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Double Five Spoke Aero Wheels & Kumho Ecsta's $500, Waterbury VT

681 views 16 replies 10 participants last post by  adkfinn  
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#10 ·
:D i'm not sure... must have forgotten to check while i had the wheel on it. I took that picture Spring of 08 when I had the Kumho's put on. That was right around the time that everyone was talking about factory wheel weights, but the weights that kept getting quoted were 'shipping weights'... not actual weights. I think I posted that picture back then as well... CastorTroy must not have checked the picasa album, I included the 'weigh in' pictures in anticipation of the "those things weigh 28lbs" comments. ;)

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mmmm dusty! that was before I did the front brakes on that car.

All in all, I think you'll find these wheels to be on the lighter side of things for 17"ers. Cheers!
 
#11 ·
Did you have these on an OG-9-3? If so pics and did they rub?

ETA:

Found a pic on the car, looks HOT. Did they rub?

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#12 ·
did they rub?
http://www.townsendimports.com/Saab_TSB_Folder/Saab_TSB_pdfs/771_2254.PDF

Check the TSB(compliments of Townsend).
If your car did not come equipped with 17's (mine didn't) you may have a little rubbing against some small plastic liner pieces (ie. doesn't matter & won't hurt anything) at full compression. When I first put these wheels on I had a little rub on the rears only when compressing the suspension while carrying a big load (trunk & backseat full). I followed the TSB and trimmed the plastic as shown in the first pic and everything was good to go, problem solved.
 
#15 ·
Thanks for the kind words Adrenaline and Nbndtrain! I love these wheels, but my new saab is getting 18's in the spring and i'm going to keep the stock wheels for winters... no sense in me keeping these wheels and ruining them as winter wheels (which i was kind of tempted to do)