I was wondering who supplies the stock wheels for the tC or the manufacturer. A lot of people has asked me and I don't know who makes them.

 

I read some where that they are made by Enkei. This would not surprise me as the stock wheels on the the Celica are made by Enkei and it also has their symbol on it.

 

Scion makes them.

 

Enkei makes the 7 spoke upgrade wheels.

 

the stock 17's are made by Racing Heart

the trd 18's are by Enkie

the 19's are also by Racing Heart

 

racing hart??? they make it the stock wheels. i find that hard to believe.

since we are on the topic of the stock wheels. anyone know how much it weighs? just curious

 

Yah they are Racing Hart. And I am not sure, but for 17" wheels with the tires they are actually very light!! Comparibled to the $650 a wheel Blitz Technospeeds I have on my MR2. So they are pretty nice. I don't know how strong they are though. My Blitz wheels are 3 peice and very strong.

 

where did u get this information i also find it hard to believe that they come with racing harts?

 

Racing Harts and Enkeis and a number of other well-known and expensive wheels all come out of the same factory in Japan. There aren't hundreds of wheel factories there, churning out all the brands you know, there are only a handful of factories and all the Japanese wheels come from them.

So it would not surprise me if the stock wheels, the 18" Enkeis and 19" Racing Harts all come from the same facility, regardless of what name is on them.

 

Anybody know how much 1 would cost?? Scratched mine last night turning over a curb

 

racing harts..... errr i find it hard to believe that scion wouldn't advertise that it comes with 17" RACING HART wheels... scions all about marketing, it wouldn't make much sense

 

Stock wheel + tire is about 42lbs. Since the tire is in the 21-22lbs range it's safe to assume that the wheel is about 20lbs. Not that light, IMHO.

There are great 15lbs Team Dynamics 17s for $150/piece, or 5zigens that are 15.5lbs, and are an inch wider than our 17s.

Good thing is that with 165 ft.lbs of torque 20lbs or 15lbs wheel does not make that much difference.