Re: Can aluminum alloy rims be heavier than steel?

robroy habich <[email protected]> Mon, 4 Dec 2023 03:10:23 -0800 (PST)
Newsgroups alt.autos.subaru
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mandag 13. april 2015 kl. 23:13:58 UTC+2 skrev Yousuf Khan:
> On 12/04/2015 7:30 PM, John McGaw wrote: 
> > Of course that doesn't really answer the question of how relatively 
> > heavy the types of rims are since the tires themselves are not 
> > identical. It could simply be that the summer tires weigh more. No 
> > getting around it, the only way to know for sure (if it actually 
> > mattered) is to weigh the rims. BTW, I find it unintuitive that either 
> > type weighs that much -- I would have guessed closer to 20kg than to 30 
> > based on how they feel to move around.
> These are huge Tribeca wheels, 255/55/18's. So I don't think they are 
> typical. It's also why my back is so sensitive to their weights. 
> 
> Yousuf Khan