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GoodDayForADrive
10-11-2004, 01:45 AM
Does anyone know the stock wheel weight on a Jetta Trek A3?
miamiDaveGLi
10-11-2004, 08:19 AM
slap em on the home bathroom scale , that should give you a rough estimate.
GoodDayForADrive
10-11-2004, 09:03 AM
slap em on the home bathroom scale , that should give you a rough estimate.

Then I hafta take em off, I'm lazy, lol
miamiDaveGLi
10-11-2004, 09:46 AM
slap em on the home bathroom scale , that should give you a rough estimate.

Then I hafta take em off, I'm lazy, lol LMAO me too man
BUT
you only have to take one off
then do the math. 8)
burn_your_money
10-11-2004, 09:49 AM
Thats alot of work. It's either 8 or 10 lug bolt you have to deal with (on and off).
GoodDayForADrive
10-11-2004, 09:50 AM
slap em on the home bathroom scale , that should give you a rough estimate.

Then I hafta take em off, I'm lazy, lol LMAO me too man
BUT
you only have to take one off
then do the math. 8)

Think I could lean my car on the scale and get an estimate of its weight too? :lol:
burn_your_money
10-11-2004, 09:53 AM
you could. just make sure to count how many times the needle goes around. an even easier way would be to drive the car onto 4 scales.
jettadude
10-11-2004, 12:50 PM
and then ude have 4 broken scales and still no idea. lol :lol:
burn_your_money
10-11-2004, 12:54 PM
you could take it to a scrap metal yard and go on one of their drive on scales....
GoodDayForADrive
10-11-2004, 02:11 PM
and then ude have 4 broken scales and still no idea. lol :lol:

hahahah

Actually, I checked the Vortex and it appears most stock alloy wheels are just shy of 20 lbs.
burn_your_money
10-11-2004, 02:28 PM
Actually, I checked the Vortex and it appears most stock alloy wheels are just shy of 20 lbs.

That'll be filed in the useless knowledge section of my brain...
miamiDaveGLi
10-11-2004, 04:35 PM
Actually, I checked the Vortex and it appears most stock alloy wheels are just shy of 20 lbs.

That'll be filed in the useless knowledge section of my brain...
LOL :lol:
GoodDayForADrive
10-11-2004, 04:53 PM
Actually, I checked the Vortex and it appears most stock alloy wheels are just shy of 20 lbs.

That'll be filed in the useless knowledge section of my brain...

that was kinda harsh...
miamiDaveGLi
10-11-2004, 05:06 PM
Actually, I checked the Vortex and it appears most stock alloy wheels are just shy of 20 lbs.

That'll be filed in the useless knowledge section of my brain...

that was kinda harsh... ya a lil abrasive .but im sure hes kidding. 8)
*edit* does that weight apply to my gli alloys too ?
GoodDayForADrive
10-11-2004, 05:14 PM
They are probably somewhere around there. It seems they are pretty standard.
burn_your_money
10-11-2004, 06:04 PM
Oh sorry guys, I didn't mean for it to sound harshe. I just meant that me knowing the wieght of my wheels doesn't effect me really.

To me it's like knowing that the wheel lugs are 17mm, or 16.. crap I forget
GoodDayForADrive
10-11-2004, 06:24 PM
Oh sorry guys, I didn't mean for it to sound harshe. I just meant that me knowing the wieght of my wheels doesn't effect me really.

To me it's like knowing that the wheel lugs are 17mm, or 16.. crap I forget

I just wanted to know, so when I get new rims, I can try to get around there or less, so I'm not actually helping my car instead of hurting it, heh
miamiDaveGLi
10-11-2004, 06:27 PM
Oh sorry guys, I didn't mean for it to sound harshe. I just meant that me knowing the wieght of my wheels doesn't effect me really.

To me it's like knowing that the wheel lugs are 17mm, or 16.. crap I forget

I just wanted to know, so when I get new rims, I can try to get around there or less, so I'm not actually helping my car instead of hurting it, heh
with the 100 hp the sunroof ads it prolly wont make too much difference :D
JK
burn_your_money
10-11-2004, 06:29 PM
OIC, yeah I guess it is an important thing to know. Since it also effects your MPG. I'de take my comment back but too many people quoted me...

I think I've heard that each pound of rotating mass (your wheels and rotors etc) is equal to 100 pounds of wieght inside the car. But this is most likely related to your speed.
miamiDaveGLi
10-11-2004, 06:32 PM
OIC, yeah I guess it is an important thing to know. Since it also effects your MPG. I'de take my comment back but too many people quoted me...

I think I've heard that each pound of rotating mass (your wheels and rotors etc) is equal to 100 pounds of wieght inside the car. But this is most likely related to your speed. now i have to go weigh my rims since they are off :D i dident know that.
GoodDayForADrive
10-11-2004, 06:34 PM
:D I feel so influential lol
miamiDaveGLi
10-11-2004, 06:37 PM
:D I feel so influential lol
you began the rotating mass revolution !!!! :D
jettadude
10-11-2004, 07:38 PM
ahh mine are lighter then my stock ones, thats all i kno.
Slalom
10-11-2004, 09:19 PM
mine are heavy... 36lbs (tire/wheel combo) for 16s with 215/45/16 Pirellis... i can really notice the difference in handling and acceleration if i go back to factory sized 14s!! but they look so good, i dont want to change em yet :D