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Don;t laugh to much
Posted by GM (more from GM) on Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:44:23
In Reply to: Volks are quite expensive..., Rookie, Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:35:26
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I have 18's on my 88 SPG & according to my somewhat educated guess, the 18's weigh LESS then the OEM 15's!
I weighed the 195-60-15 tires with OEM SPG rims on a scale & the result was 38 lbs. The tires were & are at the minimum tread mark
I then weighed my 18's with 225-35-18 tires which had about 500 miles of use. The result was 41 lbs for the front tires & 42 lbs for the rear
THUS, I guessed that the OEM tires lost at least 3 lbs of rubber thus the 18's are lighter.
The 18's have Yokohama Parada's & the 15's a a all season tire of some kind
My car also handles a TON better then in did with the 15's even when hi po tires are on it.
So done properly, you can get the best of all world
Better looks
BEtter handling
& better acceleration (due to more traction)
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