Wheel Weights, Wheel weights by the ounce Options

[toadman]

Just got back from the post office. I used their scale to weigh, to the ounce, several common 914 wheels. All of these weights are for clean, bare wheels with no wheel weights, no valve stems or lug bolts. I am preparing a set of autocross wheels and a set of track wheels and want to start with the lightest, commonly available wheel possible. Thought that others might be able to use this info so here it is.

All wheels are 4X130 bolt pattern. The Minilite wheel is 6.5" X 15". The rest of the wheels are 5.5" X 15". Weights are from lightest to heaviest.

Mahle - 13 lbs. 4 oz.
Fuchs - 13 lbs. 15 oz.
914 Steel "Sport" wheel - 17 lbs. 0 oz.
914 Steel "Beetle" wheel - 17 lbs. 1 oz.
Minilite - 17 lbs. 15 oz.

[Synchromesh]

I own a shop where we work on a lot of 914s among other aircooled. So I ended up with a set of Pedrinis, Mahles and 2 different sets of 2L Fuchs (00s and 01s) in front of me. Armed with a old school scale that can handle up to 25lbs these are my findings:

Fuchs 13lb 3oz (later 01s were about 1/2 ounce heavier for some reason)
Mahle 13lb 12oz
Pedrini 14lb 5oz

All were weighed without a tire or center cap but with valve stem present. So Fuchs are still king for stock wheels!