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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 03:27 PM
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Default Looking to buy some wheels & had a questions about weight...

Excuse my ignorance to purchasing wheels as I've never looked into buying some before. My main concern is about weight of the wheel. Wheel size is going to be about 18 X 7.5 to 8.5. Currently I have Flik wasp's which from what I found online weight about 22/23 pounds a piece. Looking through tire racks site I liked the Borbet Type CA, but they weight just over 27 pounds. My question is, how much is the weight going to effect the handling of the vehicle and in what way?

Current set-up is :
Fliks Wasp w/ Pirelli PZero Nero M&S 225/45/18

TIA.
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 03:34 PM
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Default I think you will feel the added 5lbs per corner under acceleration and the i noticed

i need to adjust my dampening on my front suspension to control the heavier wheels better.
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