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Re: weight
Posted by nwas (more from nwas) on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:11:28
In Reply to: Re: weight, Justin VanAbrahams [Profile/Gallery]
, Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:22:19
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Your suggestion has theoretical validity in a lab, or maybe validity with someone like you who is buying for performance and not appearance, but not practical validity in the market. No one does a +1 with the exact same width, not even Saab. Standard sizes for Saab 9-3's, for example are 195-60-15, 205-50-16, & 215-45-17. (Not to mention, you will not find a tire that comes in the same width and required aspect ratio from 16 to 18 to do the test).
But, even if you find the matching width, the 18" tire will weigh more than the 17" tire, typically by several pounds. For a GIVEN wheel, the large wheel will weigh more.
Again, we can get any results we want if we decide to do something like buy a true magnesium 18" wheel and a cheap cast 17" alloy wheel. Fact is, I haven't seen one person yet looking for "bigger wheels" who even knows that the wheels and tires weigh more and what the effect is.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Rim recomendations, Drake, Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:41:55
- What about these..., Drake, Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:04:44
- Re: Rim recomendations, Ben S., Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:20:16
- Re: Rim recomendations, SRS900S, Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:13:49
- edit, SRS900S, Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:15:59
- Consider having your rims reconditioned ??, BobD, Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:02:25
- Re: Rim recomendations, nwas, Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:19:19
- Bigger != Better, Drake, Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:29:09
- weight, nwas, Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:08:18
- FWIW I am seriously considering the...., Drake, Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:01:20
- Disagree...., GM, Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:44:24
- Re: weight, Justin VanAbrahams , Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:43:27
- Re: weight, nwas, Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:35:41
- Re: weight, Justin VanAbrahams , Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:22:19
- Re: weight, Mio , Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:51:02
- Re: weight, nwas, Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:11:28 <-- Viewing This Message
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