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Hey folks, bolt owner here in Syracuse ny and couldn't be happier! I read some early posts on decreasing wheel weight and feel this should be a much hotter topic. Seeing as decreasing unsprung weight is one of the most important efficiency mods we can make. For the last cpl months I have been researching light-weight wheel options. As many of you know they are far and few in the 5x105 bolt pattern. I initiated the standard search of tirerack and discount tire direct which had limited lightweight options. I personally felt forged wheels were cost prohibitive. MotegiMR116 and EnkeiEV5 are in the 19lb range at 17inch. Fast wheels out of Canada makes a nice 16lb FCO4 17x8 wheel but I wanted to keep my stock tires. I then found a bunch of sites in Europe which opened up a lot of styles but limited weight reduction. There is a good wheel out of Europe called " team dynamics pro race 1.2" and it comes in at 16lbs. Massively improved from the oem 24lb wheel. I kept making phone calls and ran across Oakos.com. These guys specifically, nick were interested in tackling this challenge. He actually carries the team dynamics pro race 1.2, but more interesting they do a great deal of business with Enkei. He brought up the famously light Enkei RPF1, which depending on wheel size can get you in the 13lb range! Nick from Oakos said he has close contact to Enkei and could have blanks drilled to 5x105. If 5 or more fellow bolters contact him with interest he said he could make order. I would love to see this option open for all of us. Im actually looking to go minus 1, 16x7, 5x105 offset 38 getting me to 13lbs. I will get nicks email/phone for those who are interested in creating this avenue. Look forward to getting something started!