I saw a thread on here recently with a photo of some lightweight Champion wheels supposedly in magnesium, primarily for track use I think.

Anyone have any info. on these, or on Manthey magnesium wheels, for the 997? I want a lightweight set of wheels for my car, and am having trouble finding info. on both of these wheels.

Any suggestions for other lightweight wheels are also welcome. Probably want 18s because of the wider vairety of rubber available, especially for track use.

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Thanks in Advance. - Russ

 

Russ,
if u want 18'' then there's a reason to go after magnesium wheel since there's more selection but i would not suggest u to run them on daily bases. if u really want light wheel u can get a set of carbon magnesium wheel that Rennworx sells, if there's no budget limit. for 19'', i'd look into Kinesis F110. for the price, the style, the weight, u can't go wrong with it. let me know if u're interested.

 

Of course, anytime 19" F110s are mentioned, must remember 19" champion rs98s - same manufacturer, same light weight, similar price, slightly different style.

 

Kinesis and Champion made by the same guys - do you know who? European or Asian?

 

Do you have any pictures of these?

 

Russ,

Bill from Rennworx is the official re-seller of Manthey products in the U.S.

He can get you the Manthey mags.

His email is bk@rennworx.com.

 

Straight from the MASTER! We love you man, but a power rep of 15 already speaks it...

 

18" Champion RG5 would be a great choice.... I don't know of any rims that is durable for street and track and is lighter than these babies...

 

Well the Magnesium wheel is NLA. They had 8 sets made for a client, he bought 6 sets of them and the remaining 2 went to a company in Cali. Those wheels went for about 9K for a set. The Kinesis F110's weigh 21 front and 22.5 rear. the RS98's are 18 front and 19.4 rear. The Magnesium wheels were 14.5 and 16 lbs.

Russ: I left a message for you!

 

f110s and rs98s come out of the exact same factory out of asia.

heres a pic, just put them on my car - luv them, i'll post pics soon.

 

bills carbon/mag wheels are hot. saw them on his car last week. he has centerlocks available also

 

jsut do some Fikse's..... mmm so HOT!!! and they won't break like magnesium... i mean if you doo crack from hitting a pithole or something in the road the wheel will not shatter apart (just get a bend) like a magnesium. I know that was a problem alot of cars at Lemans had. when that would happen they sometime would not get back to the pits due to broken wheel..

I know that is not a big concern (breaking), I am just a fikse fan

 

I actually have a set of Fikse's in 18" for my car, and love the look of them. I just wanted something lighter.

Thanks for all the input and contacts. The Champion magnesiums were a one-off of 8 sets that are now all gone, and the Manthey's in magnesium would require a wheel spacer which adds some weight, although they are still a light setup.

I'm probably either going to go with some Champions not in magnesium, or step up and get the Dymags with some titanium bolts and have really stupid light wheels with an even stupider light wallet when I'm done.