Road Course Wheels
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Melting Slicks
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Road Course Wheels
Track guys, what wheels are you using for road courses? I'm looking for some good quality wheels that I can run some dedicated track tires on. Sounds like 18"s will clear the iron brakes?
If you can post wheel specs with offsets and the tire specs you're running, I'd be grateful. Figuring out tire/wheel sizes is one of the car items that annoys me the most for some reason.
If you can post wheel specs with offsets and the tire specs you're running, I'd be grateful. Figuring out tire/wheel sizes is one of the car items that annoys me the most for some reason.
Melting Slicks
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I have 18" Forgelines that clear my Carbon Ceramic brakes but they are super close to the caliper (not that it matters for your iron brakes.) I too have 18x11 and 18x13 but I don't remember the offsets. Just ordered them to fit a C7Z.
Forgeline, Finspeed, CCW...they all have an offering that will fit if you are willing to spend the money. And you are definitely going to spend a good bit of money! It ultimately comes down to what you think looks best.
Forgeline, Finspeed, CCW...they all have an offering that will fit if you are willing to spend the money. And you are definitely going to spend a good bit of money! It ultimately comes down to what you think looks best.
Last edited by fleming23; Oct 2, 2016 at 08:42 PM.
Melting Slicks
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I went that route initially but was ultimately concerned how well they would hold up to prolonged track abuse. I think I am going to do that again as I now have two extra curbed wheels (thanks to the dealer). I am going to keep the 18s for Autocross and other events requiring 200TW Rivals, OEM wheels with PSS for every day street driving and an extra set of OEMs with Cup2s for track use.
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When I track on the Cup 2s I do so on the OEM wheels and so far they've held up fine. In fact, the majority of my track days have been on them.
If you're looking for stock size wheels, look at the Cup wheels that DocZ is usually selling for ~$1500 a set. That's a great price and I own two sets.
If you're looking for stock size wheels, look at the Cup wheels that DocZ is usually selling for ~$1500 a set. That's a great price and I own two sets.
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Plus it is getting harder to find Cup2s that are close enough the shipping costs don't kill any deal you might get. In June I was able to purchase from Phil's Tire Service 4 new Hoosier R7s for $1550 including shipping.
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I have 18" Forgelines that clear my Carbon Ceramic brakes but they are super close to the caliper (not that it matters for your iron brakes.) I too have 18x11 and 18x13 but I don't remember the offsets. Just ordered them to fit a C7Z.
Forgeline, Finspeed, CCW...they all have an offering that will fit if you are willing to spend the money. And you are definitely going to spend a good bit of money! It ultimately comes down to what you think looks best.
Forgeline, Finspeed, CCW...they all have an offering that will fit if you are willing to spend the money. And you are definitely going to spend a good bit of money! It ultimately comes down to what you think looks best.
You will quickly find the limit of light semi-forged wheels if you use the whole track. You will also find the limit of Cup 2s as well, they will overheat and delaminate if driven hard. Sometimes you get crap take-offs with nails in them because they are used on the street and people don't check the integrity of the tire before shipping. Don't ask how I know.
Go 18", unless HPDEs are a passing fancy for you.
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I took the easy way out.
I bought a set of repro 19s for the rear and put R888s on.
Nitto Nt01s will fit but they are hard to find.
295s for front and 325s for rear.
I bought a set of repro 19s for the rear and put R888s on.
Nitto Nt01s will fit but they are hard to find.
295s for front and 325s for rear.
Last edited by speedmon; Oct 15, 2016 at 03:43 PM.
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We do several Forgeline setups a week with 18" clearing z07 brakes, ga1r and ga3r very popular.
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Gerry
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