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Yes I understand load requirements and margin of safety. I work with these concepts every day. And just because a wheel is designed to a specified load requirement doesn't mean it ISN'T over designed. You already mentioned factors of safety. I assume you know why these exist right? You also...

You quite literally refuted nothing I said. So you over designed wheels? And you're right, I have no clue about engineering or requirements. I am sure your wheel FE models were incredibly complex. :yawn:

Well of course stiffness is a function of geometry. The point was that given equal geometry, a cast wheel and forged wheel will have equivalent stiffness. Just because one wheel is stronger than the other doesn't make it stiffer. Casting factors are used to account for exactly what you are...

Lot of good info here, but you are definitely incorrect about the material properties (staring at MMPDS right now). Cast aluminum is going to have roughly the same modulus as a wrought aluminum (bar, plate, forging). All aluminum is going to have a tensile and compressive modulus of about...

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So much ignorance in this thread. So you overdesigned wheels for an OEM? Wow. If a wheel didnt fail after a crash into a wall then that would be considered a fail in my field. And in any performance oriented field for that matter. Its easy as hell to overdesign parts, it's much harder to live...

Well if you don't know where it is, then you are probably too far away :) Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Like another person in this sub forum, I am going to be selling my car soon and am looking to trade my wheel/tire setup for a set of stock Performance pack wheels and tires. They MUST have tires in good shape and the wheels need to be in decent shape. I am not going to ship any wheels, so you...

Just take the wheels off when you want to really clean them.

19X11 +50 all around, 305's. I use a 20mm spacer up front.

Yep, I saw that same positive feedback and assumed they would be pretty good. But like you said, the feedback wasn't really coming from people with the correct frame of reference. The tires sidewalls are very soft and the tread blocks flex way too much which leads to awful steering feel. So...

Agreed. If you have no other option than to run one set of wheels/tires, than you shouldn't be looking any further than the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S. And if you want to save a bit of money and aren't concerned with ultimate traction in that category, the Continental ExtremeContact Sport should be...

Yes, I run a 20mm spacer up front, but I am on coilovers. A 20mm spacer can still be run upfront on stock style struts as long as you aren't using camber bolts in addition to the camber plates. If you want to add more camber than you can get from the Vorshlag plates, then I would run a 25mm...

Thanks! Pretty sure when I throw on a set of 71Rs I can get into the 21's. So thats the next goal!

Make/Model/engine/trans/packages: 2015 Mustang GT w/ PP Track/Course: MSR 1.7CCW Best Lap Time: 1:23.4 Brakes: Hawk DTC-70 Front Carbotech XP-10 Rear Tires and Wheels: 305/30/19 Hankook RS-3v2 on 19x11 SVE GT350 Replicas Suspension: JRZ Rs One with 600# Front and 1440# Rear Hyperco Springs...

Not sure what kind of deal you got, but there isn't much out there that beats the 19x11 SVE GT350 wheels. I got mine for 875.

Honestly, that is the only way to do it. Good call.

That last one is what you want ;) 25mm spacer up front.

Looking for an used HPTuners VCM. Either standard or pro, with or without credits. Anyone got one they are looking to get rid of?

Blue line is stock?