New (old) wheels for Jazz
When my 3rd gen Prelude was wrecked, I kept the wreck and put the 16" ROH Adrenaline wheels on the wife's Jazz. It has completely transformed the car, both from appearance and the car's dynamic ability. The handling is awesome now. The 45 series rubber has made the steering very responsive and accurate. While the 205 thread width has given it immense gripThe only draw backs have been increased fuel consumption (up 0.8L/100kms) and the rear end's tendency to pogo a little over mid corner bumps which is no doubt caused by the increased unsprung weight. Stiffer shocks should remedy that. The track of the car has been increase a little (my guess is by 20mm overall) but the wheels are still fully within the guards. The tyres are Toyo Trampio GU:WN (which are fantastic) 205/45R16. I know that the rolling diametre is slightly too big, and the next set of tyres will be 195/45R16.
The car is definetly slower off the mark now and you can feel the slowness even in braking. But the wife wants to keep them on anyway due to the improved handling. I have Spoon springs for this car but I put them on and couldn't get out of the driveway so they came back off (until we move house) Enough rambling, here are some pics.
The car looks so much better from the rear now, very Merc A Class with the nice wide rubber.
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