Wheels and Tires

[Golden747]

Same bolt pattern as a Mercedes sprinter van

 

[Tinerfeño]

I'll be ordering the 17" alloys with the Bridgestone 'dueler' A/T. The reasons are mainly weight and tyre availability and trying to reduce the unsprung mass.

Large alloy wheels may not be significantly lighter than steel wheels. Oversize tyres add weight quite much.

But both have minor effect on unsprung weight with solid axle. I don't know the actual weights but a guess is that tyres + wheels + axle + track rod + half of suspension arms and drag link add up to something in the range of 100-125 kg.

 

[Tinerfeño]

Same bolt pattern as a Mercedes sprinter van

Also the offset value is important.

 

[FlyingTexan]

Large alloy wheels may not be significantly lighter than steel wheels. Oversize tyres add weight quite much.

But both have minor effect on unsprung weight with solid axle. I don't know the actual weights but a guess is that tyres + wheels + axle + track rod + half of suspension arms and drag link add up to something in the range of 100-125 kg.

rotational mass. Axels and all that don't matter.