I am getting 4 27x12x12 Tri-Claw Magnums for my 1999 Arctic Cat 500 manual shift. I want to keep the stockers mounted so I can use them when i don't need the traction of the Tri claws.

I am haveing a very hard time deciding on wheel tho. I can get 4 ITP silver steel wheels from Rocky Mountain ATV for $182 shipped to my door. Or I can save 24 lbs and spend $450 on 4 ITP Magnum aluminum wheels from High Lifter.

Most people that I have been talking to say the Magnums are the way to go. I hear they are almost as strong as steel wheels and weight alot less, but the price is realy out there for me. I have the money currently to maybe afford the Magnums, but I could also spend that money else where(like alighting system, hand guards, power mods, etc.).

What would you guys do?

P.S: Are Factory Arctic Cat wheels heavier than ITP steel wheels?

 

I'd go with the ITP silver steel. Then take the extra money and do some more mods. You'll never notice the 24lbs difference. With the tri-claws you'll need some power mods to pull them in second gear in the real sticky stuff

 

I would get the ITP steel. Maybe even chrome. Its another $40, and $220 shipped when I last called Rocky Mtn. about it. The aluminum are nice and are 6lbs. less per wheel, but for that much money, I think I can stand the steel. Plus, if you ever bend aluminum rims, they are bent. You can always hammer steel rims back into form if they aren't dinged too bad. I did it on my stock rim 4 days after I bought it and it has never leaked. That was October of 1998. Get the steel, either that or try to see if your dealer has another old set of AC wheels laying around. I'm going to check on that myself. These dealers will put aftermarket wheels and tires on new quads to sell, and sometimes have the stockers still laying around the shop after the quad is sold.

 

Thanks, ITP silver wheels it is.

My Arctic Cat is ugly and there ain't no wheels that are gonna change that. So I don't think it's worth the 40 bucks to get chrome wheels. Besides, I think I rather the silver on Arctic Cats.

 

The finish is basically the same as the stock AC wheels. The shape of the inside is just like the ITP chrome or chrome and black. I think you are going the right way by getting these. For the ammount of rocks I ride in, I don't think I would ever go with aluminum.

 

I have seen Arctic Cats with Silver ITP wheels. In fact I saw a 400 and a 500 with 27" the tire combo you have on ITP wheels. For some reason the ITP wheels look bigger than the Factory wheels but they are both 12".

 

I think its because the stock wheels lip back inward at the edges where the ITP's just flatten out. Gives it that outward look and looks bigger kind of. That and the modular design kind of stands out a little more. They weigh 13 lbs. I wonder what the stock wheels weigh? I doubt they are as heavy, because they surely aren't as strong.

 

Yea, I saw that.

I e-mailed a dealership and was told that the stock 12x6.5" wheels on our Arctic Cat 500's weight about 6.5 lbs.

Think the ITP wheels have a wider offset than our factory wheels?