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Enkei's are what I've been looking at. There were some Enkei 18x9's in my stud pattern that weighed 8.5kg's so similar to what you said. Did you notice a difference when switching to lighter wheels?

Nah, nothing formal, just open track days. Mostly small and tight circuits but I would like to get back out to Eastern Creek at some stage.

I've been reading a lot lately about unsprung weight and how beneficial it can be to reduce it for driving on the track, given my semi's only have another day or two in them I am throwing around the idea of some lighter wheels and a square set up. I have 265/35/19's and 245/40(?)/19 Federal 595's at the moment. The wheels and tyres are super heavy. I looked up my wheel weight online and got 14.5kg naked. Not sure if this was 8.5 (front) or 9 (rear) but that's a lot. I have also been reading about the benefits of a square setup. Much better rotation and potentially less understeer. When I throw these together I'm thinking about a 17x9 or 18x9 square (preferably under 10kgs per wheel) with 245 or 255's. I can get some cheap 17x8.5 BMW M Sport wheels, they weight 10.5 kg's each but at 8.5 wide could probably only get 245's on them? I know they come with 255's from factory but semi's are a bit chunkier. Otherwise it will be aftermarket wheels in a 9" width. Most of the other BMW wheels are heavy unless you pay a squillion dollars for some M wheels. Although, the E46 M3 Style 67's could be good but I'd have to buy 2 sets to square them up. My car has a tickle over 400hp and about to put an LSD in also, is 245 a little thin for a square setup? It kinda feels that way to me. Also, is there any tangible benefit to having 18's over 17's? Is the footprint demonstrably bigger? From those of you who went to light(er) wheels after heavy buggers, did you notice it much?

Nah its a server spammer thing Although, now that I manually approve all the accounts I can probably loosen up some of the restrictions.

Check out the pics in the NSW Events section!

Sweet! Any pics of SAU representing?

This is awesome.

Yes.

https://silodrome.com/datsun-fairlady-z432/ Dang. Dang dang. 😍😍

Be great to get some activity in this thread again.

Yep, looks that way. Never driven an E30 or R31 so I can only imagine

I particularly like the look of the John Player Special team. (Thumbnail isn't different but hit play for the clip)

Such a cool collection of cars back then.

Dang I looked at this for so long until I realised it was for the inner rod. I was so confused. This looks like a great tool. Another injected plastic box for my collection. I for one am a torquer. I'm far too anxious and neurotic to not use the correct torques whenever I can. I do honestly feel like my wheels will fall off if I dont.

I was wondering about this. I'll do some research.

Yeah this confirms what I was thinking. Volks are worth a crap load more than my M Sport 17s and 2500 is nuts! 240 is crazy cheap, was this 20 years ago? I have a fairly good air compressor so I'm tempted to get an eBay sand blaster.

Has anybody had their wheels refurbished? I reckon it's likely bloody expensive. Even a sand blasting quote for my 17s was 200-300 per wheel! The E39 wheels are basic BMW M Sport (or M Tech at the time.) they have slight rash and some have signs of bad repair in the past on the lips. The main issue is that they've become really off coloured. I think it will be too much as this is definitely (supposed to be) a budget resto. I've been looking at others for sale but they all have some minor damage and colour issues. In the end I think I'll just need to sand blast them myself and do a respray.

Hi and welcome back! What was the original account? Do you want me to look at restoring it for you?

You're now in the unrestricted member group so upload away!

Hahaha oh shit! Again!

Welcome! Car sounds great, anypics ?

I send my ChatGPT account some funds to purchase some.

This ad for Pirellys is still live. Maybe they are actually a thing?

Yeah I agree! He sounds like he actually gives a shit.