Whats the weight of one 15" BBS Alloy wheel???

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Ditroia
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:10 am

...wrapped with a 205/55/15 tyre? (Standard cross spoke BBS with alloy center cap). If you happen to know roughly it would help me alot! The courier wants to know, thanks :)

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Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:57 am

Just over 15 kilo's from memory
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:04 am

Not sure on the weight but they cost about £13 per wheel to Post with Royal Mail.
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payperdrop is about £7.
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:08 pm

for info the wheel weighs 7.5kgs, and most tyres seem to weigh about the same, so Spadge is correct IMO.
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:11 pm

get them to put one on thier bathroom scales and see dude :)
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:24 pm

SPADGE wrote:Just over 15 kilo's from memory
I'd go along with that. :thumb:
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:28 pm

indeed just over 15kg compared to a 17" alpina rep with 205x40x17 tyre that weighed in at 17.5 kgs
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Sat Nov 03, 2007 3:05 am

Thanks alot guys. I ended up using a service on ebay. Any four alloy wheels with tyres up to 100kg in weight for £25!!! Delivered anywhere in the UK within 24hours. Not bad at all.
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Ditroia wrote:Thanks alot guys. I ended up using a service on ebay. Any four alloy wheels with tyres up to 100kg in weight for £25!!! Delivered anywhere in the UK within 24hours. Not bad at all.
thats not bad. can you post up a link to the courier?
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:34 am

Here's the link,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=003

I'll let you know how I get on with them next week!
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Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:37 pm

Recieve the wheels this morning, brilliant service from the above link, highly recommended! Very pleased with my new wheels too, cheers Steviec :)
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