Originally posted by T-RO
I'm looking at getting a car from a friend of mine. I want to do an occasional Auto-X with it as well as use it for my daily driver. It has 17" wheels on it right now. I'm thinking I want something smaller, 15-16.
I want it to look good but be able to corner. If it was just for runnning the track I would go back to 14's or something but its not.
Thanks for the info.
Staying smaller also helps the wallet. 14" performance tires compared to 17" performance tires is a huge difference:
AZENIS Sport (RS)
195/60HR14 $46
205/50VR15 $63
205/55VR16 $78
215/45ZR16 $97
225/45ZR17 $106
245/45ZR17 $111
For the price of one 17" you could have two 14"s. Plus rotational mass is more for a larger wheel and tire making the car accelerate slower and suspension takes longer to adjust to heavier corners.
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