Does anyone know the weight of the factore 2000 ES wheels? I am replacing these with 20 pounders and wonder if they are lighter.

Thanks

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Keep dreaming buddy... 2003 16" alloys weigh in at 16lbs. This is pretty much the only reason I have yet to replace my wheels, the amount it would cost me to "upgrade" my wheels doesn't offset the minor gain in appearance, and I refuse to lose performance for the sake of appearance.

 

And believe me, adding 4 lbs. of weight to each wheel on a car with 130 hp is going to make a difference. Also, are you changing tire sizes? A lot of low profile tires weigh more than their larger counterparts as well.

 

any idea how much a baby spare weighs in comparison to a factory polished 16" wheel???

I'm going to be running the baby spares saturday night (weather permitting)!!

 

Again current wheels are 15inch from a 2000 ES NOT 16 inch from a 2003........

What exactly am i dreaming about?

 

the problem lies in the fact that Dan thought you had a 2003 ES....not 2000....you're right, but either way they don't weigh a lot...deffinatly less than 20lbs.

 

Ok thanks

 

I know that you're talking about 2000 wheels, although I wasn't sure on if they were 15's or 16's. But, keeping with the fact that generally as you go up in size you also go up in weight, it doesn't matter since the 16's are much lighter than 20 lbs.

As for what you're dreaming about, I was being somewhat sarcastic in the fact that we're actually lucky enough to get lightweight rims from the factory, although like I said, that makes it a hard decision when upgrading. Its a choice between low cost and low performance, or high cost and no real gain, aside from possibly better handling (which we don't lack in the first place) and a little appearance.

 

I have a few different sets of wheels....the 16"s for daily driving...the 17" RH's for auto-X and the 15" steelies for drag racing......best of both worlds!!

 

I saw a post somewhere in here quoting 17 lbs for the '99-00 ES/'01-02 LX OEM 15x6 alloy wheel. As for aftermarket wheels, shop around, some are lighter than others. But when it gets down to the truely "lightweight" wheels get ready to pay $$$$$$. And 03ESpro is dead-on about feeling a difference. Makes you wonder about those 26" DUBS with spinners, what kind of performance those guys are losing with them on their two-ton 10MPG SUV's. Ughhh.

 

thanx for all of the info.

I am getting 16's simply for aesthetic purposes. Will lack of real aftermarket for the 2000 Protege I will be happy with "looking" the part. LOL. I will weigh tire/wheel of each when i get them..........

 

Oh, and by the way, our donut spare weighs in at 21 lbs, wheel and tire......... and yes, I have nothing better to do at the moment than go take out my spare tire and weigh it!

 

are you serious?!?!? 21lbs....Go weigh a 16" polished rim with stock tires and 30psi!! GO NOW!!

 

Yup... 21 lbs! Too bad you can't run those in the front. A stock 16 with tire should be 36 lbs., but my wife's out of town for the night, and I've got a DVD with 4 episodes of Alias to watch, so I'm not going to weight that one! God, I love Netflix!!

 

That's the same thing I'm thinking. I've been looking for the past year for a good set of 17X7 rims (that look good) that will be lighter than the stock ones.