Weight of wheels

[Joe Sharp]

Today I weighed 3 sets of wheels.
5 lug Mahle's, 4 lug Mahle's and 4 lug fuchs.
I wanted to get the as close as I could so I weighed them in stacks of 4.
The 5 lug Mahles were 39 Lbs. Thats 9 and 3/4 Lbs each.
The 4 lug Mahles were 55 Lbs. Thats 13 and 3/4 Lbs each.
The 4 lug Fuchs were 54 Lbs. Thats 13 and 1/2 Lbs each.
I was sure that there would be a much bigger difference between the 4 lug wheels. 4 ozs.
Joe

[Acox914]

hmmm... i think a bathroom scale would be more accurate.....

[chrisnpdrider]

Hmmm...seems like everyone always claims the 2.0 style 4 lug fuchs are about 11 lbs each. I've never weighed any myself. Just curious

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

My own experiments showed:

Four-lug Fuchs = 13 lbs
Four-lug Mahle = 14 lbs
Four-lug Pedrini = 17 lbs

--DD

[Joe Bob]

Yeah, I just picked up a set of five lug Mahles.....super light.

[SGB]

Dave- no 5 lug Fuchs data?
9.75 pounds? Wowzer. That is enough reason for a five lug conversion right there!

[boxstr]

Factory Wheels


Description Construction Size
Weight (lbs.) Offset (mm) Backspace (mm) Miscellaneous


Mahle "Gas Burners" Pressure cast 5.5x15
9.5 42 ? 901.361.017.00

Fuchs Forged 5.5x14
1? 46 1? 911.361.016.10

4.5x15
1? 42 1? 901.361.012.01

5.5x15
1? 42 1? 901.361.012.04

6x15
12.5 36 121 901.361.012.06 (early); aka the deep dish version*
* Early wheel (w/o safety bead) may be lighter)
911.361.020.10 (late)

6x15
11.6 36 121 901.361.012.03 (as fitted on 911R; similar to "06" wheel)

7x15
12 23.3 ? 911.361.020.41

7x15
12 49 (911R) 1145 901.361.012.05; allows larger tire on narrow body 911s

8x15
14 10.6 120 911.361.020.42 / 911.361.020.12

9x15
? 3.0 127 911.361.020.03 / 911.361.020.06,

11x15
? 1? ? 911.361.020.05

6x16
17 36 121 911.361.020.43 (early)
911.362.113.00 (late)

7x16
18 23.3 (911) 122 911.361.020.44 (early, 77-84)
911.362.115.00 (late, 85 on)

7x16
23.3 (944) 112 951.362.115.00, add'l clearance for larger calipers

8x16
19 10.6 (911) 112 911.362.117.00
911.361.020.45

8x16
23.3 (944) 135 951.362.117.00; offset compatible for front application

9x16
20 15 130 911.362.119.00; fits rear with SC/RS flares

Phone Dial Pressure cast 7x16
18.5 23.3 118 951.362.114.00 (944)

7x16
? ? 111 928.361.016.00 (928)

8x16
20 23.3 132 951.362.116.00 (944)

Dish Forged 7x16
18.5 1
1
1?

8x16
20 1
1
1?

928 CS Forged 8x16
19 1
1
1?

951S/928 CS 9x16
20 1
1
1?

C2 T Pressure cast 7.5x17
22 1
1
1?

7x17
23.5 1
1
1?

993 Pressure cast 7.5x17
18 55 1
993 Cup, Front

9x17
19.5 55 1
993 Cup, Rear

8x18
25.6 52
993.362.136.01, Front Turbo/RS (solid spoke)

10x18
29.3 65
993.362.140.04, Rear Turbo/RS (solid spoke)

10x18
31 40
993.362.140.03, Rear Turbo (solid spoke)

8x18
19.95 52
993.362.136.00, Front Turbo (hollow spoke)

10x18
23.36 65
993.362.140.01, Rear Turbo (hollow spoke)

10x18
25.13 40
993.362.140.00, Rear Turbo (hollow spoke)

996 ? 8x18
20.5 50
need no., Front

10x18
22.7 65
need no., Rear

911/944 spare Steel - 34 1
1
w/tire

951 spare Aluminum 5.5x15 26 130 1
951.362.131.00 (11.5 lbs. w/o tire)

Sport Design ? 8x18
26.5 52
Front 993

10x18
28.9 65
Rear 993

Sport Classic II ? 8x18
23 52
Front 993

10x18
27 65

[Tobra]

Originally posted by SGB
Dave- no 5 lug Fuchs data?
9.75 pounds? Wowzer. That is enough reason for a five lug conversion right there!

I believe that is due to the unbearable lightness of Magnesium, you also need cubic megadollars for the gas burners(5 lug Mahle) I imagine the early pedrini wheels are heavier than the later ones, judging by how they look, just a sec

yup 13.5 for the late ones, 14 for the early, but that is with a pretty crappy bathroom scale, definitely lighter though

[Howard Agency]

You have to add the weight of the extra lug bolt and the double double I just ate. Burp.