Nothing exciting, just looking to see if these tires are any lighter. I know this is an odd thread, but its not in the stickies...

I rotated my wheels and got the chance to put the tire and wheel on a scale. I got a reading of 56 Lbs....I don't remember when or where, or if its accurate, but I think I heard the OEM wheel/tire is 60+Lbs or something?

If anyone knows what the RS-A's on OEM 18's weigh, id like to know. Im sure someone knows. thanks

 

How much tread is left on that tire? That could account for some weight.

 

I weighed my oem wheels with rsa tires about 2 years ago and the combo weighed 56lbs.

 

From the RSA's specs @tirerack.com, the goodyear is about 27lbs.

 

I understood the stock rims to weigh 29 pounds. This appears consistent.

 

Ok, I was wrong then, I thought for a moment these F1's weighed significantly less than RS-A's. Winter is coming though, so Im going to get some snows on the stock rims and put the F1's on a set of Weds Sports on Tirerack....or ill go the cheaper route and get Rota's. Rota Sub-z's will bring it to about 46Lbs.

 

Ill weigh a rim and tire I have but my rim is supposed to weigh 19 pounds or so. It sure feels lighter when mounting them.

 

according to tirerack.com, 245/45-18 Goodyear Eagle RS-A weighs 28 lbs.

 

No shimmy when I rotated, it seems it got better, Amen.

 

You should put on tank treads with all the snow that you get in your home town.

 

I know, and we are in for a lake effect heavy snow winter because lake erie is like bathwater! Nothing was crazier than the winter of 2001 where we had something like 6 feet of snow fall in a few days, the NYS thruway here literally had a montain of snow on the median which exceeded the heights of the bridges and overpasses, it was unreal to drive down the thruway, it was like a white tunnel (even though it was closed, I had to anyway for my job) Anyway, maybe Ill see it again here this winter. Ive already picked out the tires im going to get, ContiSportContacts all season for $150ea. tirerack. If I feel I wanna go with snows its going to be the Dunlop SP snow sport or whatever its called for $219 per tire.

Mind you I ran RSA's through snow that was so deep it came over the nose and hood, they were satisfactory to me, so I know if I get the Conti's they will be even better, not as good as the snows, but the poll's show its pretty close and ill save almost $300.