Weight Of Standard R33 Wheels

[Primordial]

I was wondering if anyone knows whether the standard R33 wheels are heavy in comparison to light weight type rims?

I am looking to buy some cheap/lightweight rims for track days, and someone has offered me some stocker R33 wheels. Should I go for these or are they overweight?

[TTT]

on the bathroom scale, they were 16kg each with 225/50/16 tyres back when I was wondering the same thing.

Without tyres?

No idea.

[Primordial]

Cool.. i'm just trying to get an idea whether they are worthwhile getting for the track, or if they're grossly overweight. I should be able to find some weights of aftermarket wheels now to compare it to..

Thanks GTST

[TTT]

cool.

If it were me, and I had standard size brakes that could still use the 16’s, I would do one of 2 things.

1 – 300zx wheels.

They are 16x7.5 instead of the 16x6.5 of the stock gtst wheels (both r32 and r33).

225’s fit better on the 300 wheels than the gtst wheels.

2. – r32 GTR wheels.

16x8, 225’s are a perfect fit.

They are forged alloy or something, they are lighter and tougher.

if you want 17's, look in to ENKEI wheels. they seem to make some nice light wheels.

I'ce always likes the RP01 model Enkie wheels.

basic design and very light.

[MANWHOR3]

They aren't the lightest wheel that you can possibly buy, but they're not that heavy either, considering that a lot of poeple run 17s or 18s (heavier than 16s).

Honestly, i cannot feel the difference in driving between the stock wheels (16kg as said above) and my 17s (23kg each with tyres).

I guess unless if you're very serious in your track work, save your money and spend it elsewhere more noticeable.

[Primordial]

Awesome.. Thanks for the input guys. My 17" dished chrome wheels i had before are 18kg with tyres (tyre place said they are fairly light for their size though). My new 18's are HEAVY - like 27kg odd with tyres, and I can feel the difference.. hence why im looking for relatively light wheels.

I cant use my old wheels because every time they are taken off the car a wheel stud or wheel nut gets stripped when putting them back on! The design of the wheel is f**ked and grabs the wheel nut unfortunately Its a shame cos they would be good track wheels.

anyway, i think ill just get some el-cheapo stockies and leave it at that, unless anyone wants to sell some cheap Enkei's? (trawling the for sale threads )

[Beer Baron]

maybe you just need smaller nuts?

[Primordial]

lol..

I asked already but the doctors said it was too risky.

But on a serious note, thats not a bad idea. I might see if I can find some. One of the guys at Tempe said he could probably find some nuts that would work well with my old wheels, but I was in a rush so didnt enquire further. I might give them a call actually.

Thanks for the suggestion Richard.. I completely forgot about the Tempe guy till you said that!

[TTT]

I could definitely tell the difference between the stock S14 (same as R33) wheels and the 17’s I had.

The rears were 17x9 with 255’s on it.

They weighed 22kg on the same bathroom scales.

You could REALLY notice the difference as you take off in normal traffic.

Almost feels like you have to rev a little higher or ride the clutch a little bit more to get the same sort of movement as with the stockers.

I went to WSID with the 17’s and best I could do was 13.8 with the best 60’ being 1.9

And I still had the sub box in the boot.

I then decided that the stockers or similar was the go.

Bought a set of 16x7.5 300zx rims.

They weighed the same as the s14 wheels.

Was all excited about having another go at WSID but the car was stolen.

I did however get to take it to wakefield.

Before I went, I went to wakefield, I stripped the boot. Carpet and all.

Stuck the 300zx wheels and had a good day out (as good as could be had on S15 factory suspension and my own factory S14 sway bars.. hahahaha)

But with the boot empty and lighter wheels, the car was so much more nimble to drive around from stand still and when accelerating on a roll.

You’re 17’s sound good.

Get the smaller nuts and use those for sure.