You know, I thought a lot about that and decided to cast a wider net to get the tires I wanted (Continental, which I know are LRR tires). Continental had said they were not producing the CV95 until December, which is why I was willing to compromise. Then I remembered your story and renewed my motivation!

My local Discount Tire found a set in Ohio and they are on their way! They won't be here until next week, but I'll get the ones I want. Thanks!!!

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Tim,

Interested in your experience as you 'beta' these new tires and wheels. Rolling / tire noise reduction would be terrific if I coudl do it without affecting FE. Let me know!

Thanks...

Lansing,

They went on yesterday. I'll be starting a new thread tonight with the pictures and summary, along with first driving impressions (was too dark last night to take decent pictures). Look for something tonight or tomorrow morning. Thanks!

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Now that you have your old wheels off do you want to weigh them so we can finaly know how much the stock wheels weigh

My hydroponics experiment

You ever notice how hard it is to lip read cartoon characters?
"Crazy is what the sane call Delta Flyer"

I did (on the drive home from the tire place) - I'll include the data in tonight's post, but they are (drum roll please....)

14.125 lbs (14 1/8 lbs). This was measured on a doctor's scale.

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With or without rubber

My hydroponics experiment

You ever notice how hard it is to lip read cartoon characters?
"Crazy is what the sane call Delta Flyer"

So is this the K1 you mentioned earlier that was "supposed" to be 10.6 pounds? I had the old 6-spoke Kosei K1's in 15x7 on my 88 and they were about 14 pounds each as well. Is this the style you got?

No, mine are six dual-spoke wheels (it's the K-1 TS, a bit different from the K-1 racing pictured above). You can see here: The site, however, incorrectly lists them at 12.6 lbs in a 15". The Kosei site lists it at 4.9kg (10.78 lbs) - this I verified on a scale to be correct. Pics should be posted this evening.

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HA!

I had them take one tire off for no other reason than to find out the rim weight. I had to know. I would have seriously been up nights wondering. I'm a sick, sick man...

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Here are the results:

http://greenhybrid.com/discuss/03-hc...rade.4514.html

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