Pulled from another one of our customer threads...
[S550GTCS] Toward the end of last year I was looking to buy a set of forged wheels for my mustang. I was riding on GT350 OEM wheels that I bought from a member because they were wide and they were cheap, however they left much to be desired as far as weight. My front wheel weight ~31lbs and the rear weighed ~29.5lbs. Originally I had almost decided on Forgeline GS1Rs, but I hadn't fully committed because of the high price.
Toward the end of last year I saw Terrance's (50Deep) post on signature wheels and the track oriented SV501/2s being really light fully forged wheels. At first I was a little hesitant about the brand because, to be honest, I just had never heard of it before. After looking into it not only on these forums, but other car forums as well, I noticed some pretty high end cars riding on Signatures, so I decided to inquire. I asked 50Deep for a quote but clarified that I was not intending to buy for some time. I was trying to figure out offsets to fit an 11" wheel in front of my GT. My setup was a little unique because I was planning on buying coilovers that have a slotted strut hole to allow a wider wheel in the front of the car. For the rear of my car, I also planned on buying GT350 brakes which require the 350 rear knuckles to be used. This in turn pushes out the wheel vs a standard GT. Long story short, after emailing a few people, I had a really good idea of the offsets I wanted and contacted T to put my order in.
I decided to go with the SV502 and at the time only matte black was available as a color for the wheels. A week or so later, Terrance contacted me explaining that they were about to start offering other wheel finish colors and that perhaps he would be able to get my wheel order changed to a different color if desired. This was great as it gave me a chance to get a wheel that would stand out instead of boring matte black. Ultimately I went with matte bronze. Then it was just a waiting game. Terrance continually updated me with projections on when they would be finished and how soon I could expect them.
They finally arrived at my doorstep on March 1st, 2018. Four boxes with no visible damage. I opened them and found that the wheels were very well protected inside - especially the lip and face of the wheel. I didn't think to take a picture of the packaging, but I did take a picture once I uncovered the wheel face.
Not a blemish on any of the wheels. My initial impression was that they were beautiful and after picking up one of the wheels I felt how light it was compared to the OEM GT350 wheels. Weighing them, the front 19x11 et30 was 21.3lbs and the rear 19x11 et54 was 20.3lbs. Unfortunately the wheels got to my house at 6pm and it was too late to have tires mounted. I took the wheels and tires to a local tire shop and after getting confirmation from the guys that they could mount the tires without damaging the wheel lip, I dropped them off and went home - they were pretty busy and my wait time was 3hrs. Got a call 2.5 hours later saying the mounting was done so I went to go pick them up. As the guys at the tire shop were helping me load them into my car, they were raving about how light they were and that they must have cost me a fortune - the quality shows.
Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to actually take the car out yet because of rain, but I'm excited for next weekend to see the effect of dropping almost 40lbs of unsprung weight.