pointlomadave
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UPDATE: THEY'RE ON!!! Drove around the block and OMGosh, the car actually sticks in the turns instead of sliding. Almost makes me wish I'd gone wider! But, must stick with the goal of increased grip and lighter weight without compromising range. But seriously, MAJOR imporvement in cornering g's.
So, ordered up some 17x7 Drag DR-38's +40 offset in gunmetal with some Hankook V12 Evo's. Rims are about as light as you can get for the price @ 17lbs each. Post rebate price for the entire set is $712 shipped no tax! =)
As I posted in another post, as a lease customer, I can expect to be charged $600+ for new tires and potentially for tax and install of them when I turn in my car. This way, I preserve the OEM rims/tires and can remount them when I turn in the car while driving in style for 3 years! At the lease end, I can also have the added bonus of selling the aftermarket wheels/tires for $400 or so. =)
Tires are 205/50/17's and my research has turned up that these tires are close in weight to the OEM Ecopia 422's @ 20.4lbs ea. Only tire I could find that was lighter was the 19.4lb Continental DW and they would have cost $160 more than the Hankooks just for the tires alone due to the current Hankook $80 rebate and lower price.
I already run these same rims on my WRX in a 17X8, and they're decent for the price, and I have the same tires on my WRX and again, very competent tire, but in this case, my concern was tire weight for the EV.
After a fair amount of searching on this forum, I couldn't find anyone who had listed the weight of the OEM steel Leaf "S" rims.
EDIT!!! Just weighed the Stock Wheel/Tire/Hub Cap Combo at 40.6lbs!!! Wow! Nissan really went through great strides to souce a lightweight steel rim! I'm impressed, but a little saddened that with this small of difference, I don't expect to see any range benfits after figuring a small increase in rolling resistance, and ever so slight diameter increase. Oh well, still, they will look good, and preserve my stock wheels/caps for lease turn in. =)
BTW, if ordering from http://www.discounttiredirect" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; like I did, don't get the lug nuts from them...order them from Amazon...they're half the price!!!
http://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Automotive-21123HT-Diameter-Chrome/dp/B001O0CBXO/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
So, ordered up some 17x7 Drag DR-38's +40 offset in gunmetal with some Hankook V12 Evo's. Rims are about as light as you can get for the price @ 17lbs each. Post rebate price for the entire set is $712 shipped no tax! =)
As I posted in another post, as a lease customer, I can expect to be charged $600+ for new tires and potentially for tax and install of them when I turn in my car. This way, I preserve the OEM rims/tires and can remount them when I turn in the car while driving in style for 3 years! At the lease end, I can also have the added bonus of selling the aftermarket wheels/tires for $400 or so. =)
Tires are 205/50/17's and my research has turned up that these tires are close in weight to the OEM Ecopia 422's @ 20.4lbs ea. Only tire I could find that was lighter was the 19.4lb Continental DW and they would have cost $160 more than the Hankooks just for the tires alone due to the current Hankook $80 rebate and lower price.
I already run these same rims on my WRX in a 17X8, and they're decent for the price, and I have the same tires on my WRX and again, very competent tire, but in this case, my concern was tire weight for the EV.
After a fair amount of searching on this forum, I couldn't find anyone who had listed the weight of the OEM steel Leaf "S" rims.
EDIT!!! Just weighed the Stock Wheel/Tire/Hub Cap Combo at 40.6lbs!!! Wow! Nissan really went through great strides to souce a lightweight steel rim! I'm impressed, but a little saddened that with this small of difference, I don't expect to see any range benfits after figuring a small increase in rolling resistance, and ever so slight diameter increase. Oh well, still, they will look good, and preserve my stock wheels/caps for lease turn in. =)
BTW, if ordering from http://www.discounttiredirect" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; like I did, don't get the lug nuts from them...order them from Amazon...they're half the price!!!
http://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Automotive-21123HT-Diameter-Chrome/dp/B001O0CBXO/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;