Re: tires and rim size

[Stewart MacLund <sundie@lunaticfringe.org>]

Personally, i wouldn't go any bigger than 16", becxause when you lower the car,
you're going to have massive wheel rub...

As for s;lowing the car... Yeah, basic physic says you won't put as much power
down to the ground with a larger rim.... if the tire height is constant...

The trick is to get a larger rim, then go with a shorter tire.  So basically, you
have the same circumference of tire you started with, although much stiffer, since
you've taken off 1" of rubber.

SUndie...

DESEOSA@aol.com wrote:

> > I know what you mean. I don't ever want to look like I'm racing, I want to
> > smoke people without it looking like I tried. :)>>
> Exactly!
>
> Um, this seems to be a controversial subject other places, but when I get new
> tires I'd like to get new rims.  With a quality tire like Michellin, will 17"
> rims slow the car?  I like the look of bigger rims, but I've heard conflicting
> opinions about 17"/18" rims. Some say for best performance use 16". Others say
> it doesn't matter as long as they don't rub.....