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Bought new forged wheels 16*6.5

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Just bought new forged wheels, and can't wait to set them on the car.
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16х6.5 ЕТ42 4x108 63.4 mm, 6.8 kg each, 630 $ with delivery
 


KKaWing

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Well, "flow forming" and "spin forging" pretty much the same thing. That said, based on the video, they do use a "superior" process. Many flow formed wheels only do the barrel. The face or spokes section is cast, then the remaining lip at the edge is spun. Essentially leaving cast spokes and a spun barrel. The Silk ones spin the face and the barrel, pretty interesting.
 


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Nice, send a pict when they are on the car. With the weight savings how much will it improve performance? And MPG too I would imagine. How much is the weight savings over the stock wheels?
 


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Good looking but not sure why would want to downgrade the width? Unless for winter or something.
I can use 205/45R16 or 205-215/50R16 or 195/55R16 for winter
 


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Interesting process indeed. Unfortunate they use that barrel design though. Not going to give as good of brake clearance as they could. Always cool to watch those kinds of videos.
 




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