I have a 2007 SL and i wanted to get some 18's and the ones I like are chrome but weigh 35 lbs... That seems a bit ridiculous is that too much weight ?? what I mean by that is I did not want it to take away from my ride quality and performance but I imagine this will take away A LOT !!!

 

Yes... For example, the 19's on the G35 coupe from Rays are 19lbs.

35lbs for an 18" rim is insane.

 

If it were per corner, that be great. If not ---

 

what does per corner mean??

 

in his case, he means for each wheel & tire.

.....but that's not what it's supposed to mean. :shrug:

My track wheels (17x8) WITH tires only weigh 37lb each.

 

Other items fall into that category(per corner reference) But I have in the past referred to per corner meaning wheel and tire. But that's incorrect.

. My DD's weight that much.

 

That'd be like driving around with cinder blocks as wheels. Don't do it.

 

That'd be a good weight for... oh, an 18x16" wheel. Maybe. I'm sure it'll look good to you but you'll pay the price in every respect--gas mileage, accel, braking, ride quality... and you WILL notice this. That's an extra 15lbs per corner--imagine two gallons of milk.

What're you running for track wheels?

 

That IS heavy...

And the worse (and most people forget) is that ROTATIONAL INERTIA is not linear to weight but to the square.


So 16" @ 25 lbs could result in better performance than 18" @ 20 Lbs, for instance.


And at 35 Lbs @ 18" radius you are definately increasing ur rotational inertia.

 

lol

 

> lol . . .

 

are they too heavy ??? 18's come as light as 16 lbs. 35lbs is probably on the list for top 10 heaviest 18's. that is just insanely heavy braking the bar

 

heehee, smackaslide thinks 'DD' means something else...

35 is a lot, with tires you'd probably be looking at close to 60 lbs per wheel/tire combo....wow

 

Thats a azz load of weight!!! What do the wheels look like, do they even have a hole drilled in them? At that much they have to be solid. LMAO

You want a light chrome wheel, then get an aluminum hollow spoke wheel. That will weigh alot less.