Fikse wheels are used in many racing venues -- Ruf even used Fikse on his widebody Nardo package TT...

 

Yes Fikse and Kinesis are both used on many a Porsche race car

 

But not reverse lip rims....

 

LOL.. well if they want to use my brakes they'll have to

 

I posted some interesting comparison info for wheels in this thread. Use it as you see fit.
http://216.7.163.99/~speedon/forums/...ighlight=polar

 

You can't say x brand is best because it is used my more pro racing teams than any other...and since brand Y isn't seem much it must be bad. thats absurd. Racing is a business and very few teams have the luxury to choose the wheels they use. They use wheels of whatever company offers them the best sponsor deal. Its like basketball players and sneakers. DO you think they really care if the play in nikes or reboks?? Of course no race team is goint to risk life or race points running on something they are not comfortable with, but considering the large numbers of wheels we buy every season and their costs, sponsor packaging is 99% of the decision making process. The reason you see teams use one specific brand far more than some others is almost always attributable to the fact that that company is offering far more support for that particular series. Like BBS for example....most of their wheels are great, but their racing support is even better.

dave w

 

Nikes are the best...everybody knows that -- sponsorship has nothing to do with it.

The wheel/racing talk was just light hearted -- Fikse, Kinesis, HRE, BBS and several other companies make strong, light, forged wheels. I think they're all great. I happen to put a priority on reducing unsprung weight consistent with the wheel being strong enough to deal with street life. Going from my stock GT2 Porsche wheels to the Fikse Profile series wheels saved me 34 lbs of unsprung weight.

 

"this is not true - HRE has been phasing out those inferior ARS rim pieces since last year, and the total transition should be complete soon." - lee2375
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I am curious what research led to this statement.

 

Tony at PES showed my some really light 19's for the TT when I was in there a couple of months ago putting on the PSS9s. I don't have specific weights or experience with them, but they were HOT and built specifically for PES.

 

yea, but are the wheels they use in F1 made the same was as the ones they sell for street use?

 

You ought to look into Fikse's Profil series and Kinesis.

 

Hi Alan let me know if you got the pictures I sent you. Also if you need/want more let me know- more where those came from...

 

How about 18" with cups and 19" for the street and canyon runs. It seem like the best of both.

 

Have you ever seen the BBS magnesium wheels used on the GT3-R or RS?

Check them out, and you tell me if they're constructed properly or not.

 

tyson,

i think the 22" spinners you have on your M5 will look trick on your gt2R[icer]