Jon70

Check out this upcoming wheel from Forgeline. It is a filament wound carbon outer section which is supposedly stronger than the weave carbon that is made for the Dymag wheel. The center is forged aluminum. The wheel displayed in the photo below is their new EV3R center section which is 2 lbs lighter than their ZX3R and including the carbon barrel, drops an additonal 3 lbs.

I spoke to someone at Forgeline and was told this wheel is undergoing testing and should be available sometime in spring/summer. It will only come at least initially in 18s and will fit PCCBs. As for price, I was quoted approx. $4-500 extra for the carbon section per wheel. Much cheaper than the dymags. I am uncertain as to the available widths.

http://www.forgelinetv.com/featured_...php?reset=true

sharkster

hey jon I know HRE partnered with Dymag to do the same thing but honestly I've not been a big fan of the materials (hardware etc...) and feedback on the carbon. I'd stick with a good and really light 3 piece (or 1 piece) that isn't carbon for safety/reliability reasons.

Jon70

Alex,
I think the Forgeline set up may be better due to the fact it is filament wound though. I am not a physicist, so that is just speculation.

sharkster

Ahhh I see... I'm not either but although CF is strong you can't defy the laws of physics and I've seen what happens to a forged wheel under heavy impact vs a CF outer and yes you can bend/harm the forged one but to a point where the car is still going to be controllable to a safe stop vs the CF one once it lets go and it's not pretty;(

mr997

I've seen somewhere the dymags's spokes on the gentleman's car is shifting and damaging the CF. Anyone else have seen this or experienced it? It costs a pretty penny for the dymags, but should be better in quality imo if this is the case.

va122

Go and find some BBS Mg Re's. Lighter then the dynamags and far stronger.

Scratch that, i have 2 sets and want more, let ME know if you find any.

340Elise

For 997 GT3 stock sizes, the Champion RS98 (one piece forged) is about the same weight as the Dymag for the rears (maybe 0.5 lbs heavier); and the fronts are about 2 lbs heavier per wheel. For half the cost, and having a safer wheel (I agree with Sharky); I will take the extra 4 or 5 lbs with the RS98's; which btw weigh approximately 31.5 lbs less than the factory 997 GT3 wheels!!!

Chris C.

I have a set of Rs98s, and they are unbelievably light - and attractive when painted/powdercoated. Id recommend them, although stock wheels are quieter all around and especially so over expansion joints.