[Kiteboarder]

I'm looking for some nice yet durable wheels for my 2008 XB. It sleeps outside, so durability is important. I don't want clear coat chipping off within 2 year.

Looks at Konig Zero-In or Feathers. If not, then Sparco Assetto or Drift.

What do you think?

 

[evilcalvin]

The 2nd to the last Sparco are my favorite

 

[Parkers09xB]

What color is the xB?

 

[evilcalvin]

good question, but even those might work on my Voodoo

 

[Kiteboarder]

The XB is Hypnotic Teal. I should post up a little photoshop magic of the setup to test it out. I have some laid out for the Konig Z-In and they work well with the car after putting a red accent under the grille to tie them in to the car. Haven't done it with the bronze rims yet to see.
What about durability of the finish between the Sparco and Konigs?

 

[phobic]

either the first or the 3rd ones.

 

[JRINCON17]

I like the last sparco style best, with the teal i like the first wheel

 

[Kiteboarder]

Thanks, the Konig Z-Ins were my first choice. However, at 20 lbs. they are quite heavier than the Sparcos or K Heliums. I'm really digging the bronze color on the HTM XB.

I like the acceleration of my car. Yes, it's not like my Mustang, but it's still fun. Am I going to notice the difference between the 20lbs and 17lbs. wheels?

 

[Parkers09xB]

My votes are Konig Feathers of the Sparco Drifts.

 

[JRINCON17]

20 lbs is light !

 

[Kiteboarder]

Anybody know the weight of the stock 16" steelies? for comparison's sake

 

[greenacres2]

Anybody know the weight of the stock 16" steelies? for comparison's sake

Dang it!!!! Just finished (like 90 minutes ago) changing steel for BBS--see post for pics--and intended to weigh both 'cuz somebody on here's been asking that for a while. Now...the 10's are on the car, and the steelies are up in the garage rafters. Totally spaced weighing either. Next time i need exercise i'll pull a steelie down and get an answer.

To the OP--take a look at Tire Rack's web site, not only can you see the wheels on the car, but you can change to most stock car colors. Don't recall if they have the Konigs, but they do have the Sparco. might save you the photo shop.

earl

 

[Parkers09xB]

Anybody know the weight of the stock 16" steelies? for comparison's sake

My steelies are pretty easy to get to. If I remember I'll weigh one of 'em.

 

[evilcalvin]

17.5 lbs. I had a Toyota parts dealer weigh them

 

[BoxGT1]

My vote is either for the first Konig or the last Sparco in that order with your HTM

 

[Kiteboarder]

Hehe. Thanks for all the answers. So the stock steels are actually quite light. I'll be buying soon. I haven't rushed it cause I like to take my time and I still have plenty of thread on the stock tires.

I added one more wheel to the list of likes. Although it might not go that well around here... Konig Beyond. A bit heavier, in the low to mid 20's I think. 17x8 +40 offset

In the end, I'll be doing the Photoshopping anyway. That's what I do for a living, so might as well!

 

[JRINCON17]

hey if you photoshop, can you get us a blank xb we can draw on. like an outline of it or something. want to mess with some graphics by hand.

 

[Kiteboarder]

Outlining one as an illustration would be a bit too time-consuming, but I can likely find one of the template they use to show wheel samples, make it white, take a screenshot and then save it as PSD in Photoshop.

For added kicks I could likely clip it out of the frame too to have it free standing. But that would be a lot more work. Let me see what I can do...

BTW, I see Evans has a big sale on tires right now. Through FB. I wanted to buy Continental ExtremeContact DWS which would set me back $580 before tax - However, they don't have those. But I'm thinking of settling with Pirelli PZero Nero for $346 before tax for all 4. That's one heck of a deal even if I don't like the tire as much. I have those on my Mustang, and they seem fine. They only have 600 miles on them so it's too early to tell. Some people say they wear fast, but for $336 that's not bad. The worst I've heard is they get really noisy when they start wearing out.

 

[JRINCON17]

That would be great so we all can play and make different graphics to see what it may look like

 

[Kiteboarder]

Ok, sounds good. I'll do that tonight.

Hey, quick question, back on topic... we mentioned weights and what not, so this is what I gathered:

I noticed that tire weight doesn't change much based on rim size because of the lower profile. Plus, the weights vary somewhat between manufacturers. For example, Bridgestones claims the wieght of the stock Turanza 205/55/16 EL440 tires is 21lbs. Searching around, I found some of the 225/45/17 tires are about the same weight. Maybe a pound more. My guess is that 18's will be about the same given their 40 ratio, and so on and so forth.

But this is what I can sum up for wheels.

1. Stock 16" steelies and lightweight 17 alloy wheels: 17.5lbs.
2. Medium weight 17" alloy wheels: 20lbs. average
3. Heavier weight 17 alloy wheels: 24lbs. average
(Add about 21lbs. for tire weight to any of these)

The question would be again be, could you really tell the difference in loss of acceleration between the 17.5 lbs wheels and the 24lbs wheels? Add to that the extra width of going from 7" wide tires to 8" wide. (Obviously even more of an increase to the stock steelies at 6.5" width.)