lightweight TYRES

[ghostrider]

hi guys

so i recently got a set of lightweight rota alloys, but i was thinkin, whats the point in havin lightweight alloys if the tyres r gonna be so heavy....

my question is, does any1 know of any brands that r lightweight tyres?
i tried searching on google, but all i got was lightweight tyres for bicycles....

i run on 195/45/16 tyres, so looking for lightweight tyres in these......

any1 have any ideas????

 

[EP82]

tbh you wont save too much weight on tyres your best looking (for the money) on just trying to save weight elsewhere in the car I would get good quality tyres and try to shed some weight in other areas imo.

 

[dac69er]

never heard of lightweight car tires myself. not sure if they exist.

 

[Chris@CCM]

i beleve toyos are a light tyres

 

[Monkfish]

You could buy some LingLong drifting tyres of death or Hedgefinder Specials, they'd be light because they have fuck all rubber on them and they're a hard compound. Tyre's are the only thing that touches the road, the handling of the car is wholly reliant on the rubber on the road, don't cut corners.

I know a lot of people running Yoko A539's. I had them all round, fantastic tyres for the money TBH. 195/45/16's cost me £60 each fitted at Celtic Tyres. I've now got Yoko A520 205/40/16, again, a fantastic tyre for the money at £66 fitted.

As EP82 said, spend the money elsewhere.

 

[ghostrider]

LOL "Hedgefinder Specials"

yea ur probably right, no point going down that route hehe, a mad moment.
however, now that i posted on this subject, i might as well tell what little ive found out so far:

i managed to find an online database of some various tyre weights at the following link

http://www.miata.net/faq/tire_weights.html

now if u look at the 16 inch categories, taking into account various tyre width sizes and profiles, on average, the toyos do seem the lightest. however, weighing my spare 195/45/16 kumho kh11 tyre, it comes in at 13.7 pounds at correct tyre pressure, which would according to that database, make it lighter than a toyo. i did find a link somewhere on kumho tyre weights, and they do seem the lightest out there by quite some margin. but then i heard some people hate kumho tyres, dunno why. personally i cant tell the difference between tyres, im all good as long as they r in my dimensions hehe.

i have been a little obsessed recently on weight reduction for my glanza, another idea i got in my head is looking at a lightweight flywheel. but ill ask that in the correct section.

 

[Adam_Glanza]

for the "weight difference" tyres make it really wouldnt be worth it!

like others said you would be more worth it stripping out the car of sound proofing etc which doesnt cost any money.

and plus the cost of lightweight tyres you would end up going threw them within weeks

 

[GlanzaV196]

u could always try some woosung die youngs lol i have got toyo proxies t1-r very gd tyre have no faults wit them and will b gettin them again wen needed

 

[Aidan@EP-styling]

i bet nobody ever thought of lightweight tyres before!
good idea lol!
is it true that un-sprung weight is what really matters?
the lighter the un-sprung weight the better handling you have??
-local mechanic told me that..

 

[Dan3SGTE]

i bet nobody ever thought of lightweight tyres before!
good idea lol!
is it true that un-sprung weight is what really matters?
the lighter the un-sprung weight the better handling you have??
-local mechanic told me that..

very true... unsprung weight is too important.... every tiny bit of weight you can save underneath your actual chassis ie brakes/calipers/wheels/lug nuts etc will dramatically increase the performance of the car.....

say 1KG on each corner of the car saved works out to be like 15KG of unsprung weight saved..... something like that anyway....

 

[monka]

very true... unsprung weight is too important.... every tiny bit of weight you can save underneath your actual chassis ie brakes/calipers/wheels/lug nuts etc will dramatically increase the performance of the car.....

say 1KG on each corner of the car saved works out to be like 15KG of unsprung weight saved..... something like that anyway....

what he said,

i wonder if in theory its possible to make the car way 0kg by that theory. lol

 

[weeJohn]

I found when looking at this that if you pick at good quality "sports" tyre, it will weigh less than a cheaper tyre.

Better to put on a good tyre anyway in my opinion, no point in spending loads on handling and traction equipment, then throwing on a tyre that offers as much grip as a buttered fish fillet.

This is really a case of you get what you pay for, look at Eagle F1`s or pirelli P Zero`s as well mate.