I was curious what my tire/rim weight was on my Coupe - which is the stock SE rim with the OEM Hankook H426 tires. The weight is right around 43lbs per tire/rim and per Tirerack the weight of the tire is about 20lbs. So I'm looking at ~23lbs for the rim itself. Using Tirerack as a guide and keeping the parameters to the same rim size and a reasonable cost per rim (less than $200, I'm not spending $300-400 per rim for this car lol) there's literally just a couple available that are under 16lbs each. Plus I would be looking at going with the Pirelli P7 All Season Plus tire which is actually about a pound heavier than the OEM tire.
I was actually thinking the factory rim would be a lot heavier, but to try to shave off maybe 6-7lbs a wheel to reduce that amount of total unsprung weight seems silly - if it was more than 10lbs a wheel then yes it might make economic sense.
Ironically even moving to a 16" setup with the same rim/tire would not reduce it any more than the 17" one (however costs drop a it). However more logically when switching to an 18" tire/rim it drives up weights and cost so that would be taking a shot in foot.
I was actually thinking the factory rim would be a lot heavier, but to try to shave off maybe 6-7lbs a wheel to reduce that amount of total unsprung weight seems silly - if it was more than 10lbs a wheel then yes it might make economic sense.
Ironically even moving to a 16" setup with the same rim/tire would not reduce it any more than the 17" one (however costs drop a it). However more logically when switching to an 18" tire/rim it drives up weights and cost so that would be taking a shot in foot.