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Old 05-18-2006 | 04:23 AM
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Old 05-18-2006 | 05:31 AM
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To me a wheel should weigh at most, one pound for every one inch of diameter plus a little more to compensate for width and offset. So a 17" wheel in my opinion should weigh at most, 17-19 pounds. So anything 20 pounds and over, I would consider heavy for a 17" wheel.
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anything heavier than stock wheels. so anything heavier than 19lb is heavy
Old 05-18-2006 | 07:08 AM
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agree with duma^^
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Originally Posted by DuMa
anything heavier than stock wheels. so anything heavier than 19lb is heavy
But Tirerack says the 215/45 R17s are 23 lbs. So 19 lbs is the actual weight?
Old 05-18-2006 | 03:59 PM
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I thought it was determined that the stock wheels were 22lbs after that whole bathroom scale thread.
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Originally Posted by TrafficinLA
Originally Posted by DuMa
anything heavier than stock wheels. so anything heavier than 19lb is heavy
But Tirerack says the 215/45 R17s are 23 lbs. So 19 lbs is the actual weight?
what does that have to do with the wheel weight?
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Originally Posted by 06tCguy
Originally Posted by TrafficinLA
Originally Posted by DuMa
anything heavier than stock wheels. so anything heavier than 19lb is heavy
But Tirerack says the 215/45 R17s are 23 lbs. So 19 lbs is the actual weight?
what does that have to do with the wheel weight?
Sorry, my bad. Getting new tires soon (yay!) so I got them mixed up.
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Originally Posted by blue_06tC
I thought it was determined that the stock wheels were 22lbs after that whole bathroom scale thread.
It was either the same or a different "bathroom scale" thread (>1?) where I recall seeing 19lbs., not 22.
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I have a stock wheel without a tire mounted on it. I will weigh it on a postal scale when I get home today.
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Originally Posted by sscamatt
I have a stock wheel without a tire mounted on it. I will weigh it on a postal scale when I get home today.
Nice. Thank you.
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20lbs, 3oz Weighed with a postal scale so it's accurate.
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Originally Posted by sscamatt
20lbs, 3oz Weighed with a postal scale so it's accurate.
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by sscamatt
20lbs, 3oz Weighed with a postal scale so it's accurate.
Was the valve stem installed? (thx!)
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Originally Posted by nodsetse
Was the valve stem installed? (thx!)
yes, but with no cap (which weighs almost nothing anyway)
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Originally Posted by blue_06tC
I thought it was determined that the stock wheels were 22lbs after that whole bathroom scale thread.
That was my wonderful bathroom scale . I forget what the numbers were. Wasnt it something like 41 lbs total I had? I have the pics somewhere.
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Originally Posted by Nick06tC
Originally Posted by blue_06tC
I thought it was determined that the stock wheels were 22lbs after that whole bathroom scale thread.
That was my wonderful bathroom scale . I forget what the numbers were. Wasnt it something like 41 lbs total I had? I have the pics somewhere.
That's what I seem to recall, 41lbs with the tire, and TireRack (?) indicated 22lbs for the tire (iirc) thus the 19lb wheel weight. Sure would be nice to see a pic of the wheel only on a postage scale, if sscamatt would post it.
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But back on topic lol anything more than 20 for a 17 is heavy. The tire weighs a bit more but u can't really do anything about that. Just make sure your rims are <20
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well, im getting Enkei EVO6 18" rims, ive searched all over the net to check the weight and only 1 website (http://www.edgeracing.com) listed the weight which is 20.5 pounds.... is that heavy for an 18? and what is TOO HEAVY for an 18?
Old 09-28-2006 | 08:09 PM
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its all up to you. doesn't really matter unless u are track racing. thats not bad but there are better


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