Honda Insight Wheels

[Ryland]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Ryland - did you ever end up getting those Insight wheels?

No, not yet, not exactly, I found a set and had my brother buy them for his 1996 Civic DX, hasn't installed them yet because he still has snow tires on and they are predicting snow the next two days, but I did weigh the bare rim on a calibrated scale and they weighed in at 10.5 pounds.
So I'm still looking for a self for my self.

[Tygen1]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Ryland - did you ever end up getting those Insight wheels?

FYI, I have weighed a wheel + tire from my new UFO (2000 Insight)

- 21.5 lbs = wheel + tire
- The tires are supposedly 13 lbs new (says Tire Rack: Bridgestone Potenza RE92)
- So, if we say the tire I weighed is ~12.5 lbs (worn nearly smooth)

That makes the Insight rim alone ~ 9 lbs

What type of scale did you use?

[MetroMPG]

An uncalibrated one.

YMMV!

[Ryland]

That is why I weighed the rims on a scale that I know is accurate and weighed them without the tires, after all I'm sure just from age tires off-gas and dry out loosing weight and the rims we got came in the mail so it was cheaper to remove the tires before shipping.
I still have another summer worth of use on my summer tires that are on these VX rims and my plan was to put new snow tires on VX rims and summer tires on Insight rims so I have a few months as I just took my snow tires off the Civic VX and they are showing their age.
I think I did find a set about 60 miles away on car-part.com I just need to get caught up on bills first.

[Tygen1]

I put Mazda Miata BBS wheels on my car, I weighed them on a "calibrated" scale and they were 10.6 lb's. Not as aero, but could be a good option because you can get them a little easier and cheaper.