Originally posted by Inspar8r
For the street is 21.5 lbs decent? Yes. For the track, no. Stick to the rule of 1 lb per inch of diameter.
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According to wheelweights.net, the only Team Dynamics wheel that is forged is the 18" x 8" Visage.
For the street is 21.5 lbs decent? Yes. For the track, no. Stick to the rule of 1 lb per inch of diameter. -
..what a nice myriad of confusion this is. At least the truth comes out in the long run about TD wheels ;)
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For the money ($400 a SET) they aren't a bad value. But don't expect for $400/SET to get a lightweight (<18 lb), strong (ie, forged) wheel. Maybe for $400/WHEEL.Originally posted by e9nine
For a ~$100 wheel, the TD's are a decent value... they're probably strong enough to use on the streets, and IMO, would look good on a dark-colored E30. If you have the $$$, there are better wheels out there... but they obviously cost more.
Its like saying for $15k, a Honda Civic is a pretty decent car. But for $15k, don't expect it to look, perform, and feel like a $30,000 BMW.
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I know for a fact we had the Team Dynamics. I spent a year tracking down the right set screws to hold on the damn center caps. Stupid company sent us screws 2" to short. :roll: I then spent another 6 months tracking down one of the last remaining 17" wheels to replace one severly bent one.Originally posted by Inspar8r
I got my names mixed up as they all look the same and are boring imho.
Regardless, T.D. wheels are cheap, heavy and mostly ugly. But like TJ said, I'll still give them thumbs up over your current wheels.Below the radar...Comment
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for clarity sake, the below link shows Team Dynamic wheels........the Pro Race line are the lighter of the bunch.....
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read about their weheels at www.teamdynamicsracing.com. All their wheels are forged.
If they made high quantities of wheels, that brings the price way down. All depends on what they charged rimstock and other companies. Team dynamics doesn't even show the rim 2000, so they may have just dumped their stock for more room for new wheels, and sold them off at 50 a wheel to another company (rimstock, and others).
We don't know, and we won't know.
How reliable is wheelweights.com? Have they measured every wheel they have listed? I'm curious as to accuracy.Nick
87 325 5MT
02 IS300 5MT
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The website you reference shows off Team Dynamics motorsport wheels... which indeed are forged (and also likely cost more than $400/set). Team Dynamics general website is teamdynamicsusa.com, and states nothing about wheel construction. Therefore, we can't assume one way or another, anything about their construction. Given the weight, cost, and everything I've read about the Rim 2000, its probably cast (www.wheelspecs.com says its cast). There's nothing wrong with a cast wheel, especially for street applications, as long as it won't bend on every pot hole.Originally posted by Inspar8r
As far as the validity of wheelweights.net, I don't know where they get their weights from. You could e-mail the site owner, his e-mail address is on the site's main page. I agree with the weights he lists for 13"x8" Volk TE37 fwd drag wheels, and Kiezer aluminum wheels.
Again, if you like the TD Rim 2000, and if its proven to be durable on the street, then go for it. My point is just that it likely isn't forged, and isn't a lightweight forged track wheel. For $400/set you can't expect the weight and strength of a forged, $400/wheel BBS RG-R.Comment
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I don't know what sizes you folks have been having issues with. Anyways, if you race a spec miata and you don't have Kosei K1 on your car you have the Team dynamics like the ones in the picture. Actually quite light in 15x7, ~13lbs. Praised for their strength.
www.specmiata.com/gallery take a look around 8)Comment
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Same old argument about wheels: Cheap, Light, Strong. Pick 2 of those, because you can't have 3.
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The TDs you are talking about are the Pro Racing 1... we are talking about the TD Rim 2000. Two totally different wheels.Originally posted by DBurkeComment
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or how about the Enkei RPF1that weighs only 9lbs....Originally posted by DBurkeComment
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Minimum wheel weight is 13 lbs for a SM. One of the reasons that you should never see a Panasport, Volk or the RPF01 on a SM.Originally posted by Chris E30 CabComment
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Didn't know that....but aren't the stock 14's lighter than 13lbs? I thought they were around 11lbs so why would SM choose 13lbs?Comment
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I personally like the wheels i have, if you were making a comment regarding them being ugly, as i understood it.
I will tell you a story though. Those wheels are cast, are 21lbs each (a BBS RKII is 21.5lb, a forged BBS RSII is 23lb, with almost identical sizes), and took a 5inch sharp curb at 40mph (i had to swerve in an intersection to avoid a car making a left in front of me).
No bends, cracks, nothing. It was perfectly fine, i hit the curb head on too, it took the full blast of the curb, yet didn't even bend.
Instead, it trasnfered through the shock, to the sheet metal shock tower, shifted it in several inches, and back about an inch.
No bent control arm (i measured), no bent tie rod, no bent suspension components.
THAT, my friend, is what i call a strong wheel. I wish it did bend, a 200 dollar wheel is better than 2000 dollars in frame rack work.Nick
87 325 5MT
02 IS300 5MT
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SPEC Miata. Must run a 15x7 wheel. As we all know costs go up as weighs go down. Also durability becomes an issue. SM is still living the lie of budget racing, there simply isn't any.Originally posted by Chris E30 CabComment
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