S-Lite not so light

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Mar 16, 2008 | 06:19 PM

ImolaS54

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S-Lite not so light

just brought a set of used s-lite wheels 17" with no tires, holy crap were they heavy!!! Guess i'll need to shell out some $$$ for the SSRs....

Mar 16, 2008 | 06:25 PM

minihune

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Originally Posted by ImolaS54

just brought a set of used s-lite wheels 17" with no tires, holy crap were they heavy!!! Guess i'll need to shell out some $$$ for the SSRs....

Yes, they are well known for being 25.1 lbs each. The tire forum lists the weights of all the MINI OEM wheels.

Add a 24 lbs runflat tire and you get almost 50 lbs per corner. My current 15" stock wheels and tires are about 29 lbs per corner. Holey rims are cheap and 175/65-15 tires are light and functional.