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Old 9th December 2011, 11:01   #11
ordinary-vts
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Originally Posted by NismoSteve View Post
Nice tidy S that, I like the pug GTI wheels on it, how much lighter are those c5 wheels compared to the gti ones?
thanks.
I did not weight them but as you can find on forum c5's are about 4,7kg but SMR's about 9,??kg without tyres.

so it is about 4-5 kg save per corner
+ less unsprung mass
+ less rotational mass

If you can't afford some light weight alloys(I can't) then C5's is a way to go, I think.

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