15" or 16" Rota Slipstream? EG hatch

[rascallyman]

Guys, looking at getting a set of flat black rota slipstream for my eg5...can't decide to go with 15 or 16..

Does anyone have some pics of eg with 15 rims and 16 rims? just wanna compare them...
manage to find a lot of pic but no idea whether it is 15 or 16 so yeah..

help will be appreciated!!
feel free to send them to my email

rascallyman2001@yahoo.com.tw

Cheers

[vtecing]

15s..

[egb16b]

yeah i'd say 15's as well...plus tyres are cheaper so you can afford better tyres!

[quangsuke]

15's for sure. just gives the perfect fitment.

[mytfoz]

15's is the way to go.
unless u get 17's :P

[rascallyman]

wouldn't 15 be slightly small? any one got pic of eg with 15 inch and 16inch by any chance?
what tyre size would you go with for 15inch? 205/50/15?

[DNY*BOY]

look in the clean eg thread stacks of em there!

[WA-EG]

Hey mate. I got 16s on my EG hatch. The came with the car, but if I had the choice I would have gone with 15's. I needed new tyres and for decent tyres (Continentals) got priced 230 a corner. 15's are so much cheaper.

Plus you can still fit a nice 282mm rotor behind a 15" rim. Makes the rotors look massive.

[rascallyman]

look in the clean eg thread stacks of em there!

yeah but have no idea which one has got 15 and which one has got 16.......><

[rascallyman]

Hey mate. I got 16s on my EG hatch. The came with the car, but if I had the choice I would have gone with 15's. I needed new tyres and for decent tyres (Continentals) got priced 230 a corner. 15's are so much cheaper.

Plus you can still fit a nice 282mm rotor behind a 15" rim. Makes the rotors look massive.


thanks for the input, but wouldn't 15 with slipstream looks slightly smaller? as slipstream seems to make the wheel look 1 inch smaller due to the design or something? do you have pic of ur car by any chance?thx

[d15z1SUX]

^^ once i was at the lights next to a commodore full of bogans riding on chrome rims. then one of the passengers go: "how big u think those are? 14s?" lol

[mugen_ctr]

15's for less rolling resistance.... better on fuel, engine wear etc..

[quangsuke]

rota 15s
http://image.hondatuningmagazine.com/f/9728956+w750+st0/htup_0804_20_z+norm_reeves_honda_show_meet+yellow_ eg6_honda_civic_hatch_race_car+front_view.jpg

rota 16s
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1388/1178945441_eaa61cd61b.jpg?v=0

[mugen_ctr]

pictures tell 100 words, 15s certainly do look like 14's, lol, mayb because of the tire side wall ratio used, but as others have said, its really upto you, 15's for function, 16's for form

[MWAKU]

my rule of thumb is only ever go 1" up or down, but thats just me

and it looks smaller cause the rim has a lip, so if u compare a rim with a lip and a rim where the spokes go all the way out to the edges, the later will look bigger

[pablos8]

drop the car and 15"s wont look small, they'll look even hotter

[ICYOIL]

go 16"s

205 45 16 on my hatch
http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/icyoil/IMG_1088r.jpg

personally i think 16s look just that be better than 15s
seeing as ive had 15s on it before

[WA-EG]

hey ICYOIL, what tyres are you using and what do they cost a corner? im running the same size tyre but they cost a fortune.

As said by mugen_ctr. yes 16's might look cooler cause of rim size. but a nice 15x7 or 8 will look squat and fat with car lowered right.

plus if you plan to drag or track the car a 15 is much better idea. i'll be saving for a set of 15's when my car is ready for some track time.

[WA-EG]

rota 15s
http://image.hondatuningmagazine.com/f/9728956+w750+st0/htup_0804_20_z+norm_reeves_honda_show_meet+yellow_ eg6_honda_civic_hatch_race_car+front_view.jpg

im loving this look..... Specially with the sidewall writing.

[Red_EG4]

+1 for 16s
I never thought I'd go above 15s but I love my 16s. Mine aren't slips but I guess I'd go for 16 inch slips too.

[mocchi]

im loving this look..... Specially with the sidewall writing.

yea i like fat tire look, gives the racing look impression for me.

[liberx]

Bling => 16"
Performance => 15"

[ICYOIL]

hey ICYOIL, what tyres are you using and what do they cost a corner? im running the same size tyre but they cost a fortune.

As said by mugen_ctr. yes 16's might look cooler cause of rim size. but a nice 15x7 or 8 will look squat and fat with car lowered right.

plus if you plan to drag or track the car a 15 is much better idea. i'll be saving for a set of 15's when my car is ready for some track time.

at the moment ive got shitty cheapo blue streak stilettos tyres, they are temporary until my tyre shop gets my Yokohama s drives in.
the blue streaks cost me 120 a corner, for the price they are really not bad.i dont push my car hard tho..

not sure on how much they are going to charge me on the s drives yet

[EG8 CIVIC]

if you go 16" its pretty much saying to 17"s..

i rekon 15" is best. rubber and when lowering car. perfect fit ment..even tho 16 is ok..up to you mate!

tyres cheaper. on 15"s

[VT3C]

Not Rotas - they're SpooMs LOL.. but they're 15".. when they were on my EG :P

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k210/VTEChnique/AHG-PICS_21.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k210/VTEChnique/BG-EG5_new1.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k210/VTEChnique/Perth%20AUTOSALON%202008/AS2008_51.jpg

[bunny_b16a]

15 will be better i guess