NB's Show Off Your Rims!

irwin83r · Postby **irwin83r** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:11 pm

fundies wrote:Can you get them in three spoke ?

im still waiting to see a 1 spoker

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:50 pm

yay enkei wheels

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:11 pm

nice work wun.

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:05 am

Hopefully I will get a chance to weigh them tomrow.

AB7 · Postby **AB7** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:49 am

wun911 wrote:Hopefully I will get a chance to weigh them tomrow.

Cool, let us know, I got 16.8KG average last time.

blehbear · Postby **blehbear** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:38 pm

Looks absolutely fabulous wun!

Benny · Postby **Benny** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:19 pm

irwin83r wrote:
fundies wrote:Can you get them in three spoke ?

im still waiting to see a 1 spoker

How about a NO spoker?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSdsV3zotTk

I wish I could do something similar to my 5.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:06 pm

That'd definitely lighten things up a bit. I wonder whether it's a good idea having the brakes on a smaller rotation though. I get the feeling having the brakes where they are on cars is better than having them on a smaller gear.

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:40 pm

Aim:
To weigh both my stock wheels and my Enkei RPF1 wheels, and find out how much they weigh.

Method:
Please note the following, sorry if it seems a bit anal.

Both have air at 32 psi inflated at 25.2 degrees C (air has mass, hot air weigh less)
Both have respective valve caps
Both have been balanced with weights for the rubber.
Both have been weighed with their respective center caps in place
Enkei does NOT have the hubcentric rings, I have been running without them and everything seems to be ok thus far.
Stock MX5 wheel has: RE001 with 205 45 R 16
Enkei RPF1 wheel has: RE001 with 215 40 R 17
Both Bridgestone RE001 are jap spec and have aproximately the same amout of tread, measured with a 50c coin as a standard.
All wheels tested had been cleaned to remove break dust etc that may have affected the results.
All wheels tested are in PERFECT condition no weight was removed due to gutter rash etc.
I have weighed two sets of wheels to gain an average.

Results:
Results are displayed in grams...

Discussion/Conclusion:

The results indicate that that the weight of the 17" Enkei RPF1 is slighly less than the MX5 16".
The weight differenc is minimal however, the enkei has a 215 tread whereas the stock wheel has 205.

I've been riding on the enkeis for a week or so, the lower porfile rubber gives a noticably more "bumpy" ride. Initial turn in is nice and noticably shaper than stock wheels. When put side by side (last pic) the enkei is slightly wider in total diameter by about 1 cm or so, it hasnt hit the guards or scrapped anything at full lock, or during cornering.
To save weight you have to go down in size or get lighter rims in the same size.

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:03 pm

You could have cleaned those 17s a little better, i see finger marks

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:46 pm

Wun, the 17s have more tyre black on them... Surely that would skew the results... :lol:

sliq · Postby **sliq** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:37 pm

Okibi wrote:You could have cleaned those 17s a little better, i see finger marks

*slaps forehead* omg more unsprung weight noooooo

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:50 am

its an interesting observation because most people think the 17" weigh more and spoil handeling.

AB7 · Postby **AB7** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:33 am

In most cases 17" will weigh more than your 16", Enkei is reasonable light rims.
I roughly calculated that even if you upsize to 17" CE28N, you'll prob be around 15.5 KG mark (rim weigh of 5.6 KG opposed to Enkei's 6.2KG) ...and they are one of the lightest 17" around.