new 19's
Originally posted by rijowysock
dude fukk you if ur teying to say im bullshitting come down here and weigh em next to urs. 18" ce28 compared to mod 2 18" mod 2 are lighter by like 3 lbs mine r 2lbs lighter than 18" ce28's....i just said their 19" wheels and i wanted people to guess what they were cause their so nice and custom done up/coated.. if u wanna start something heres not the place just look and enjoy as i show off my new 19's
dude fukk you if ur teying to say im bullshitting come down here and weigh em next to urs. 18" ce28 compared to mod 2 18" mod 2 are lighter by like 3 lbs mine r 2lbs lighter than 18" ce28's....i just said their 19" wheels and i wanted people to guess what they were cause their so nice and custom done up/coated.. if u wanna start something heres not the place just look and enjoy as i show off my new 19's
They do look nice by the way, were they custom painted a hyper silver color or is it like a chrome plating? They seem to glow in the sun.
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Originally posted by rijowysock
dude fukk you if ur teying to say im bullshitting come down here and weigh em next to urs. 18" ce28 compared to mod 2 18" mod 2 are lighter by like 3 lbs mine r 2lbs lighter than 18" ce28's....i just said their 19" wheels and i wanted people to guess what they were cause their so nice and custom done up/coated.. if u wanna start something heres not the place just look and enjoy as i show off my new 19's
dude fukk you if ur teying to say im bullshitting come down here and weigh em next to urs. 18" ce28 compared to mod 2 18" mod 2 are lighter by like 3 lbs mine r 2lbs lighter than 18" ce28's....i just said their 19" wheels and i wanted people to guess what they were cause their so nice and custom done up/coated.. if u wanna start something heres not the place just look and enjoy as i show off my new 19's
When you design a racing rim, typically the emphasis is put on the strength of the rim and the speed of the car.... you usually don't upsize a hell of a lot. So if you make an 18" rim that weighs 18 or 19 lbs, chances are, you got enough horsepower and torque to require brakes big enough to need 18" wheels to clear them. So weight isn't necessarily an issue. Volks are designed to be thrown around. Both from the cyclic fatigue stresses caused by the wheel rotating and bouncing down the track, being forced sideways in corners (forged wheels flex more than cast ones), and impacts from hitting track curbs and the like. So stuffing an extra 3 lbs over that much area, isn't a whole lot, and if it keeps the wheel in one piece and round, track day after track day... its worth the heft.
Cast knockoffs on the other hand.... well first off, casting is less dense than forging. So that probably answers the weight question. That and forged wheels tend to have much higher load ratings. So just cuz yours are 2 lbs lighter... doesn't make nearly the difference as 2 lbs on a 15" rim, nor does it make yours better... cuz 666's LE28s are a hell of a lot stronger. Not to mention, you've got 2 lbs less of a less dense material, over a wheel thats 1" larger in diameter... so take less material, and stretch it to something bigger. You just made the rim thinner, more flexible and structurally weaker.
Besides, inertia increases in squares of the radius... so the 2 or 3 extra lbs on an 18 still has less inertia than a 19.
You'll find out how all of this strength stuff makes a difference when you hit a pothole some day... it'll all make sense.
Last edited by Boilermaker1; Oct 30, 2003 at 09:20 PM.
Originally posted by Boilermaker1
First off... the second half of the VOLK name explains their purpose RACING.
When you design a racing rim, typically the emphasis is put on the strength of the rim and the speed of the car.... you usually don't upsize a hell of a lot. So if you make an 18" rim that weighs 18 or 19 lbs, chances are, you got enough horsepower and torque to require brakes big enough to need 18" wheels to clear them. So weight isn't necessarily an issue. Volks are designed to be thrown around. Both from the cyclic fatigue stresses caused by the wheel rotating and bouncing down the track, being forced sideways in corners (forged wheels flex more than cast ones), and impacts from hitting track curbs and the like. So stuffing an extra 3 lbs over that much area, isn't a whole lot, and if it keeps the wheel in one piece and round, track day after track day... its worth the heft.
Cast knockoffs on the other hand.... well first off, casting is less dense than forging. So that probably answers the weight question. That and forged wheels tend to have much higher load ratings. So just cuz yours are 2 lbs lighter... doesn't make nearly the difference as 2 lbs on a 15" rim, nor does it make yours better... cuz 666's LE28s are a hell of a lot stronger. Not to mention, you've got 2 lbs less of a less dense material, over a wheel thats 1" larger in diameter... so take less material, and stretch it to something bigger. You just made the rim thinner, more flexible and structurally weaker.
Besides, inertia increases in squares of the radius... so the 2 or 3 extra lbs on an 18 still has less inertia than a 19.
You'll find out how all of this strength stuff makes a difference when you hit a pothole some day... it'll all make sense.
First off... the second half of the VOLK name explains their purpose RACING.
When you design a racing rim, typically the emphasis is put on the strength of the rim and the speed of the car.... you usually don't upsize a hell of a lot. So if you make an 18" rim that weighs 18 or 19 lbs, chances are, you got enough horsepower and torque to require brakes big enough to need 18" wheels to clear them. So weight isn't necessarily an issue. Volks are designed to be thrown around. Both from the cyclic fatigue stresses caused by the wheel rotating and bouncing down the track, being forced sideways in corners (forged wheels flex more than cast ones), and impacts from hitting track curbs and the like. So stuffing an extra 3 lbs over that much area, isn't a whole lot, and if it keeps the wheel in one piece and round, track day after track day... its worth the heft.
Cast knockoffs on the other hand.... well first off, casting is less dense than forging. So that probably answers the weight question. That and forged wheels tend to have much higher load ratings. So just cuz yours are 2 lbs lighter... doesn't make nearly the difference as 2 lbs on a 15" rim, nor does it make yours better... cuz 666's LE28s are a hell of a lot stronger. Not to mention, you've got 2 lbs less of a less dense material, over a wheel thats 1" larger in diameter... so take less material, and stretch it to something bigger. You just made the rim thinner, more flexible and structurally weaker.
Besides, inertia increases in squares of the radius... so the 2 or 3 extra lbs on an 18 still has less inertia than a 19.
You'll find out how all of this strength stuff makes a difference when you hit a pothole some day... it'll all make sense.
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Rep Power: 0 lol so ur not being mean but then say owned.. anyways ... yes their custom done gloss black inside and polished spokes/lip then spokes were sprayed with partially see thru black.. so its chrome undernetah but tinted blackish.
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very insides lip on very edge inside is polished to just inside form under car its got lil chrome..
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very insides lip on very edge inside is polished to just inside form under car its got lil chrome..
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Rep Power: 0 im thiniing of getting the JDM thai glass roof (full replacement of roof but u dont have the lights anymore.(mirrors transfer over but anyways. ill get it tinted limo tint like the rest of my car and also get front windsheild tinted.. and then CF hood and CF trunk... idk i think it would be badass. almost like a civic convertable... but nicer and have a black/white theme going on then get RSX-S leather seats....idk as of now i cnat find anyone in thialand to sell me the JDM glass roof.. im still looking tho.
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Rep Power: 0 Wow that looks sweet I like rides nice and dark. Those rims looks so tight on that yeah my new accord or rsx next year will definately have 19" since I will have the 5 lug going on and more selection.
