I was curious to how much lighter my 16" Kosei K1 are gonna be compared to the stockers. The K1 weigh right around 15 lbs. The last time I heard, the stock 4th gen SE 15s weighed in around 20lbs. Does that sound right?

Dave

 

Well this probably won't really answer your question but should give an idea... my stock 16" with stock toyos weighed I think 45lbs or so. My 17X8 Borbet with RE71s were only 2lbs more.... I suspect the 15" tire wheel combo should be around 40lbs... I think average 17" perf tires in 235.45.17 are like 22-25lbs...

-Shing

 

My stock 15s weigh 42 lbs with the RSAs. My 17s weighed about 47 lbs. I can't get over how much quicker my car is and how much more responsive it is with the stock 15s on right now. Now if I could just find out how much the 15" rims weigh by themselves. I figure the RSAs weigh about 21-22 lbs each. SO the 15s probably weigh about 20lbs. My Team Locos weighed 24 lbs each and the tires weighed 23 lbs each!!!!! Yikes!!

Dave

 

With lots of meat on the tire..it should weigh around 40
depending on what tire you choose...I went with the widest I can fit on the rim (did I say that right?)
but average is 40lb for the 15 in....
I am not very happy with that
In a quest of finding a 16 in combo that weighs less than 30
=D

 

40lbs tires?!?! or combo? I don't think you will find anything under 30 for the combo... you might be able to get some TE37's but at say 15X8, it's still going to be closer to 10lbs. 15X7 is like 8... And tires will be alteast 20lbs. Plus at $400 each... per rim, I donno if it's worth it.
-Shing

 

Some of the tire manufacturers list the weight of their tires. 19 lbs is typical for a 205/65-15. Appropriate tires for 17" rims weigh about 8 lbs more than that. Not only would I like to know some of the stock wheel weights, I'd like to know what some of these aftermarket wheels weigh. Tire Rack has no weight specs for any of the wheels they list.

 

See, I keep telling people the main reason the 95-96s are the fastest 4th gens is because the 15's weigh a fair amount less than the 16's. Probably a good 4 lbs each. Wheel DO make a noticeable difference, right?

 

My stock 15's with 195/60-15 yokos were 35lbs. The 14's from my se-r are 32lbs with tires. Too bad my rims are 4x114.3 otherwise it should make the car alittle faster. By comparison my moms 13" chrome wheels on her civic are 29lbs . I was toying around the idea of putting them on the SE-R but then again 175/75-13s probably won't grip that well with a SE-R.