rims
Wanderer
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From: Not so Sunny Cali
I have a neighbor down the street that has those exact same wheels on his black EK hatch. They look alright, but the fact that the car just has the big wheels and it's lowered looks lacking. Needs a lip or some kind of a body enhancement to complement the look.
Unknown Member
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From: Northwest USA
Remember, it’s not the size of the rims/tires that slows down a car. It’s the weight. Larger rims tend to weigh more then the stock steels, as does many “Bling” rims do. Any size rim 15’s, 16’s and up can lower the performance.
To keep the same performance, you need to get a rim/tire combination that weighs the same or less as your stock steel & tire. It has to do with that physics stuff like mass, inertia...etc.
To get both performance and “Style” it will cost you a little more. Because most of the mass production rim companies don’t make light weigh rims. So you have to pay.
You have to sacrifice either your style, your performance or your money.
To keep the same performance, you need to get a rim/tire combination that weighs the same or less as your stock steel & tire. It has to do with that physics stuff like mass, inertia...etc.
To get both performance and “Style” it will cost you a little more. Because most of the mass production rim companies don’t make light weigh rims. So you have to pay.
You have to sacrifice either your style, your performance or your money.
Wanderer
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 10,793
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From: Not so Sunny Cali
Originally Posted by misterknowbody
Remember, it’s not the size of the rims/tires that slows down a car. It’s the weight. Larger rims tend to weigh more then the stock steels, as does many “Bling” rims do. Any size rim 15’s, 16’s and up can lower the performance.
To keep the same performance, you need to get a rim/tire combination that weighs the same or less as your stock steel & tire. It has to do with that physics stuff like mass, inertia...etc.
To get both performance and “Style” it will cost you a little more. Because most of the mass production rim companies don’t make light weigh rims. So you have to pay.
You have to sacrifice either your style, your performance or your money.
To keep the same performance, you need to get a rim/tire combination that weighs the same or less as your stock steel & tire. It has to do with that physics stuff like mass, inertia...etc.
To get both performance and “Style” it will cost you a little more. Because most of the mass production rim companies don’t make light weigh rims. So you have to pay.
You have to sacrifice either your style, your performance or your money.