Re: wheels go round and they look pretty

[Joe Mann <joem@pswtech.com>]

Zeek,

I agree with John.  You are liable to have more headaches in the future with 17"
wheels and not that big of a performance gain over the 16". Unless your going to
start running autocross, i wouldn't worry to much about the 17" wheels.  The
17"s may be more difficult to mount than the 16"s. And the tires will most
likely be more expensive and difficult to find.

I would like to go to 16" wheels, but I keep thinking about the fact that I paid
$72 a piece for Pirelli P700Zs for the stock tire size.  Hey, I'll let you drive
my Pirellied GLX next week, and you can form you own opinion.

Joe

zeek the geek wrote:

> do you read 'the golf' magazine?
> they're on the cover of the january issue.
> a silver Mk1 GTI is sporting them. also
> check out the ads from "autopart" located
> in holland. they advertise every month
> and always have a photo of the RNs next
> to the RXs.
>
> thanks for the comment on the 17" wheels
> and keep them coming! i don't want to
> regret them after spending all that dough!
>
> _____________________
> spank me hard- REAL hard
> > Question: The tirerack doesn't have RNs, so I don't know what they look
> > like.  Can you point me to a picture?  (I'm aimed towards the RXs myself.)
> >
> > Comment: The opinions that I have gotten are that while you get a big
> > performance gain from 15 to 16, the gain from 16 to 17 is minimal, and
> > that the dangers you run with such small sidewalls of wheel damage are too
> > great.
> >