ROH wheels

I haven't read all the replies but if you go from 15's to 17's you will notice a huge difference in performance. If you want looks then 17's are ok but if you want to keep your car fast and are more into performance the largest i'd go is 16's.

When i had my Integra, i went from 15" stockies to 18" Lenso rims and there was a HUGE difference. I felt it just during general driving, let alone when it came to launches at the lights and cornering, forget it.

Go for some nice 16's and you have a happy medium. The rims will still look great but you will retain some decent 0-100 acceleration.

Hey guys, thanks for all the replies. I am in for the looks but dont want to sacrifice too much performace. As most of you know, 3rd gen crx with B16A isn't super quick (0-100kms about 8.5sec stock). My current 15inch are scratch badly so it is time to change to something new. After reading all of the relies, i am having doubts of getting the ROH's and maybe look out for some light weight 16's. The reason why i was planning to get the ROH is because they offer 16X6.5 which many manufactuerer dont make and they look pretty good. Any, thanks again for the replies.

ligthweight 16s are the way go to IMO. Find ROH Boost R's, they are light, and sposed to come in 16...
sugestion anyway... lots round, find some cheap

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i like the way you put wat i sed out of context :?

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they look nicer.. so to me they drastically improved my ride

They do look dope! "improved my ride" is determined on what you define as "improving" - if you mean you have improved the look of your ride, I'll drink to that!

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the car feels even more planted on the road at high speeds and in corners plus they look nicer.. so to me they drastically improved my ride

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Sorry, my mistake.

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you guys explain this then
with my stockies i raced my friends car won by 1 car length (raced about 4 times all up.. same result)
now with the 16"s i won by 1 car length, pretty much the same shit as before but had to be more delicate with my launch..
WOW guys.. big difference... but thats my story :D

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Explanation = Tyres.

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One line ends it all - the smaller the diameter and the lighter the rim, the better performance you will have.

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if your saying that the bigger the diameter of the wheel is that it isn't better.. then why do car manufacturers but 16's 17's 18's on there cars? im telling you right now that car manufacturers are not stupid.. they spend months years developing their cars and at the end of it they do not say "hay dute.. let put 17" inch wheel on car mayke look phat!" (a jap speaking engrish? haha)

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Well actually, car manufacturer's DO do that to an extent~ do you REALLY think that all the wings and spoilers, etc are there for performance? The reason why manufacturers should put bigger wheels on is to accomodate for larger brakes.

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im not attackin neone.. just putting this forum to good use ;)
peace :D

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Wing is right ...."bigger wheel is to accomodate bigger brakes->calipers" :thumbsup: :nod:

there is no second answer-> bigger rotor thus complementary size calipers and that == beter stopping distance/power and whichever way you want to look at this..... the rims size has to be able to accomadate the upgrade of the mentioned:)

the real other reason to have bigger rims "the steetwise version" is that
ppl reckon or have the idea that it looks "pimping hot" ...errr IMO :thumbsdown: ...this is my lamn explaination for it :D

If you are going to upgrade brakes, 16's will be more than enough. If you are really keen on looks and want light-weight rims (and are bent on getting 17's) you are looking at very expensive rims such as Rays, Work, Enkei and Mugen who spend heaps of money developing light racing rims (incidently some of them used around the world for racing).

What is your budget?

IMO, stick to 16's cause they look good and won't hamper performance.

Apart from the ROH adrenalin, are they any other wheels that come in 6.5inch wide. Most of the 16inch's are atleast 7 inch wide. I have around $1400 to spend on wheels and tyres

Lenso Concept Fives. I was faced with the same dilemma as yourself due to ADR/RTA reg's regarding rim width. I ended up with the 15 x 5.5 dc2 VTiR stock alloys. :) I don't regret it.

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if your saying that the bigger the diameter of the wheel is that it isn't better.. then why do car manufacturers but 16's 17's 18's on there cars? im telling you right now that car manufacturers are not stupid.. they spend months years developing their cars and at the end of it they do not say "hay dute.. let put 17" inch wheel on car mayke look phat!" (a jap speaking engrish? haha)

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because some other cars can actually handle having 16's, 17's because they have more torque to pull with. eg. 350Z vs Civic

just had a quick browse through this thread.
as most people have said, you will experience slower acceleration with 17" wheels on your CRX.

but one thing people didn't mention is that by changing to 17" wheels you are increasing the unsprung weight of the car. this means the suspension will have to work harder (probably not to a level where its significant) but more importantly, the braking ability of your car is reduced too as it needs to tackle with the greater momentum of the larger rims.

Chris

just a couple of weeks ago there was a thread expalining in deep theory why hondas dont like big wheels.
honda engines are designed to rev high to create power. three things that hinders our engines reaching peak power are
1. a/f restrictions
2. rotational mass
3. unsprung weight
with bigger wheels your creating higher rotatinal mass by the center of the wheel being further away from the contact patch to the ground. Further more the increase in weight multiplies itself each time the wheel rotates at a higher speed. These two things will hinder accelelration response and take off.
to put it plain and simple civics/crx's werent designed to sport wheels larger than 15" as that was the only factory option and the only size wheels i would run if i was serious about performance.
+ ROH=heavy+expensive :?

s'all good
well you guys are right.. lighter the better i don't argue on that
just that performance hasn't been decreased that hella much that i have noticed it...

get 16" lightweights..
they're the shit
peace