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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 12:32 PM
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I took of my 20" panther rims yesterday and decided to weigh them to see how much they would weigh. I weighed them and was suprised to find out that they weighed an average of 130 pounds a rim. This is on a regular house scale so im going to take one to work and weigh it on a regular scale to see exactly how accurate they are, but i weighed em several times, the lowest being 120.
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 12:36 PM
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Damn dude! What are they made of, steel? This must be an April fools. My 20" Motto MT600's weight 68.5. I think you might need to recalibrate your scale.... or maybe mine....
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Sunshine
I took of my 20" panther rims yesterday and decided to weigh them to see how much they would weigh. I weighed them and was suprised to find out that they weighed an average of 130 pounds a rim. This is on a regular house scale so im going to take one to work and weigh it on a regular scale to see exactly how accurate they are, but i weighed em several times, the lowest being 120.
That is awefully high.. Something must be wrong. I doubt if they more than 80 each. What tire do you have?
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 12:41 PM
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again guys, i also tought it was a bit high so thats why im gonna weigh one at work on one of the industrial scales they have here. And File i have the same tire as you do. Im going to find out the real weight Sunday, what do you guys think?
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My 22 inch eagles with 265/40/22 tires are only 80 each. There is no way a 20 weighs more than 80 pounds unless you have a huge off road tire.
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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If your wheels are 20x8.5....I'm gonna take a wild guess at 69lbs.
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 12:57 PM
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20x9.5, damn 5 posts in the last 20 minutes, wish it was like this in all the threads i started.
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I think later today, we are gonna get a APRIL FOOLS
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Originally Posted by Sunshine
again guys, i also tought it was a bit high so thats why im gonna weigh one at work on one of the industrial scales they have here. And File i have the same tire as you do. Im going to find out the real weight Sunday, what do you guys think?
I am under the impression these dam Cooper tires are heavey as hell. My 20" Centerline's would probably weight less than 70.5 with other tires.
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Old Apr 1, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Sunshine
again guys, i also tought it was a bit high so thats why im gonna weigh one at work on one of the industrial scales they have here. And File i have the same tire as you do. Im going to find out the real weight Sunday, what do you guys think?
I think you should go back to stock and knock about 1.5 seconds of off your ET!
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