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Old Feb 21, 2018 | 05:34 PM
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What wheels for a track setup?

Looking to buy a cheap set of wheels dedicated for the track where I can fit sticky R compound 305 tires.

I’m not really finding much for something that’s affordable. Does anyone have any connections? I don’t want to pay over 2k for the wheels by themselves. I

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Old Feb 22, 2018 | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Slow GTS
Looking to buy a cheap set of wheels dedicated for the track where I can fit sticky R compound 305 tires.

I’m not really finding much for something that’s affordable. Does anyone have any connections? I don’t want to pay over 2k for the wheels by themselves. I

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Wheels that are dedicated for the track are naturally not cheap. Cheap wheels are cheap because the manufacturing techniques used for them are simple but those simple techniques do not produce a quality wheel.

My advice would be to save up a bit until you can get into a company that has a history in producing track wheels - like Forgeline or HRE.
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Old Feb 22, 2018 | 08:42 PM
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Most likely I will buy forgelines like the ones I used to have on my gy3. 19 inch all around with Hoosier r7. I would love 335 and 285 if they fit right.
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Old Feb 22, 2018 | 09:04 PM
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For now I’m stuck with corvette tires 😆

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Ray are you mounting them on the OEM wheels?
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Wheels that are dedicated for the track are naturally not cheap. Cheap wheels are cheap because the manufacturing techniques used for them are simple but those simple techniques do not produce a quality wheel.

My advice would be to save up a bit until you can get into a company that has a history in producing track wheels - like Forgeline or HRE.
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Ray are you mounting them on the OEM wheels?
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