Nealoc187

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Guess what I just found guys, the 15" wheels off the Mazda Millenia, both the 9 and 12 spoke version, weigh in at a featherweight 11.5 lbs. And they have the same bolt pattern as the Maxima too.

It just so happens that my roommate happens to own a Millenia with said wheels, and he uses them for winter (he has 17s for summer). He is willing to trade straight up for my 15" alloys which I use in winter. The Millenia wheels are a little narrow at 15x6" but I think I'll probably be able to mount a slick on them.

So what do you think, use 15x6" 11.5 pound Millenia wheels as drag wheels and sell my Kosei 15s or use the 15x7" 13.5 lb Kosei K1s which I've purchased and mount slicks on those.

Opinions?

Craig Mack

Are they REALLY 11 pounds?? OEM steelies are usually around 20 lbs. each for 15's...why the heck would Mazda make 11lb. rims for their Millenia?? That seems very costly..

But if it's all true, then use them definatally, even though 6 inches wide is very slim.

Nealoc187

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Yes they really are 11.5 lbs according to wheelweights.net and guys on the Integra Type R forum at honda-tech.com. Those guys over there don't F around, they go with what works. I did some searching and found out that Millenia wheels are in very high demand in the Type R community, since they are the so light, not bad looking, and cheap. BTW they aren't steelies they are alloy, both the 9 spoke version and 12 spoke version are within .5 lbs of eachother (one of them being 11.5 lbs, I haven't figured out which yet.)

matt calder

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I would sell your 15 in kosei's so you can make some money and keep the millenia rims. I would think that the 12 spoke would weigh more than the 9 spoke rims.

dwapenyi

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A 15x6 rim that weighs nearly nothing should be awesome for dragging! The fact that it is 6" wide is good, not bad. Less rotational mass, and, I can't quite describe it, but a 6" rim with a 205/65/15 tire will have the sidewalls at more of an angle than a 6.5" or 7" rim. That should really help in making your tires stick when lauching b/c they'll be more flexible. You only need wide rims when cornering. Who corners in the 1/4 mile?

If you're auto-xing, then get 7" wide rims or better.

DW

Newman

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sure they're light but you wont have that much rubber on the road to help with traction.

dwapenyi, i think you just said why 6" is good but i didnt really understand the post. im thinking a slightly heavier, slightly wider wheel would be better but i have nothing to base this on. just my intuition.

dwapenyi

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If you look at dragsters, look at the wheels delivering the power, the more power they make, the tinier the wheels get. But the rubber gets HUGE,WIDE AND STICKY

DW

Nismo87SE

Hmm if that is the case I have a friend that has his old stockers in the garage since he got the bling bling rims. I know my sister's mx6 wheels (rim+tires) weigh 35lbs just like my B14 SE-R rims do.

Newman

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yeah, that makes sense but what i was saying was: since the rims are so narrow you can only mount a certain width of tire on them, thus not having a lot of tire touching the ground for traction. with the 15 x 6 he could only have 205 tires on there. if they were 15 x 7 he could have 225 or even 235. i know he cant change the width of the rims he has but i was just saying that it might be more valuable to have a wider rim even though it might be slightly heavier.

Jime

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M/T 22x8x15 Slicks are the smallest 15" slick they make and they recommend a 7 inch rim. That why I went out and bought 7" rims. Put em on smaller ones and you are going to end up with a smaller patch to run on.

MardiGrasMax

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I second this.

Nealoc187

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So do you guys feel that mounting a slick on this wheel would not be possible? I see alot of hondas with stock steelies on the front, and they have slicks mounted. I don't imagine the stock steeliers are any wider than 6"

dwapenyi

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True, but since most draggers seems to keep their tire pressure lower than recommended, rim size rule should be moot as well. Rims size rule mostly applies to cornering. I wonder what Don in TX had mounted on his Max. I heard he had really tiny rims up front to help achieve his wickedly fast 1/4 mile time.

DW

MardiGrasMax

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Most of the Honda guys use 14"

Call Mickey Thompson and talk to them about it.