How much do 93 GMC Yukon alloy rims actually weigh?
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http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/wheels.php?item=ClassicIII
on the website its saying a 16x8 is 20 lbs and a 16x7 is 22 lbs. 16x7 is kinda for trailers so might be made of heavier material?
anyway, just get the 16x8 classic iii and post pics, no one has gotten that wheel on this forum yet.
on the website its saying a 16x8 is 20 lbs and a 16x7 is 22 lbs. 16x7 is kinda for trailers so might be made of heavier material?
anyway, just get the 16x8 classic iii and post pics, no one has gotten that wheel on this forum yet.
Yeti_Owner
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"and as mentioned, reducing drag and weight will net better fuel milage than saving 10 pounds of rims... especially when you factor in the cost of buying new rims."
Read the article
A difference of 10lbs can be a 10-15% rotational inertia difference, with the self-same benefits or penalties inherent to that. As I'm using the same tires, the lighter the rim, the better it'll be. At the risk of repeating myself, I would like to go with a better looking wheel (while maintaining the rim height/width/backspacing), but I don't want to increase the weight of the wheel. It isn't really a question of "getting better mileage/great handling", but that of pointlessly making something *worse* in the name of nothing but aesthetics.
Make sense?
Yeti_Owner
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Hmm - about the same weight then - the 16x8 might just work (the 16x7 backspacing is wrong).
TylerZ281500
Yukon Ridin High
not at all, if your trying to save wieght then i can name about a dozen on your vehicle right now. i come from a land of camaro race car drivers with lexan windows gutted interiors and the like. trying to save wieght for better handling makes no sense because its still a top heavy v8 full framed vehicle.
trucks vs. cars are different animals. a mazda is setup more for handling a truck is not this having a lighter wheel tire combo on a car is more beneificial and useful on a light car thats being raced or autocrossed as opposed to a truck thats still gonna be a heavy truck.
trucks vs. cars are different animals. a mazda is setup more for handling a truck is not this having a lighter wheel tire combo on a car is more beneificial and useful on a light car thats being raced or autocrossed as opposed to a truck thats still gonna be a heavy truck.
good price on the 16x8. http://autoplicity.com/products/349...ent=3492843NOFITMENT&utm_campaign=GSNOFITMENT
and Yeti, Tyler does bring up good a point. You think about an extra 5 lbs a wheel on a little compact that weighs 2500 lbs, thats a big deal. But not so much on a truck that weighs 5000 lbs.
Still get 'em though, squeeze everything you can out of it.
Yeti_Owner
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It's got nothing to do per-se with handling
It's about not making something worse needlessly If I can find a rim I like that weighs less or equal to the nasty stock alloys (in the same fitment so my tires can carry over), that's the way I want to go To put it simply:
Goal=Replace rims with ones that look better, but do not buy rims that weigh more.
That's all.
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