Are any of the ADVAN wheels forged?

JET

 

nope

 

No theyre not but they have a hollow spoke design so it is very light. We weighed an 18x9.5 inch TC2 and it weighed in right around 18 pounds.

 

It depend on which Yokohama wheel you are looking for.. some are made by M.A.T. Process.. but its not Forged..

"The Most Advanced Technology (M.A.T) combines one-piece cast wheel technology with a rim forming technology called spinning process. Using this new technology of casting and rim forming by M.A.T process, is critical to improve drastically the material property and strength of the wheels."

 

Just know this about Advan wheels. Yes, it is cast, but Option was using them on a Z (wrecked the heck out of it) for a speed run out in Nevada. C-West uses them almost exclusively on their cars on Super Taikyu as well as example cars. Yashio Factory also almsot uses them exclusively. If these companies use Advan, you can expect a strong, lightweight wheel.

Only the TCII and the AVS Model T6 are hollow core though. Also, M.A.T. forged wheels, in fact, the whole Advan line is made by Enkei, who actually makes F1 wheels for Mercedes/McLaren. When a brand has this many ties to respected organizations, you can't go wrong.

 

they are very high quality wheels for sure - I've never had to replace a single wheel for a customer in the 8 years we've offered them

 

18 x 9.5 Advan TC II.

 

I love my Advan's. Not too many floating around the boards. Which is nice...

Except when c22 buys the same wheels

 

Thanks for the informative post. I assumed that a wheel that size had to be forged to weight only 18.4 pounds.

 

Wow.... light. The 19X9 RS is probably 19 pounds. Super light.

JET

 

Those are nice... go for it jet

 

Nope, it's hollow, hence the lightness. It utilizes Enkei's hollow core technology as shown in this pic: