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Did ANYONE ever get a weight on these things?! Several folks have bought them but no one weighed them? What about brake clearance issues... Are there any? I'm weighing the pros and cons here between the two 3rd gen specific wheels vendors around here. I like the LOOK of these more but if there's a significant weight difference and they won't clear C5 brakes then I'm gonna have to go with the others. Btw, I'm looking to buy soon.
Did ANYONE ever get a weight on these things?! Several folks have bought them but no one weighed them? What about brake clearance issues... Are there any? I'm weighing the pros and cons here between the two 3rd gen specific wheels vendors around here. I like the LOOK of these more but if there's a significant weight difference and they won't clear C5 brakes then I'm gonna have to go with the others. Btw, I'm looking to buy soon.
I asked this earlier and was told 24 lbs.
Originally Posted by Brad96
For those who have been asking about weight, I just called Heather at Hawk's, and she told me 24 lbs. each.
Hrmmm. That's just barely shy of the R15 copies in weight... However if brake clearance... Still unknown. Unless someone has upgraded brakes with these wheels. The R15's are known for the lack thereof.
Well I jumped and got the gold ones. However I didnt find my wheel spacers in any of the packaging so that's rather disappointing. Tires will be arriving Thursday so this is all I currently have...
And weighing them on my bathroom scale they were 21.5 lbs
I do beleive these should not be a problem for clearance. I know for the ROH wheels that were 9.5" wide they had a problem rubbing, so they needed to be spaced out 1/4" I thought these were 9" wide, so I would think they should be fine.
I think I will go with the OE ZR1 Wheels 17 by 11 in back and 17 by 9.5 in front 315 35 17 in back and and 275 40 17 in front.
That is what I went with size wise. Be ready for the pain in the butt it is to tuck them and get the fronts to not rub in sharp turns. It was a challenge but I got it done.
That is what I went with size wise. Be ready for the pain in the butt it is to tuck them and get the fronts to not rub in sharp turns. It was a challenge but I got it done.
Can you elaborate some on the work (challenge) you had with that please?
Originally Posted by GCrites80s
I had to stay square for autocross or else the car would push real bad. You have to totally re-tune the suspension if you go un-square.
Square is referring to front and back being the same dimensions I suppose? Interesting.. You'd also have to re-tune an setup tuned for un-square although using spacers to ultimately come out with the same wheel position?
Can you elaborate some on the work (challenge) you had with that please?
I had to cut out the bumpstops and some of the metal and hammer everything like crazy. Ended up using 1 1/4 spacers with them also but that will depend on back spacing.
I think I will go with the OE ZR1 Wheels 17 by 11 in back and 17 by 9.5 in front 315 35 17 in back and and 275 40 17 in front.
That is what I went with size wise. Be ready for the pain in the butt it is to tuck them and get the fronts to not rub in sharp turns. It was a challenge but I got it done.
so you were saying that were the same tire sizes you're running and hence required mods that you discribed, with the 17" mesh wheels discussed in this thread?
Can you elaborate some on the work (challenge) you had with that please?
Square is referring to front and back being the same dimensions I suppose? Interesting.. You'd also have to re-tune an setup tuned for un-square although using spacers to ultimately come out with the same wheel position?
It's not really about the spacers. Having larger tires on the back makes the car have more traction in the rear than the front. That leads to understeer.
The Hawk's GTA clones require no modding. The modding was for larger wheels that were stated in the post that are 11 inches wide with 315 35 17 tires
Right, thanks for clarifying!
Originally Posted by GCrites80s
It's not really about the spacers. Having larger tires on the back makes the car have more traction in the rear than the front. That leads to understeer.
That makes sense.. so your statement of "square" was more referring to tire size (width) then I take it.
A modification I did have to make was on the spacers. The bevel on the hole for the hub was not big enough, so I did have to take a die grinder & dremel to the hole and flare it out more so that the spacer would lay flat on the rotor hub.
God I could definitely consider a set of 18x9s or 18x9.5s. Hardly any good HPDE tires left in the 17x9 range. The Nitto NT05 275/40s are the best tire of the available bunch. And the 16x8's have even less choices.
Hate that I need a rim upgrade just to run some sticky tires. Direzza ZII Star Specs aren't available for 17x9's.
Can you elaborate some on the work (challenge) you had with that please?
Square is referring to front and back being the same dimensions I suppose? Interesting.. You'd also have to re-tune an setup tuned for un-square although using spacers to ultimately come out with the same wheel position?
Square means running the exact same front and rear tire/rim combo.
Aka 17x9 275/40's on each corner.
Not square would be running say 275/40's up front and 315's out back.
You know what really sucks? By the time they came out with these most of the good tires had moved on from the 17x9 sizes. All of the awesome sizes now require you to be with a 18" or 19" rim.
If I had a ton of money I'd throw a set of these on the GTA backed by Nitto NT05's or Conti DWs as the "daily driver" combo. I always loved the look of the stock crosslace rims.
You know what really sucks? By the time they came out with these most of the good tires had moved on from the 17x9 sizes. All of the awesome sizes now require you to be with a 18" or 19" rim.
If I had a ton of money I'd throw a set of these on the GTA backed by Nitto NT05's or Conti DWs as the "daily driver" combo. I always loved the look of the stock crosslace rims.
Another reason why Hawk's needs to release these in 18"
I'm freaking out that I did not get these for my car before I left the states with my car in November:/ Shipping and 40% import duty is gonna RAPE me when I do get them.
Found some interesting uses of GTA wheels... these are 16x8, but might be neat to try on the Hawks 17x9.
This one had the lips hand polished to a bright shine, repainted the center, and then used chrome center caps. The gold looks a little deeper than the photos posted here, but it's hard to tell with online photos:
08-30-2015, 06:39 PM
The Nitto NT05 275/40s are the best tire of the available bunch. And the 16x8's have even less choices.
