weight of rp01 wheels
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weight of rp01 wheels
does anyone know the exact weight of a 18x 8.5 also 18 x 7.5 rp01 wheel? I was looking online to buy some other18x8.5 chrome wheels but ithey weighed 31 lbs.also i changed the stock wheels and tires on my last fd to 17x8.5 and 17x7.5 to rp01 and nitto 555s and the ride and cornering was much better. Does the ride and cornering get any better with 18s on it or is it just for show? my car will only see street duty.
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Originally Posted by darkphantom
17.5 Lbs The Wide Ones Are 19lbs
Originally Posted by rynberg
My 18x8.5 Enkei RP-01 were approximately 19 lbs, my 18x9.5 were approximately 20 lbs.
Originally Posted by coolvette
also i changed the stock wheels and tires on my last fd to 17x8.5 and 17x7.5 to rp01 and nitto 555s and the ride and cornering was much better.
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Originally Posted by SpeedKing
What kind of a scale did you use? Not to say you're incorrect, but the "published" weight I found in an online wheel database for an 18x8.5 was 20.7 lbs.
I weighed my wheels using a decent quality bathroom scale, but using the subtraction method -- me holding wheel and noting weight, and then putting the wheel down and noting the weight.
The BIG approximation comes with the fact that the wheels already had Toyo T1-S tires mounted on them. Since the tires were virtually brand new, I simply subtracted off the weights that Toyo publishes for those tire sizes.
A few variables there, but I'm fairly confident that my "approximate" weights are within 1 LB of the actual weights.