Anybody ever weigh their wheels/tires?

**MBH** · 01-29-2009, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by 97LaserRed

mine are heavy and they are knock offs but then again the acutal ford wheels are the same haha i just checked....

no that's why I'm sayin maybe my numbers are off. cause if my rims weigh 11 lbs less, they should weigh at least a little bit less with the tires on not MORE! even though the rear tires are 305's, but still how much more could it be?

**97LaserRed** · 01-29-2009, 08:59 PM

go get the scale haha!!

**Martin0660** · 01-29-2009, 09:36 PM

I have to keep my ProStars tied down or else they float away :D

I ran around all last summer on those wheels, skinnies up front, and the Hoosier QTP's on the rear. Car actually rode / drive nice (as long as you drove like there were skinnies on the front). Toward fall I threw the Waffle stars / 225/50/16's on it and it drove like ass. I could feel those wheels on the front every time the steering wheel moved. Not a direct comparison to your change, but an extreme example.

**MBH** · 01-29-2009, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Martin0660

I have to keep my ProStars tied down or else they float away :D

is that in pounds or kilograms?

**Troll** · 01-29-2009, 11:37 PM

Well, the official bathroom scale weight of a 17x8 Ford Bullitt with a Nitto 555 245/45/17 is 50lbs on the nose.

I'll report the weight of the Cobra R's and 275s on Saturday if I don't incur hypothermia or frostbite.

If they're somewhere near 60lbs, I would consider that a significant amount of added rotating, unsprung mass. 20%.