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Old 11-11-2005, 07:13 AM
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Hey I was curious if anybody knew how much the stock rim weighed because I when I upgrade I want something lighter and that looks better. Thanks
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Old 11-11-2005, 03:37 PM
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I was talking to Raamaudio about rims and he says the stockers are around 19lbs...which is pretty good.
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Old 11-12-2005, 08:08 AM
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Thanks finally someone answers me! I've been trying to find this out for a long time. wow 19lb is lightweight so not much to upgrade from here unless I go with 16s which I wont. Thanks man
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i forget, 21 or 22lbs, you should've searched first.
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Old 11-12-2005, 05:10 PM
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i thought it was 19bs and the tires lik about 20 lbs? watver im pulling numbers outta my ****
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info can be found in the thread and butter
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When I had a set of stock wheels and tires shipped to me the weight for 2 wheels with tires was 82lbs. The tires had 15k miles of rubber off of them so I duno what that weight is. So thats 41lbs per wheel and tire, I think. But I will weigh them when I get the new tires mounted up.
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Old 12-21-2005, 04:21 AM
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so does anyone have an answer to this... andI doubt each rim weighs 41 pounds...
Id personally like to know the weight without tires...
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he said rim and tire.
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Even with both, I still doubt each one weighs 41 lbs... theyre aluminum first off, and how much do these low profiles weigh... def. not in the 20lb range
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http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.j...ama&model=S32A
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.j...omCompare1=yes

23lbs... :D
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pretty light for it being stock.
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Old 12-24-2005, 04:30 PM
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This should prove it. I took pics of my stock and my 18's to see the difference.



And my 18's






So yeah tire and wheel about 41 lbs
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Old 12-24-2005, 04:32 PM
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oh and this is with 100% tread I only had maybe 400 miles on the car when I installed them
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Stock wheels are 17x7", 5x100 PCD, +45mm offset and 22 lbs.

The Potenzas on the first tCs are 215/45R17 and weigh 23lbs.

Total combined weight is 45lbs.
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not to dispute it, but if you look at my postabove, I have them sitting on a scale. They are about 41 lbs
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No two scales are the same. Was your scale properly calibrated before you took your measurement? What's the percentage of error on it? And I'm guessing it's a bathroom scale, which is designed for measuring body weight. I didn't weigh them myself, I'm going off what the respective manufacturers have said they weigh.
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Oh boy here we go again. Even with soild truth sitting on the computer screen. People still have to dispute it. I guess it's the scionlife way
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Man, I forgot to call in the nuclear physisit to properly calibrate my bathroom scale. Plus it was kinda windy in my bath room so it may have been exerting a force on the tire causing it to way more.

Plus the dealer might have used a special air to make the tire lighter.

Man I probably wont weigh myself anymore, i dont want to be fooled about what my true weight is on my non precise bathroom scale.

THIS IS WHY I SOMETIMES CONSIDER NEVER POSTING ON THIS WEBSITE. No mateer what anyone says or what they post, someone will say its wrong or off, or not true.

ITS A SCALE. IT TELLS WEIGHT. ITS A PICTURE. WHAT MORE DO YOU PEOPLE WANT.

Yes i used caps, and thats because i am yelling.
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ohh and the manufaturers info is always 100 percent correct. I forgot about that. No one is ever off on weight, HP or anything.
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