need wheel weight numbers for oem 15s/16s

[john1320]

need wheel weight numbers for oem 15s/16s, esp 16" pumper and the standard 15" steel. All the other 15" alloy specs would be great for everyone. Was shopping for new wheels but want to shoot for a set lighter than oem.

Let the melee of info begin...

[turbovanman²]

16" pumpers with caps are close to 20 lbs each, I just shipped 4 of them, yikes,

I bought some MB Weapons, 17", 12 lbs IIRC.

[john1320]

had to be expensive! Tire rack had some lightweight 15lb rims, but at 200+ in some cases...

[BadAssPerformance]

Yep, light weight costs cash...

Lightest OEM wheels used on a FWD mopar? 14" Imperial rims, weigh ~ 12lbs each... Used behind heavy hubcaps, LOL... look liek steel, but they are aluminum. can be seen here on my neon

[Fox]

what models came with the imperial rims?

[BadAssPerformance]

~93 ish Imperials

[GLHNSLHT2]

crabs are 18-18.25 depending on country of manufacture. Fiberides are like 1/4-1/2lb heavier than crabs.

[168glhs1986]

Need a sticky on factory wheel weights

[BadAssPerformance]

Working on a collection of data for the new KC wheel article...

[john1320]

Need a sticky on factory wheel weights

Yep you beat me to it! I didn't ask for sticky for fear one was already in the works =P

[moparjon2007]

Yep, light weight costs cash...

Lightest OEM wheels used on a FWD mopar? 14" Imperial rims, weigh ~ 12lbs each... Used behind heavy hubcaps, LOL... look liek steel, but they are aluminum. can be seen here on my neon

How much of that 12# weight is due to the 14" size?

[RoadWarrior222]

14" voyager steelie (Same as all the other 5x100 steelies I think apart from those odd ones with an insert) with a 195/70R14 tire is 50lb, 15" pumper with a 215/65R15 is 45lb

[BadAssPerformance]

How much of that 12# weight is due to the 14" size?

14" steelies weigh a ton... well, not 2000lb .. meh, figure of speech

[wallace]

For a 15" 5 lug pizza I got 20 lbs.

[john1320]

For a 15" 5 lug pizza I got 20 lbs.

Awsome, thank you! So it seems many of the 15-16" oems hover just at 20lbs average. Any ideas on the 15" steels?

[wallace]

No I looked long and long for a set of 15" 'steelies and never found any...well at least any that I thought were reasonable in price. There were some VW 15" steelies on CL for a while with tires for a decent price. I think they would be a bolt on deal.

[RoadWarrior222]

VW wheels, have a larger center bore, so you can't center them on that without a ring, but also have different nut seats, they're spherical not conical... so don't use conical mopar nuts to put 'em on with.

[RoadWarrior222]

Hmmm wait up, know for sure that 4x100 VW wheels are spherical seats, haven't confirmed it for 5x100.


BTW, I figured the tires for 20lb each with air, in both cases when I weighed those wheels so 15" pumpers would be the porker of the alloys at somewhere near 25lb and the steelies are somewhere near 30lb.

[wallace]

Hm, I've never tried to use the VW wheels but I was sure I read on here they were a bolt on affair.

[john1320]

Hmmm wait up, know for sure that 4x100 VW wheels are spherical seats, haven't confirmed it for 5x100.


BTW, I figured the tires for 20lb each with air, in both cases when I weighed those wheels so 15" pumpers would be the porker of the alloys at somewhere near 25lb and the steelies are somewhere near 30lb.

30lbs for steelies? OMG lol, what a fatty! THey need to go, thats whats on the Shadow now >.< The idea here which i'm gunning for is less rotating weight for my MPG project.