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Dec 23, 2013 | 07:35 AM

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felixlau

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Originally Posted by Diego@Vossen

Currently our lightest wheel is our CV3 at 27 pounds (20x9.0) 28 pounds (20x10.5).

Our upcoming Flow Formed wheels that are coming January will be a few pounds lighter.

Our upcoming Vossen Precision Series Forged will also be much lighter

Brother Diego, I've googled since u mentioned about the upcoming flow formed and precision series.
Couldn't be sure what is upcoming and I keep finding info that the precision series was launched earlier this year. Is that correct ?
Anyway, what kind of designs are upcoming ?
Able to shed any light on that ?
Btw, I love Vossen designs and a forged lightweight Vossen wheel will really be perfect.

Dec 23, 2013 | 02:51 PM

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felixlau

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Originally Posted by Diego@Vossen

Thank you for the interest and the kind words.

VPS was announced at SEMA 2012 and since then, we have been building a whole new factory here in Miami for a full in-house operation for our upcoming forged line.

We are still in the process of relocating but once our new facility is ready, we will officially launch VPS. Until then, we will are bringing 2 more wheels to add to our lineup which is a Flow Formed series.

http://www.drivingline.com/2013/11/s...-new-products/

More details will come soon...

Thank you for the information.

Eagerly waiting for the launch , weight details and if the price is right , I hope I'll install the first set of VPS here in Singapore

Jan 21, 2014 | 05:26 PM

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felixlau

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Bro Diego,

Any update on the Flow Formed and VPS ... ?

Eagerly waiting !

Thanks

Jan 22, 2014 | 11:45 AM

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nabbun

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hahahaha you guys are complaining about factory 18s weighing 28 lbs? My CT200h factory 17 x 7 weigh 27 lbs.

If you're worried about weight, go forged. My RE30 18 x 9.5 and 17 x 8.5 CE28RT weigh so little.

Jan 22, 2014 | 12:00 PM

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stupenal

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These wheel weights for OEM (and aftermarket) are absolutely torrid. 28lbs for OEM?!!?

A set of Kosei K1s 17x8.5 weighs sub 17lbs, same goes for BBS RKs (may be discontinued). For BMWs, Apex makes some incredibly strong lightweight wheels - ARC-8s (BBS RC design) comes in at 18.5lbs for 18x8.5.

I guess this is what happens when there's a larger performance aftermarket for BMWs vs. cosmetic aftermarket for lexus.

Jan 22, 2014 | 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by stupenal

OEM wheels need to be able to cope with daily driver abuses and still cost cheap to mass produce. They need to be able to take a curb at 30 mph (IIRC) without cracking or shattering. Do that with Kosei or any other rep. I've seen XXRs shatter hitting a normal pothole. Stock wheels shrug it off like a M998.