Who makes 17x10 wheels?

[PaulL]

I've been looking for 17"x10" wheels with about a 6" backspacing ... can't find any!

I know Bogart could make me some, but at $480 ea, I'd rather find something off-the-shelf.

The AFS Cobra R's are very close, but they're 17x10.5.

Weld doesn't have any.

Any suggestions?

 

[Craig Mack]

Go with the AFS 17x10.5's. I have their 18x10.5's with 295/35/18 rubber and it's way too thin IMO. At first, I thought it was wide as hell, and looked awesome, now it looks like they shrank.

Which leads me to my question...is it possible for tires to get "thinner", by their sidewall thinning out or something. I mean they looked much wider when I first got them.

 

[PaulL]

When the tyre loses some of its tread, it WILL look smaller. Especially the tread along the corners .... that will make them look thinner.
17x10s anyone?

edited to spell it 'tyre' ... so the stupid system doesn't automatically put a link on the word that I didn't want there.

 

[nailz]

should also consider that the first time you see something it always looks more impressive than once you get used to seeing it.

 

[Craig Mack]

should also consider that the first time you see something it always looks more impressive than once you get used to seeing it.

True True.

Paul, my Kumho MX's wear out like butter, they are almost as bad as a drag radial. Regarding the wheels, why not consider the AFS 17x10.5's??? I don't see your reasoning behind not doing this? If anything, the .5" extra width is good.

 

[PaulL]

I think the AFS wheels are fairly heavy, but I haven't found out just HOW heavy yet.
I did, however, discover a web site with lots of wheels listed and their weights;

http://www.wheelweights.net and
http://gti-vr6.net/library/wheels_tires_brakes/wheels_weight/wheels2_17.html

Here's an excerpt for the 17x10's (last number is lbs);

Duralight Cast 17x10 18.0
HRE 835 Forged/Spun 17x10 18.0
Kinesis K5 Forged/Spun 17x10 18.0
Lite Speed Billet/Spun 17x10 18.0
Racing Hart Tracer Cast 17x10 18.0
Tecnomagnesio MT 5B2 Cast Mg 17x10 18.0
Fikse FM-10 Forged/Spun 17x10 18.5
Fikse FM-5 Forged/Spun 17x10 18.5
Fikse Mach 5 Forged/Spun 17x10 18.5
CCW (not hub or lug-centric) Forged/Spun 17x10 18.6
Fikse ARO Forged/Spun 17x10 18.9
Speedline Race Cast 17x10 19.0
Kinesis K20 Forged/Spun 17x10 20.0
Monocoque RT Cast 17x10 20.0
Compomotive PS Cast 17x10 20.5
Hart Sport Diablo Cast 17x10 21.0
Hart Sport Mirage Cast 17x10 21.0
Hart Sport Odyssey Cast 17x10 21.0
HRE 535 Forged/Spun 17x10 22.0
Kinesis Supercup Forged/Spun 17x10 22.0
HRE 547 Forged/Spun 17x10 23.0
Mackin Gewalt Cast 17x10 23.0
Simmons F-Series Cast 17x10 23.8
HRE 540 Forged/Spun 17x10 24.0
Manaray SP Cast 17x10 24.0
HRE 545 Forged/Spun 17x10 25.0
Speedline Street Cast 17x10 25.0
Ruf Cast 17x10 27.7

HRE's and Fiskes are about $1,000 EACH

 

[Craig Mack]

my 18x9s weigh 25.5lbs each and my 18x10.5's 28.5lbs each.

We don't have to worry about how much a rim weighs as much as small displacement imports do, but probably have to worry more than big torque 5.7L GM's. My 18x10.5's paired with the 295/35's weigh a whopping 61lbs each. I'm sure its hurting performance a little, but the nominal strain on acceleration is made up for the looks, and also the much better traction.