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Originally Posted by blueprintbill
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.
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Weird isn't it ?
I've looked at some European sites, no weight information there either.
Not even for steel rims.
I wouldn't be surprised if the fancy so-called light-weight alloy wheels end up weighing more than the dull steel rims !
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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.
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Let's see how different car manufacturers handle the issue.
Honda used low weight wheels on their fuel sipping cars back in the '80s - '90s - some people are still putting those rims on Honda's more recent cars.
Peugeot / Citroen also used lightweight wheels - Piwoslaw sourced a set of them for his car.
But Volvo on the other hand uses very heavy aerodynamic wheels on their fuel-sipping DRIVe C30/S40/V50 range.
These are a whopping 45% heavier than the lightest 16" alloy rims they sell.
Strange, as the increased load of the heavier wheels can be felt through the traditional PS set-up in my car.
I doubt Volvo had extra coasting distance in mind when designing these, as coasting isn't a common driving technique.