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96Forged281

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What are some light weight wheels out there? Im looking for 17" as I just bought a set of new tires.

How heavy are the steed lightweight wheel?
 

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I beleive the Steeda lightweights are 17lbs... it was in a thread somewhere recently.
 

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i not sure exactly how much my cobra R's weigh, but they are light as HELL!!!
 
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98COBRA281 said:
i not sure exactly how much my cobra R's weigh, but they are light as HELL!!!
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really? I may get some black ones for the GT, its mineral grey
 

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really? I may get some black ones for the GT, its mineral grey
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yeah, i not sure if there real cobra R's or somthing, but when i was changing tires, i was amazed by how light they were..
 
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yeah, i not sure if there real cobra R's or somthing, but when i was changing tires, i was amazed by how light they were..
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I dont understand why more people dont go with the lighter wheels, alum driveshaft and light weight flywheel more often
 
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I think that the Steeda ones are the most popular as far as light weight wheels. I personally am not a fan but, they are lighter. You could look into some Weld wheels or Bogarts if you were looking for some drag racing wheels. If you are looking into street wheels, you might have to research each manufacturer and try to get some weights.
 

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Think some of lightest wheels around (that won't break the bank) are the 5-star GT wheels. Think they come in around 17lbs. The Cobra's are 24lbs and the Steeda's are 21.5 if I remember right. My BBS's are 21lbs which seems to be about as low as you can go for sub-$200 per wheel.
 
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Zoie_daGT said:
I think that the Steeda ones are the most popular as far as light weight wheels. I personally am not a fan but, they are lighter. You could look into some Weld wheels or Bogarts if you were looking for some drag racing wheels. If you are looking into street wheels, you might have to research each manufacturer and try to get some weights.
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I need a good looking wheel thatll go with the looks of a 01 GT mineral grey.

Im gonna call steeda and find out the weight of those light weight wheels.

But for the price of wheels I can get cams. Tough decision

Although dropping 10lbs off EACH wheel is no joke and should knock some valuable seconds off 20-100 rolls
 

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If I remember right, Maximum Motorsports Konig wheels are pretty much replicas of the Ultralites while be cheaper and lighter:

Konig Villain Wheel, 17" x 9", 5 lug, 6" backspacing [KON-1] - $169.00 : Maximum Motorsports Performance Mustang Suspension Store, Buy Now!
 
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If I remember right, Maximum Motorsports Konig wheels are pretty much replicas of the Ultralites while be cheaper and lighter:

Konig Villain Wheel, 17" x 9", 5 lug, 6" backspacing [KON-1] - $169.00 : Maximum Motorsports Performance Mustang Suspension Store, Buy Now!
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It says it weighs 21lbs, I think thats what these stock 01 GT wheels weigh

Heres the ultralites I like

Steeda 18" Chrome Ultra-Lite Wheels - '94-'09 Ford Mustang
 

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Chrome 18" should be around 24lbs then, and keep in mind that the stock wheels are 17x8 and most aftermarket 17" wheels are going to be 17x9. Check out this thread with on going wheel weights to help you out:

http://forums.stangnet.com/285393-official-wheel-weight-thread.html
 
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01BlkGT said:
Chrome 18" should be around 24lbs then, and keep in mind that the stock wheels are 17x8 and most aftermarket 17" wheels are going to be 17x9. Check out this thread with on going wheel weights to help you out:

http://forums.stangnet.com/285393-official-wheel-weight-thread.html
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According to a guy on that link, the 01 stock bullitt style wheels only weigh 17lbs

I dunno about that
 

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From what im told my front wheels weigh 18 lbs and my rears are 20 lbs. They are 19" wheels but they are HREs so they usually cost some coin
 

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Bullitts are heavy.

I have stock 17x8 Bullitts on the front of my car, and they definatly weigh more than the stock 5 spoke GT wheels did, 17x8 aswell.

Don't even get me started on the deep dish wheels out back...
 
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