----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Overman" <[email protected]> To: "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] light weight wheels
> Chad, > Those will look good (in my opinion) and don't worry what everyone else says > (especially about wheels) as most opinions are based mostly on the visual > aspect instead of strength/weight etc. People who say things like "those > wheels don't belong on a Jetta" are so full of crap. And you do know what > they say about opinions... > Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]> > To: "John Caldwell" <[email protected]> > Cc: "16v" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 2:46 PM > Subject: Re: [A2-16v] light weight wheels > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > A2-16v mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >
