16kg isn't a shameful weight, that's 8-10kg for the wheel and the rest for the tyre. My 13x6 hustlers with toyo proxie ra1's weigh that much if I remember correctly. Falcon rims and all the new stuff comes in close to 20 or more.

I think the seats are heavy, also carpet weights a bit also but its a road car and don,t really want to go full race trim. The standard wheel and tyre weighed 10kg and the new wheel and tyre weighed 16kg, so thats 6kg diff x 4 wheels = 24kg.
Also I know cyclists go on and on about the weight of the wheels on bikes and whos got the lightest wheels, and talk about rolling weight etc

You can free up some more Kg by removing the passenger seat and rear seat.

How can your 16kg wheels weight 24 kg more than the stock 12s?

Hey guys, I,ve been weighing car parts and have managed to strip 25.5kg off my 1200 sedan. As follows

Change to fi glass bonnet -6.0kg
remove heater -3.5kg
remove front bumper -4.0kg
remove cast iron manifold
to free flow -2.0kg
remove spare wheel -10.0kg

My wheels weigh 16kg, 6kg more than standard. And 24kg more than stock 12 inch steel rims and tyres. Is this the norm now or are my wheels weigh more than the average.

All wheel weights I have given are (wheel and tyre), and my wheels are 15/6.5....195/45/15.......