20,19 or 18 inch rims

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10-24-2005, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank Fontaine

The thing that's more hilarious is that in the last 4 years, the typical car, not only performance, has had their rim diameter go up by 2". That's Hyundai, Kia, Maxima, BMW, Porsche, etc. Yet even today people are arguing that the car is slowed down by a larger rim. They try to cite physics, but didn't go to MIT or Stanford for applied physics. So with all this debate ranging on, the car cos. still have gone to a 18-20" rim, with 16-17 being a thing of the past!

and you are an MIT grad?

sit down.

10-25-2005, 06:53 PM

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what kind of rim are you folks looking into 18-20" rims. large rims sound heavy for your car.

10-25-2005, 06:59 PM

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buuuuuuuuump

10-25-2005, 07:04 PM

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buuuuuuuuump

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I thought this **** was illegal ... or was that only in the 5g forums ...

10-25-2005, 07:19 PM

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Get 18's 20's are expensive and heavy, that means lost of power and you use more gas.

10-25-2005, 09:42 PM

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LOL how the hell are you gonna put 20 in giovannas on a max! that must look stupid as HELLLLLLLL. waste of cash...and good job slowing down ur max

10-27-2005, 02:57 AM

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Larger diameter rims are not automatically heavier

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Originally Posted by joew

what kind of rim are you folks looking into 18-20" rims. large rims sound heavy for your car.

Huh? 18" - 20" rims sound heavy?

I got 18" rims and I SPECIFICALLY looked for rims that would be no heavier than stock rims.

Yeah, if you get those rediculous BLING BLING rims, they'll be heavier but there are a ton of good racing rims out there in the 18" - 20" range that are not heavy at all.

Just because the rims have a larger diameter does not mean they are automatically going to be heavier than stock rims.