Anyone running 19” wheels?

67autocross said

They are the SVT 19 inch forged GT 500 wheels with Goodyear Tires F1 super car tires. I was actually shocked by the weight to be honest...
I was changing them out yesterday and putting the snow tires on the car... because well we have snow here in Winnipeg

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Right, looking at the stock equipment those are probably 275/35/19's and 295/35/19's? or maybe even 40 series?

So, 27" tall tires at least anyway. So you'd likely lose a few pounds going with a tire you could actually fit on the front of an A-body. Also, the Goodyear F1's are heavy tires. The 275/35/19 weighs in at 32 lbs advertised, you can find other 275/35/19 performance tires as low as 26 lbs. And that still means those SVT GT500 wheels weigh like 26.4 lbs for whatever size you have in the front. That's not terrible (15x7 cop wheels weigh 25 lbs), but you can find 19x9.5's and 19x10's that are lighter than that. The 19x10 Enkei RPF1's are 21.3 lbs.

But it's all relative, if you're really worried about it you can find lighter rims and tires. Like I said before, a 15x7 cop wheel with a 255/60/15 BFG T/A on it would weigh in at like 56 lbs, so a 275/35/19 on a 19x9.5" at 58.4 isn't that bad considering the improvement in grip you'd get from the better tires. Compare it to a 275/60/15 on a 15x8 steel rim and you'd probably be ahead with the 19's again.