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Old 02-17-2010, 12:48 PM   #1
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Factory wheel weights?
I've searched and read up on weight reduction and wheels but can't seem to find a nice breakdown of the weights of all the different third gen wheels.

I've read that the crosslace GTA wheels are the lightest, but I couldn't find exact numbers and I have no idea about the differences between the two deep dish style and the one deep lipped style hi-tech turbo wheels.

I'm particularly interested in the weight of the 15x7 turbo's. They seem heavy and I really want to get my car's weight down from 3500.

Does anyone know how the different Firebird and Camaro wheels compare weight wise? Thanks.
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Re: Factory wheel weights?
I dont know about any other wheel besides the GTA, but The crosslace wheels were chosen for the GTA because they were the lightest. I know that the GTA source page has more info about it if you are interested.
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Thanks, that site is pretty interesting. Anyone have any idea how the Formula WS6 16x8 deep dish wheels compare with the regular 15x7 firebird deep dishes?
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I'm liking to know the weight of the 15x7 RS wheels, which i have. I'm looking to get cragar d black widows.
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Old 05-03-2011, 10:21 PM   #5
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Re: Factory wheel weights?
Took the back wheel off the other day to mess with the brakes and thought of this old thread so I threw it on the scale... the 15" hi-tech turbo Firebird/ early Trans Am wheels weigh about 20lbs a piece with center caps and without tires, in case anyone wonders.
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Anybody know how much the factory Camaro RS wheels weigh? Talking about these:



Need to know how much weight savings I can get by going with lighter wheels.
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