lightest wheel/tire combo for the street?

[Chrispy]

Just wondering what you think is the lightest wheel tire combo for the street in 17 and 18 inch sizes? I was thinking a non runflat tire No tire pressure sensors Four 17 inch magnesium rims all around or 4 polished/painted thin spokes all the way around. Right now I am running runflats and wagon wheels. I'd love to save 20-30 pounds rotating weight off the car. fronts would be 245's rears would be 275/40/17 or a 285/35/18 depending on what I go with. Suggestions greatly appreciated!

[Luke@tirerack]

SSR Competitions and Pilot Sport PS2's

the wheel weight is 19.5 front and 19.8 rear

[ALLTHROTTLE&NOBOTTLE]

Originally Posted by Chrispy

Just wondering what you think is the lightest wheel tire combo for the street in 17 and 18 inch sizes?
I was thinking a non runflat tire
No tire pressure sensors
Four 17 inch magnesium rims all around or 4 polished/painted thin spokes all the way around.
Right now I am running runflats and wagon wheels. I'd love to save 20-30 pounds rotating weight off the car.
fronts would be 245's rears would be 275/40/17 or a 285/35/18 depending on what I go with.
Suggestions greatly appreciated!

I put 18" OEM Mag rims all around with 275/35 & 295/35s.......tire/wheel weight combo is
OEM MAG 18 x 9.5 w/ new Yoko 295/35-18 AVS sport non-runflats 50
OEM MAG 18 x 8.5 w/ new Yoko 275/35-18 AVS sport non-runflats 46
This is on our coupe and it runs 12.7x @110 on these tires and sticks like glue on the road

[Chrispy]

Thanks for the information!

Luke I looked on tirerack for those rims. Are you referring to the comp H?

Is that weight wheel only?

[ToyC4]

wouldn't the Dymag magnesium or C5 magnesium wheels be as light as you can get by a lot?

[Chrispy]

I am looking for something that isnt insane in price

[ToyC4]

I'll bet you could pick up a used set of those c5 magnesium wheels pretty cheap

[wamara]

Actually, if you're concerned about $$, I would pick up a used set of OEM Y2k style forged rims - cheap here on the forum. These are very light - within fractions of a pound of the magnesium wheels, and will hold up to abuse better. Add a set of non-runflats, and you're good to go.

[ALLTHROTTLE&NOBOTTLE]

Originally Posted by Chrispy

I am looking for something that isnt insane in price

You can pick up a good set of mags 17/18 or all 18 for $250 ea a wheel or less. They will hold up to lots-o-abuse....... we have over 41K hard miles on them w/o issue and thats drag racing, auto-xing, road racing and cross country driving...all designed & built by Speedline
But don't buy any........more for me!