My Kosei K1 with Kumho 712s (215/40x16) were 35lbs so figure the wheel weighed 14-15lbs those tires weigh a good 20lbs

The Kosei K1 with Falken Azenis (215/45x16) weighed 39lbs so I gained 4lbs in rotational mass.

Coming home from the shop the car didn't feel much different - except I wasn't tracking everywhere with bald Kumhos Cornering was much quieter and grippier. I'll be testing them out tomorrow at the autoX.

 

The azenis? Do tell!! I like the looks of those, and so does my wallet. I'd love to hear the comparison between those and the 712s as those are the top two on my list right now

 

Yea, that's one thing I noticed with the 205/50/15 Azenis compared to the 195/50/50 Yok intermediates I had before...the Azenis are HEAVY!!

 

Well I ran them on Sunday and they rubbed everywhere. I heard Falken makes their tires a bit bigger than the rest. They stuck great though for not dialing in the air pressures.

 

So the Kumhos you weighed were bald and the Falkens were full tread?

 

Thats an unfair comparison, you gotta weigh full tread vs full tread... Could be an easy couple pound difference...

 

Yeah yeah I know. Not totally accurate, but does anyone have the weight of a full treaded Kumho 712 in 215/40x16"

 

Yes, I thought it a little funny. One guy comparing bald 215/40-16 712s against full tread 215/45-16 Azenis' and another guy comparing 195/50-50(15?) AVS Intermediates against 205/50-15 Azenis' and both calling the Azenis' heavy. Does a bear s**t in the woods? No offense like.

 

Agreed. How about a comparison between my full tread 205/50/15 Azenis and my full tread 205/50/15 V700s on the same OEM wheels? I still say the Azenis are heavy.

 

Wow the street Azenis is heavier than a same sized R-compound V700? Now that's very surprising.

 

Without having a scale to work with right now, and without the determination to find one and go remove wheels from my car, here's what I came up with from a little online search:

Azenis: 205/50/15 = 22.6 lbs (from: http://www.speakeasy.org/~cthomas/cars/tires.html )

Yokohama AVSi: 205/50/15 = 20 lbs (in response to my earlier and unfounded estimate that the Azenis were heavier than my yoks. Turns out I was right after all) (from: http://www.speakeasy.org/~cthomas/cars/tires.html )

Kumho V700 = 20.5 lbs (directly from Kumho's website)


[Modified by ITR#231, 3:44 PM 10/9/2001]

 

My Kumho 205/50/ZR15's weighed in at 18lbs each unmounted. 32lbs mouted and balanced on Kosei k1's.

HTH's