Quote Originally Posted by EK9_boi
If performance is a consideration, I wouldn't touch those heavy cast rims at all imo - with a 1.8L engine and 16-17" rims you'll lose like heaps of torque! But I conceded that forged rims or even just superlight rims are beyond your budget of just $1000-ish unfortunately - you'll be looking at close to $3-4k for forged rims w/o rubber.

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Do those lightweight forged rims really make that much of a difference compared to normal cast rims? i know that they will make a difference because they are lighter but for (eg.)3.5g for a set of 17inch volk Te37 with no tyres really worth it?