To revive an old thread. Here are a couple of questions and observations.
I weighed my Factory Toyota Steel wheel and tire. 16x8 on 255-85-16 BFG KM1
76.2 lbs
I then weighed my alloy Toyota factory TRD 16x8 on 255-85-16 BFG KM1
75.5 lbs
I'm amazed that it is not even a pound different!
Now I'm wondering, is it just factory alloys that seem to always weigh more. A set of American Racing Outlaw II's are an extraordinarily strong wheel that is pretty darn light. I just don't have one mounted on a similar tire to mine to compare grapefruit to grapefruit.
So, has anyone done some testing or have feelings about what kind of weight difference they experienced when changing from one to the other and how big of a different it made. In other words, did you experience a 10 lb change and feel a lot or a little. Did you experience a .5lb change and feel nothing etc?
On the topic of straightening alloy wheels, we regularly do it to our American Raicing Outlaw I wheels on our desert racing buggy.
We tend to curl the bead over enough to pop the bead. (a couple inches) and as long as its no more bent then that it can be repaired by a local shop and then we are racing on it again never to have issues again.
Bent wheel still holding air, and consequently getting us to the finish line of the Baja 500.
Bent and no longer holding air. Apparently we had plenty of spare film, but not enough to get me a tire. Hehe!
Actually the commercial TA's are such a stiff tire and the buggy is so light in front it was faster to just do the last 40 miles on a flat than to stop. It didn't slow me down, except the corners were... interesting...