Ok, yesterday I got my FS-6s wrapped with 245/35/19 and 275/35/19 S-03 Potenza tires and bolted onto the car. So, my review.

Look: The wheels are simply beautiful by themselves. The polished lip, with the brushed aluminum finish and the awesome centercaps provides for a classy, clean look. BUT, how do they look on the car? Pretty damn good. At first I was taken back by them. Im so used to having smaller 18" wheels tucked into the body, and now I had bigger wheels, pushed all they way out to the fenders with deep lips. It really changed the car quiite a bit. After a while though, you really warm up to the look. No longer does the car look like it has huge wide fenders with nothing underneith them. Also, because the wheels are very simply in design, and since the finish matches the door handles exactly , the wheels dont look out of place at all. Car doesnt need to be lowered either...though .5" to .8" wouldn't hurt.

Performance: Well, the tires are simply astounding. I'll jump onto the bandwagon of saying the stock tires suck. These new babies are better in every aspect. Stopping has greatly improved (stopped short my first time), and cornering feels more efortless...before, the stock tires would rumble and feel uneasy when aproaching the limit. Acceleraion is also noticeably improved. Whether this is all the tires, or the fact that the wheels are about 4-5lbs lighter than stock (or both) I dont know.

Ride Quality: Id say overall, its the same as stock. On a smooth peice of asphault, they are ddefinately smoother, and less "pebbly", and are also much quieter. Harder bumps are a taad worse than stock, but not by much. This is fine by me as the profile is much lower with these tires.

Ill hve pics up this afternoon as I'm washing her (pics will also be up at iForged website later)

 

Brilliant! Now, um where are the pics?!

 

interesting that the set up is lighter than stock, did you actually wiegh them to get the 4-5 lbs or just a guess??

CAN'T wait for PICS!!!

 

Hurry the F up!!!

 

what he said!!

 

I came in here looking for pics. I'm thoroughly disappointed!!

 

Ok ok, things fell through and I didn't have time to wor on the car today...but since you guys are really anxois (and polite Dlovster ), ill go out and take some crappy pics of the car in the garage. The car is covered with salt and the wheels have some brake dust on them so....

The wheels are (19"-8" : 21lbs) (19"-10" : 22lbs)...stock wheels are 26.6lbs.

 

I think you will be able to see after these teaser pics, why I didn't want to post pics until if washed a weeks worth of salt and dirt of of my baby. I Promise alot more tomorow once shes all primped and washed.

 

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thanks for showing all the Salt, BUT, what about a shot of the wheels, or is backing the car out of the garage too much to ask

 

btw, what offsets did you end up getting, if you want to keep it a secret, PM me.

 

That ain't right!

 

Aw come on guys, I had a busy *** day, the Super Bowls on, its 10º outside and it was dark out. Plus I didn't get to wash the car this week.....

I promised pics when the cars clean, and youl get em.

 

We'd better, or else we're gonna have to come over and take our own pics!

 

Brad, looking at the reflections off the neon lights in your garage, I'd say it's ready for prime time!

My Z has a nice 280 grit texture on it as I type.......BUT, I am driving it!

So far, your wheels look awesome!

I'd be courious as to what they might look like with Silverstone spokes, and polished lips........

 

Of course I'm driving it. I may love a clean car but I also love driving the hell out of one.

It's actually not as dirty as the pics make her look. If the damn snow is off the ground tomorow (doubtful), then I'l have some pics....so don't nescesarily expect them tomorow.

 

Actually your weight savings don't even exist. Your new set-up is .4 lbs heavier per wheel in the rear and 1.6 lbs. lighter in the front. I guess you forgot the added weight of 19" vs. 18" tires.

Here's the breakdown:

Stock - RE040
18x8F (26.6) + 225/45/18 (24) = 50.6 lbs.
18x8R (26.6) + 245/45/18 (27) = 53.6 lbs.

IForged - S-03
19x8F (21) + 245/35/19 (28) = 49 lbs.
19x10R (22) + 275/35/19 (32) = 54 lbs.

 

any idea how much lighter the Toyo tire set up would be??

 

Yeah, I figured with the heavy S0-3s on there, they wouldn't be much lighter (or here, if any). But acceleration is definately improved, so I gues now I can atribute all of that to the tires grip.

 

I would love to hear your offsets, the fronts look a little more "tucked" than these, thoughts??