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      04-12-2010, 06:25 PM   #143
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Originally Posted by AW325xi View Post
Johan from WSTO:

How is it that the Volk G2 Type II and the TE37 above wider wheel weigh LESS than the more narrow wheel?
You have them listed as:
19x8.5 = 22.0lbs
19x10.5 = 20.8lbs

Did you somehow reverse the pics?
fixed.... sorry for the confusion...

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Originally Posted by AluFelgen View Post
If the 8.5" has a very low offset (more backpad) and the 10.5" has a very high offset (less backpad) then the weights are probably correct. It could also be a typo.
yes it's true. sometimes narrower wheels weight more because of offsets. In this case it's typo

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Originally Posted by remmib View Post
Looks like he mixed up the pics, because to me it looks like the wheel in the pics that says '19x8.5' looks wider than the wheel in the '19x10.5' pics.
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