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"Hi Rick, smaller ones are around 13Kg and heaviest being 20" are 21.5Kg. 19's are around the 18kgs mark."

Sorry i had to find out myself..... i love shit stirring.... lol :P

Thats alot of weight with out tyre.... oh

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They arent a cheap rim people. They are a qualitly Australian made Wheel.

What makes them a Quality Australian Made Wheel. i hadnt heard of them till a month or so ago... and still didnt buy anything they had :P:D:D:D

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I still don't understand why people insist on asking for other peoples opinions about their new wheels or their new kit asking for opinions...?

How about next time you say, "Hey everyone check out my new wheels", rather than "What do you think".

If you ask for an opinion you will always get soneone saying nah they suck then you get all defensive or as we have seen in past threads then the person sells them cause they listen to other opinions...

I love seeing what people do to their cars, I don't have to like it to be interested, but if you ask for an opinion you will get one, and usually not what you were hoping for...

Getting people to like your choice is just a unnecessary validation...

Oh yeah the rims, nup don't like em, too heavy, average slivr or chrome... you will blend into the scenery...

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i got from them

"Hi Rick, smaller ones are around 13Kg and heaviest being 20" are 21.5Kg. 19's are around the 18kgs mark."

Sorry i had to find out myself..... i love shit stirring.... lol :D

Thats alot of weight with out tyre.... oh

i am not getting the 20" wheels so there for not getting 18 kilo wheels.

Straight from Koya themselves, 19's will be around 18Kgs

I still don't understand why people insist on asking for other peoples opinions about their new wheels or their new kit asking for opinions...?

How about next time you say, "Hey everyone check out my new wheels", rather than "What do you think".

If you ask for an opinion you will always get soneone saying nah they suck then you get all defensive or as we have seen in past threads then the person sells them cause they listen to other opinions...

I love seeing what people do to their cars, I don't have to like it to be interested, but if you ask for an opinion you will get one, and usually not what you were hoping for...

Getting people to like your choice is just a unnecessary validation...

Oh yeah the rims, nup don't like em, too heavy, average slivr or chrome... you will blend into the scenery...

+1! Finally some common sense

Jonzie26 = I take it from your join date you're relatively new here, now I have no idea about your technical knowledge on cars in general, but the comments made by other guys here about the weights of rims is merely coming from the experience and knowledge they have about the general weights of different sizes of wheels, knowledge they have probably picked up along the way by spending time on these forums and soaking up the wealth of information that can be had here if you look in the right places.

I used to have no clue about cars, now I have done a lot of DIY stuff like fitting my snorkel with fmic piping, making a second c.a.i aswell, repainting my worn interior trims, sevicing and maintaining it etc the list goes on, all thanks to skylines australia.

Don't worry if sometimes members here can come across as cynical, it's mostly in jest :blink:

goodluck with the wheels, you obviously chose them because they appealed to you which is the most important thing, making your car how you like it.

as said above if you ask someone's opinion on something don't always expect it to be favourable, you should see the r32/r33 camps go on about which car is better, silly if you ask me... r34s are miles in front :P .

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Thanks yo-yo

I personally got in contact with Koya. before the other fella on hear did and he has guananted me the weigths. he told the weight for all four dieeferent tyres. so i know that i am right. Yeah your right i am new on hear but i know a lot about my cars. in the process of fixing up my commodore so that it can be sold. I was just purely asking people (strangers) about what they though about them. but then they just evolved and kept asking questions. oh well. at the end of the day i am still going to get those wheels. jist becasue i want my car to look the way that i want it.

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I personally got in contact with Koya. before the other fella on hear here did and he has guananted guaranteed me the weigths weights. he told the weight for all four dieeferent tyres different wheels. so i know that i am right. Yeah your right i am new on hear here but i know a lot about my cars. in the process of fixing up my commodore so that it can be sold. I was just purely asking people (strangers) about what they though about them. but then they just evolved and kept asking questions. oh well. at the end of the day i am still going to get those wheels. jist becasue just because i want my car to look the way that i want it.

:woot:Fixing posts since August 2006 :)

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Yeah your right i am new on hear but i know a lot about my cars. in the process of fixing up my commodore so that it can be sold.

HA i knew it. commodore owner.... :)

just jokes. Good luck with your car kid. you have the skyline bug now... oh and its hard to get rid of and can be very contagious. :D

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oh well a couple of extra kilos never killed anyone. personally i think they look great on the car.

Yeah sad brue true commodore driver... Not any more, and never again. it feels like a boat. the skyline shits all over it in every aspect possible.

Redback.

I dont want to lose this bug any time soon. :D

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:D hey im a commie owner. would buy another one anyday.

that thing ran with too much oil, no oil, rusty coolant, no coolant... lol

it never skipped a beat and pulled 14.3 as many times as you asked it too :D

agreed though at the end of the track it was hard to stop and didnt like turning really.

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