Wow. So I needed optimal wheels for competition (maximum track width, correct wheel width and LIGHT as possible as this mass is both rotational and unsprung)Well... for the 205/40/16 that I'm going to start out testing with, I believe that a 16x7 would work well... (7.5's tend to get much heavier) but there aren't that many light ones available... and I wanted something under 15 lbs. for sure... so my "cheap" option was a set of Rota Slipstreams, SubZeros or some Spoon knockoffs... cost: approx $600 - $750 cdn. I have a budget for this whole project... and I figured that the wheels were just one of those big-ticket items that I'd have to ante up for to do it right... :( To go REAL light - I'd have to spend $1500+ . That won't happen until I'm certain that this is the tire to use... so I'll have to do some testing on the the Hot Bits Echo first... Then... some 15x7.5's and the 205/50/15's as well as Hankook 225/45/15's.
Well... I managed to find a guy selling some 16x7 TRD wheels relatively locally. Get this... 1 piece, supposedly forged, monoblock rims :o Strong and supposedly LIGHT... (reports of between 12.8 and 14.9 lbs) I snatched them up for $300 for the set and they're in great shape!
(the back looks forged... but the front if the spokes looks cast... what the?)
So... I hopped in the car... drove a round-trip of 300+ km's (200 miles) and picked them up ASAP. Used $13 cdn in gas (approx 4 gallons = 17 litres or so) Ahh the beauty of an Echo for fuel mileage. This coming season I'll be doing a LOT of long-distance driving to events.
Now they're all mine! It is all starting to come together! Very exciting.
I'll use these to test out the 205/40's as well as to help determine offset - I think I may need 20 - 25mm of additional spacer to maximize track width!
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