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Old Dec 9, 2006
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wheel weight

I need to know the weight of the following wheels

Our 14 inch steel wheels

weight of 1994 honda del sol Si alloy wheels

thanks in advance. If you cant tell me the weight, which ones are lighter
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If anyone else if feeling up for some mindless labor than I could use somebody to search for a contemporary topic for a biology report for me... and while your at it I'm gonna need you to just go ahead and type it up and email it to me too. M'kay? Great. Thanks in advance.
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If anyone else if feeling up for some mindless labor than I could use somebody to search for a contemporary topic for a biology report for me... and while your at it I'm gonna need you to just go ahead and type it up and email it to me too. M'kay? Great. Thanks in advance.
yea i kinda looked nad didnt find anything, so blow me
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Look up the density of steel, look up the density of aluminum. One's about half the other. If they're both 14x5.5 which one do you think is lighter?
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2005 Honda Civic
factory 14x5.5 steel wheel
OEM Dunlop SP20FE tires 185 70 R14 set to 44psi
combined weight = 30.5 lbs

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Originally Posted by lindermant
2005 Honda Civic
factory 14x5.5 steel wheel
OEM Dunlop SP20FE tires 185 70 R14 set to 44psi
combined weight = 30.5 lbs

You went and took your wheel off just for this did'nt you!!!!!
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Originally Posted by lindermant
2005 Honda Civic
factory 14x5.5 steel wheel
OEM Dunlop SP20FE tires 185 70 R14 set to 44psi
combined weight = 30.5 lbs

You went and took your wheel off just for this did'nt you!!!!!
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nah, the pic was taken this summer (had the wheels off to rotate tires). Took me awhile to recall where I had it hosted online though...
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someone a while back put up a great wheel weight guide from some other site. it had like every wheel u could think of wieght on it. wish i saved it.
+1 if anyone can find it cause i cant.
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is this it? http://www.miata.net/faq/wheel_weights.html
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This is also it: http://www.wheelweights.net/
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