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Jun 29th, 2020, 14:24 | #1331 |
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I used to assume that was true, until a few years ago I compared the weights of two bare Volvo wheels - alloy and steel. They were identical. I had just been thinking "alloy is light". So it is, but the material is at least twice as thick. |
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While refurbing the 15" Omega wheel pictured above, i went to moveit but picked up a steel 15" Rover rim instead - i was alerted by the extra weight. The Volvo was 15 x 6.5J (width) and the Rover steel wheel was 15 x 6J so the Volvo wheel was (and still is) wider but felt lighter or more to the point, the steel wheel felt a lot heavier when i grabbed it without looking.
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When I get the Škoda's alloy wheels back I'll compare them more accurately. Alan Last edited by Othen; Jun 29th, 2020 at 20:03. |
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... this is what is missing in my life Dave: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/24-SEMI-A...AAAOSw9r1WC73W :-) Alan Last edited by Othen; Jun 30th, 2020 at 06:20. |
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As you probably noticed, i took a basic manual tyre changer and have added to it to improve it and reduce the effort i need to put in. Ultimate goal is motorise it so i don't have to swing on the duck-head to remove the tyre. The duck head is the bright shiny thing with a couple of bits of yellow nylon (to prevent scuffs on the alloy) that can be seen on the arm i have welded on to a piece of exhust tubing slipped over the locking collar on the original post.
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Mine paid for itself the first time i used it, even in its basic "out of the box" form. I bought 4 Falken tyres for £57 each at the time and used the tyre machine to fit them. I can't remember the cost of the machine but it was ~£50 delivered. Therefore total cost for tyres and the machine was ~£280. I had valves and i already had a manual wheel balancer and weights which had previously cost me about £50 total. The same tyres supplied, fitted and balanced at a generic high street chain of tyre fitters worked out ~£110 each at the cheapest so ~£440 so the worst case scenario was i was already ~£110 in profit (or savings) the first time i used it. So far, it's worked out about £120 on a cheap set of tyres and about £220 on a "middle of the road" (no pun intended!) set of tyres for the saving. On that basis, it would take you 7 sets of tyres to recoup the cost on cheap tyres or about 3.5 sets on a mid-range set of tyres. Arguably you could extend it to premium tyres and would probably be more like ~£300/set saving.
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