Hey guys,

Just had a quick question about the rota slipstream 16x8. Ive seen that the 16x7 weigh 13.9 pounds while the 17x7.5 weigh 19 pounds. Ive searched everywhere and cant seem to find the weight on the rota slipstream 16x8. Looked in wheelweight.com and on the search forum. Does anyone know the exact weight.

Also, the stock in the rear is 18.6 for my ap1, so lets just estimate the rota's in the rear are 16 pounds, would I be able to notice the difference in acceleration, corning, braking, etc. I know in past cars when Ive upgraded to larger heavier rims, you can tell the difference right away but Ive never gone to lighter rims.

Also, is rota slipstream the cheapest lightest rims avaliable. I would love to have a rim under 15 pounds in the rear but is it going ot have to be forged or are there other options out there.

Thanks for an help..

 

Hmmmm .... I'm kind of in the same boat. I just picked up a new CR a few weeks ago and need some lighter feet and stickier shoes before autocross season. Stock is 17 and I'd like to go down to 16s and shave as much unsprung weight as possible without going to "race only" wheels.

If anyone has any good suggestions, please help us out.

 

Well, if you're going to be autocrossing the car in A Stock, don't get 16" rims. Whatever you get - and there aren't many like this - has to be very very close to the stock dimensions, including their offset.

Tire Rack has a set of AS legal, lightweight forged wheels called TR Motorsports. Specific only to AP2 S2000s, they're nice looking and should be plenty strong. IIRC, one of the Tire Rack employees told me they were actually made by Enkei.

 

I'm not concerned with staying in stock class ... sorry for the semi-hijack.

 

No problem... Just trying to figure out the weight before I make the purchase..