spokes too thin??

[golfinggoalie]

ok, so i'm walking out of school today, and i see an eclipse with the rims that i really want. They are enkei RS 5, and they have 5 pretty skinny spokes. Now, when i pointed this out to my friend he said "wont those bo too thin? An eclipse is much lighter than a GA." So now this has me worried. I think these rims will look sweet on my car, but is there such thing as spokes being too thin?

[TA^Guy]

First off the Eclipse isn't much lighter than the GA, esepcially a new one, maybe 100 pounds or so.

If your worried about bending the wheel the most typical place for it to bend is along the outter rim, meaning the bead and drop center areas.

If the spokes appear too thin they might be a bit thicker. I'm sure if they weren't stronge enough for a 3100 pound car they wouldn't sell them.

[golfinggoalie]

so you think they should be fine???

[jayhawk]

Oh yes...especially a company like Enkei, they are very high quality and really, all wheels have to pass DOT standards.

[tenspeed]

"I think these rims will look sweet on my car, but is there such thing as spokes being too thin?"


No. If they were, their lawyers will inform them.

[Artic]

Man as a Enkei owner I can vouch for thier quality and craftsmanship.I have the 5+ and they have faily thin spokes no issues here even on a rough road.

[GrandAm95]

my friend has those one a 2000 Celice, he drives the car really hard and his rims seem to be fine when i drive in the car or when i'm driveing behind him, the are really sweet rims i would get them if i were u