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Old May 26, 2002 | 11:44 AM
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Well I weighed a buddies 15x8 1/2 Convo Pro with M/T Et Street on it the tire is 26x11.50 it weighed in at 38lbs the I weighed a 16" stock 99 Pontiac rim with a ET Street on it which is also 26x11.50 and it weighed 41 lbs so the weight saving is only 3lbs not worth the xtra $$$ in my book <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Old May 26, 2002 | 05:17 PM
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buying it for weight savings... maybe not.

but for the increased sidewall that will allow better traction, i think it would be worth it <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> to some people. I just bought them cause they look better IMHO

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Old May 26, 2002 | 06:49 PM
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Did you weigh the difference between the stock wheel vs the 15x4 skinnies?
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Old May 27, 2002 | 12:52 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by DevilBird:
<strong>Did you weigh the difference between the stock wheel vs the 15x4 skinnies?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yep I sure did the stock 16's with 245-50-16's weighed in at 47lbs and the convo skinnys with M/T Fronts not the light weight tire the street tire weighed in at 28 lbs <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> My 17" firehawk wheels with 315-35-17 Nittos weighed in at 52 LBS

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Old May 30, 2002 | 05:33 PM
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You might want to try another scale. My 26-10.5-15 on the 7.5 convo weighed in at 27 lbs. I just got new tires, same size, I'll weigh again.

Stock SS rims & tire weighed in at 43.

16" salad shooters with BFG 275 weighed 43 also.

The 15x4 with 165 metric tire weighed 24-25 lbs.
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Old May 30, 2002 | 08:06 PM
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Did the et's have tubes??
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Old May 30, 2002 | 09:58 PM
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My 15x10 Pro Star / 26x11.5x15 ET Streets are lighter than the same thing on 16x8 TA rims for sure, I can tell because I can lift up one of my Pro Star / slick setups with one hand, and the stock wheel / slick is like an anvil. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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