Thread: Wheel weight vs over all weight.
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Old 10-22-2013, 04:16 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sean.Heihn View Post
What are they, alloy STEEL? That's about the weight of 14" steelies.

I know. Seems heavy, but I weighed them (imprecisely) on a bathroom scale by holding them, tires on, and standing on the scale. The I subtracted my measured weight and approx 17 lbs for the tires. Lastly, I compared my figure with wheelweights.net, which shows Honda Civic steels up around 20 lbs and 1990 Si cast alloys at 16 lbs. ...so I figure it is about right. For what it's worth, wheelweights.net shows VW wheels to be slightly lighter in general.

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