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yes and no..... the larger rim puts a larger percentage of weight further from the axle, increasing moment of inertia. hard to explain, but think of a figure skater; with the arms out they spin slower, arms in and they speed up. With the same input rotational force, putting more mass toward the center will make it easier to spin.

I'm sure there is some loss in the 15" to 17" wheel. I have some cheapo 17's on my car now, i don't notice much change, and even though the outside diameter is the same 215/40R17 to the stock 15" size which keeps my speedo right on, you can't get an 18" rim with the same OD as the stock 15" size. So, the larger tire is going to do two things, increase moment of inertia.... AND effectively gear the car up. normal driving you'd likely not notice much difference, but if you compared track times, the smaller wheels win.

My concern is that I didn't want to take the "fun" out of the beams with 18" rims by hurting it's acceleration too much from heavy oversized wheels even though they look outstanding on the car

Getting back to the thread, The reason I asked Timmy about your current wheels is I couldn't tell if they were 17's or 18's. In any case they look good, but if they were 18's I was hoping you could shed some light on how maybe the car felt different after 18" addition.

In any case, I think any of the above choices will flow NICELY with your car

Yea they are MSR's, now that I look at them though, they arevery similar to Konig lacs, just without a lip.

I noticed an increase of heft at the steering wheel going from stock 185/70/14 to 225/45/17. I realize now I chose too much tire, next size I will try is 215/40 or 205/40. Regardless, unsprung weight is indeed noticeable, especially with heavy wheels like mine.

Thats alot of rim an tire on a st lol
Your running tc rims right? Get rid of those an get a different set of 17s youll barely noticeca difference
Atleast that how the coupe was going from the tc rims to a different set of 17s
It was a night an day difference

Yeah, I'll be doing 205/40/17 next time I get tires.

Yeah I'm running 205/45 on my 17's ATM. Will probably get similar and run some stretch on my new ones. Might go with some Enjei Rpf1's and keep it clean.

I'm not overly concerned about a small power loss ATM haha.

That's what I rock.

This post has been edited by mak5603: Apr 24, 2012 - 9:14 PM

Minus the thought on rims, new camera rig shots.




New indicators soon though

This post has been edited by Timmyface: Aug 4, 2012 - 6:15 AM

LONGER POLEZZZ!

I love your pictures, they really look like you are going at high speed with a relatively low shutter speed. Awesome car!!!!!

Extenze?

Love the new photos!

It's hard to find/transport a 4m pole haha. And I'm not too sure on eb tending it and keeping it all rigid. It isn't really sterdy enough as it is but they came out alright for first go

wow man that shot really makes the car look incredible. nice job.

@RabidTRD: I has a parcel waiting when I get home from work, wonder what it is!

What i'm leaning towards now

Yes and yes.

RPF01's?

Yep, what Chu think? Haha