Not to bore anyone restating my question above ( apologies to offended interests ) but - Why are manufacturers and vendors afraid to list the weight of their products ??? ! I have been combing thru Tire Rack's wheel section / catalogue and after reviewing hundreds if not thousands of some of the goofiest ricer pimpmobile fans ( oops - I mean wheels ) I couldn't find the weight of one. Why not ??? Then I go to manufacturers websites directly, BBS, Konig, HRE, Enkei, and even there they don't list weights. They might talk about their products as being light weight but how light ? Not really significant I guess.
But I wonder if there is not some kind of manufacturers behind the scene agreement ( 'conspiracy ?
) to not compete on this basis. It might put any one of them at a disadvantage to another who might produce one even lighter. Heaven forbid some sort of objective criteria gets in the way of the latest 'cool' - 'style'.
Then I go to Tire Rack re "Wheels" and read commentary by 'Eric', one of their experts, that rags on those who place such importance on wheel weight. Tire Rack is a part of it. What's the story here??? Something stinks ! Let's air this out !