HoldDaMayo

I found out my 17" rims weigh 22.5lbs each, without the tire... how bad is this hurting my performance? How much of an increase would you have switching to a 12-13 pound 15" rim?

Thanks!

ELaudio

iTrader: (7)

22.5lbs for a 17" rim - that is SERIOUSLY heavy. I think you'd notice an increase in performance going from 22.5lb 17"s down to 12-13lb 15". Especially your braking performance, dealing with with the excess rotating mass. Another option - Rota SubZeros. I have a set of 17"s and they only weigh 16.5lbs. That's actually lighter than my stock 15" aluminium rims...

sKwiD

iTrader: (11)

My 17's weigh 17.9 lbs w/o tires. You don't have to get 15's, but maybe lighter rims w/o losing looks.

HoldDaMayo

I wish i would have thought of that before i bought them... **sigh** are all tires about the same weight? Assuming same size?

2k2EXCOUPE

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LOL, my 19s weigh 20.6lbs....

My 17s weighed a shitload too when I had them tho, Konig's are always heavy (I had the Prophets).

tfnaaf

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my 18's wheels and tires are 2-3 lbs lighter then my stock 14's

HoldDaMayo

I was just looking at Velox PG-Rev10's... they're like 11.5lbs or something for 17's... HALF the weight of my rims... what kind of performance increase would you see going from 22.5lb rims to 11.5lb rims? braking? 1/4 mile? General acceleration?

Civic_Racer9

iTrader: (9)

damnnn 22.5lbs wowowowowowoowowowowoowowow

weight ur rim with u on the scale....it will give u a more accurate number.

yea dude sell those heavy ish and get some 15's 11lbs rims

dru106

iTrader: (13)

That is heavy!! Wit tires it would probably weigh 45-50 lbs

sKwiD

iTrader: (11)

Yeah, tires are pretty heavy too, but the weights vary. I think that my stock steelies (w/o) tires weighed more than my 17's with tires.