you better run! talkin' trash 'bout my 92SE wheels too there texas boy ;-)

Hey, the 99 I just bought has these great looking 17"wheels, they're by TSW
and I was hoping that they would be light or semi light, I was wrong. In
comparison, I've weighed a wheel and tire combo on the 14"BBS forged wheels
(that Pat is talking trash about) at about 25lbs, a 14" steel wheel and tire
combo at about 35lbs and.........drum roll please..........one of my new 17"
TSW wheels with tire at 40 stinkin' pounds! I'm hoping to get a chance to
transfer the set and be able to drive the 99 with the BBS to see the actual
handling difference. That should be interesting!

Weights above are not precise or directly comparable as all three tires are
different sizes and brands.

Chris
92BB&T SE FS
99BBB

"pws" > wrote in message
...
>L Bader wrote:
>
>> Using 195/50R15 v. 215/40R16, with a 0.4% change in overall diameter,
>> yet a 1 inch increase in rim size, I calculate a loss in profile
>> height. -- Where am I wrong?
>
> You aren't wrong, I am. My math sucks.
> 50% of 195 is 97.5.
> 40% of 205 is 82.
> Definitely lower profile.
>
>> I am referring to the 5-spoke Enkei's on the '97 STO (Miata.net has
>> them listed at 14.5-lbs...)
>
> Those aren't the wheels that most people are thinking of when you mention
> 5-spoke 15" miata alloys. The wheels that you have are semi-rare.
> Except for the special editions, Mazda did not start using 15 inch wheels
> until 1999.
>
> I had a set of the same Enkei wheels, they also came standard on the 1996
> "M" edition, but those were the only two cars that Mazda put them on, less
> than 8,000 sets of that style of wheel total.
>
> They are still one of my favorite looking factory miata wheels. Much
> better looking than that nasty looking lightweight set they put on the
> '93LE and the '95M. ;-)
>
> Pat (running for cover)