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, John Caldwell wrote: > > Maybe its time to get rid of my bbs wheels now that one is really badly > > bent. I searched for a few wheels that I thought would look good on the > > Jetta. I also found the weight for each wheel. Any opinions on the wheels > > below? All of the weights and prices are for 15". I probably favor the > > ats wheels for looks, but I want to determine which one may be the > > strongest. How are reputations of these manfacturers? > > > > Rota's are decent, and i really like the look of the ATS's. The look of the > sub-zero's kinda scares me though... 12 lbs and spokes that thin, i'm > thinking it would be too easy to make a taco out of one of them. > > You also might want to look into the kosei k1. they're very strong, and > around 12-13 lbs. Can be had for around 125-130 per corner if you find a > decent dealer. Plus, they actually look good on an A2. I'm not sure I > would like the look of the rota C8's (same design as the konig greenlight) > on a square looking A2... but I might be wrong. I haven't seen anyone > running them on an A2 yet. Part of that is just my opinion that most of the > more japanese car oriented wheels look out of place on an A2, but I could be > wrong. > > Props for going for lightweight 15" wheels instead of fat, heavy 16's or > 17's. Your car will thank you. Oh, and when you go looking for tires- get > the falken azenis!! I just put a set of the 195/60-14's on my 96 jetta... > these things are only second to my toyo ra-1 race tires. TONS of grip. > That, and they were $54 ea with free shipping from tires.com. > > > >
