Hans Delbruck

Would love to see any more data, even speculation, on different tire brand weights.... Also your thoughts on the weight difference of 235 fronts vs 245s and 255 vs 265 vs 275 rears would be.... worth the tradeoff for straight-line traction? Anyone own a tire shop?

Sincity

You can get the weights of the tires from Tirerack.

cbcharlie

I almost bought the exact same wheels for my steel gray C300 a few months back, but I know nothing about wheels/tires, offsets, and all that stuff. Anybody know if the C300 4Matic can use the same offsets as the C63? Or the same offsets/tire sizes superlubricity used?

PetroC63

^
You should be able to go with a much more aggressive
offset on your car. The reason are offsets are so high
is because of are huge brakes.

cbcharlie

I see I see, thanks for the reply. Now if I can only find a Forgestar supplier on the east coast.

c32AMG-DTM

+1

Or, direct at the tire manufacturers' websites, you can get all the specs (actual dimensions, weights, revs per mile, etc.) for the specific tire you're looking at.

PetroC63

here is the dealer page, you have to call or email for a
US dealer location.

http://www.forgestar.com/v1/dealers.php

BerBer63

Thinking of selling my set - 18 x 8.5/9.5 Gunmetal gray F14s. Offset 46/55. Waited ~15 weeks for my set. Brand new in the box still. PM me if your interested I'll entertain some offers.

cbcharlie

thanks already e-mailed, just awaiting a reply, I have a feeling there is none close by ;[

South Ocean1

Superlubricity:

Thanks so much for all of your very helpful and detailed info on your Forgestar wheel purchase. I am happy owner (as of last week) of a 2011 E63 and am thinking about ordering a set of 18" F14s in the same width and offset to match the stock 18 inch specs (rim size and offset) to use as my winter wheel and tire set. I am thinking about that now because of the lead time I have read about in receiving a Forgestar order.

I had a couple of specific questions for you that I know were addressed in your posts but wanted to make sure I got the info right before proceeding.

1. It is clear you need to purchase cone seat bolts with these rims. How did you know what size of bolt to get? Did the Forgestar dealer tell you? I saw your link as to where to purchase the bolts - which is helpful.

2. Do you need a hubcentric ring if you have matched the offset of the stock wheels exactly? If so, they presumably slide on and off when you mount the wheels for winter and dismount them for spring?

3. Your great photos of the inside of the rims showed the size stamped on each. How do you know that you got the right offset on your order as well - is that marked somewhere on the wheels? Obviously, you hope Forgestar got it right.

4. Anything else to consider when ordering a set of the F14s?

I saw from later posts that you ordered a second set in the Titanium finish - so I presume you have been happy with them.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

superlubricity

inline.

South Ocean1

Superlubricity:

Thanks for your quick response! I really appreciate it.

Kind regards

favino1006

Superlubricity,

First off sir, beautiful car and awesome write up. Very informative.

I actually drive a Boxster and stumbled upon this thread via google, while trying to find more info about the Forgestars. They look fantastic on your car, btw! Just a quick question if I may; where/what is ACGSD? May I have a website or some contact info for them please? I'm sold on these wheels and just looking for a good person to purchase through. Thanks in advance for your help!

All the best,
-ian

Girard@ACGautomotive

Ian,

ACGSD is Automotive Connoisseur Group - San Diego and that is us. Here is the link to the Forgestar page on our web site.
http://execstudio.com/products_wheels_forgestar.htm

Among the pictures you will find images of your car with F14 wheels on it. You are welcome to call us at 877-422-4736 x 2.

Thanks for your interest.

favino1006

Peter,

Thank you for the response. I'll be in touch straight away monday morning.

Thanks Again,
-ian

hhughes1

Just got confirmation from Peter that my wheels will be here on Thursday in time to mount up the R888's for Sebring this weekend!

BTW someone asked about the weights for the Toyos

245/40 =26.8 lbs
275/35 = 27.4 lbs

superlubricity

Nice! Can't wait to see photos.

BerBer63

It's funny the gunmetal F14s are almost 100% identical too palladium silver when I hold see them side by side, just for those not sure how light or dark they are. It is more towards the lighter side of what I see in photos.

FitmentFactory

Great results!!

PistolWhipC63

Looks great.

FBTO

Which config would be closest to stock so that it doesn't effect the speedo?

Great write up!!

Even Money

Don't worry about the speedo, it'll only be off, w/ 275, about 2 mph at 70. I'm running 285 drag radials on stock rims, nitto nt555r, clocked a 4.9 on a 5.0 mile marker speedo check on the interstate. So, you'll be going slightly faster than your speedo reads.

PetroC63

super,

Do you ever get your second set of F14's?

James@ACG

We should be shipping them up late next week

Have you put your new airbox on yet?

hhughes1