so in your opinion guys ... would buddyclub P1's be light or say Rota C8's?
would you call those 'lightweight racing wheels'??
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so in your opinion guys ... would buddyclub P1's be light or say Rota C8's?
would you call those 'lightweight racing wheels'??
depends on the weight mate
well say ... compared to standard 15x6 Civic VTi-R wheels (which I have)
be specific, how much do the wheels weight with tyres. Camparing is uselss we don't know the exact weights
yeah I agree with you ...
thing is I also don't know what my stock wheels weight (I looked on google so far I havent found anything)
if I had that info then I can make the decision ...
Take wheel off, put on bathroom scales.
The ONLY way.
Otherwise, there's a thread I posted with many many weights for (US) rims. Yours (Civic Coupe) would definately be in there because it was USDM.
IF you have the torque,
i think 17's or big wheels can actually make you faster..
dont flame me !! i think..
ehhe
Is there any way to get steelies and a wider/lower profile ?? :)
I love my steelies, but im sure traction will become and issue when the boost gets upped.
it's not only the weight, but the distribution of the weight. the further away from the centre you place the the rotating mass, the more work is done. generally, when going from a 15" rim to a 17" rim, you are moving a large portion of the rotating mass -the rim area and tyre- further from the centre of the wheel. so you end up moving the mass of the rim and tyre a greater distance (needs more powah!).
so generally speaking, if you take a 15" wheel with the same mass as a 17" wheel, the 15" wheel would accelerate more freely (obviously depending on the distribution of mass regarding tyres and materials etc).
good point ginga.....id say post people miss that point....good stuff :thumbsup:
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