2000 SE on 20's
 

Would Max still need to be dropped if sitting on 20's? Or will it look a pick up truck not dropped? :rolleyes:

Does anybody know?

it would pretty much look like a 4x4...you would definitely have a lot of wheel gap..check my homepage for before and after pics..

I have seen a few Maxs on 20s w/o a drop, and they dont look great. If you get the 20s and still want a comfortable ride, you will probably want to go with H&R springs.

to each their own

i had 20's on mine and it looked fine (looked really good actually). ride was ok, but the handling and acceleration was terrible

On stock springs?

I think 19's iis the biggest that she should get. They look sweet, and there us actually some rubber on the tires. I wanted to get 19's, but got 18's due to the crappy roads here.

Why it accelerates slower on 20"? because of the weight of the rims? Which size of rims canhave best acceleration and handling? Thx

IMO, the only way you can have 20's is if you have asmall drop and a body kit (to make the car look lower). Other than that, you'll be another crossover SUV.

Yes, 20s are about twice the weight of the stock wheels depending on the brand.

Best acceleration is the smallest wheel that will fit around your rotors, probally 15". Auto cross people use small wheels and low profile tires. Best handeling and acceleration but not good for highway (as the diameter of the wheel is slower and higher RPMs needed for same speeds)

Everyone has their opinion but you have to find a compromise between speed and bling and budjet.

Forged wheels are lighter so you can get bigger wheels but they will cost you!

I think 17s are best for acceleration and handling but 19s are best for looks.

Do what you want as its your car!

See, I'm totally a noob on cars. From what I knew was the bigger the tires are, the faster you can run because the engine still makes the rod( not sure if that's the right way to call it, I mean to say the rod between 2 tires) rolls at the same rate, so bigger tires can go faster than small tires. That's what I thought it was. Can someone explain this to me? I got 16" , I thought my car can go from 0-60 in shorter time if I got 18"......duhhhhhhhhh

HP is a measure of how much weight can be moved a distance in an amount of time. For instance, 1 HP = 550 ft-lbs/s. This means 1HP can move 550lbs, 1ft in 1 second.

The heavier your car, the more HP required to move the same distance in the same amount of time. You have a set amount of HP. The larger rims equal more weight for the car. This means slower acceleration. The larger rims will give you a higher top end speed, but who will ever get the car going fast enough to notice any difference.

I understand what you said thx. 1 more question thou, does larger rims get you more horse power?

No...The HP comes from the engine. The 222HP quoted for the 3.0 is at the crank. So you are actually getting less than that at the tire, due to losses through the transfer of power from the crank to the wheel. The larger rims will only add weight to the car. The only way to add HP to the car is to make changes either in the efficiency of the engine or the efficiency of the transfer of power between the engine and the tires. You can look throughout the forum for a lot of mods people due to improve the HP. Things like a CAI (cold air intake) will improve power. There's quite a few different things you can do for this.

What you should always look at to determine acceleration is the HP/weight ratio. This is why a car with less HP could still beat you. It all depends on that ratio.

it'll look like hell without a drop. btw, you might as well just put on the same setup as T..max03. his is the only one i;ve seen on 20's that looks good.

only my opinion

:thumbsup: THX!!!! I got it now.

someone made a great analogy about wheel size. imagine a string with a small weight tied to the end. if you hold the string closer to the weight and twirl it less energy is required to get it spinning fast as opposing to holding the string say at the end and twirling it.....with that said I've got 18's because it looks sooo dang pretty:)

Nice analogy. Got it! Guess I'll still get 18" since that's better looking. I think the weight difference between 16 and 18 won't make my car goes hell lots slower... 18" STILL ON!!!!!!!!!!!!

Remember when you upgrade your wheels you want the same overall diameter. So if you go from 16s to 18s you need a shorter tire (smaller sidewall).

The weight of the wheel does more than adding weight on the car. Its all about rotational mass. A rough estimate is 1lb on a wheel is like 8lb in the car. (depends where the weight is located on the wheel, etc but lets simplfy)

This weight only affects your acceleration as it takes more to turn this wheel from a stop but once your up to speed it does not matter.