I'm a ricer.
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I'm a ricer.
http://www.nlmotoring.com/XXR-531-Wheels-s/1674.htm
15x8 +20 fronts
16x8 +0 rears
205/50/15 Falken AST's for the front
205/50/16 Falken AST's for the rear
Ordered. Hopefully these will help improve mpg over the 225/45/15 NT01 235/60/15 MT Drag radial combo.
Discuss why I suck at life.
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stagger is not a legtimate answer. 205/50/15 and 205/50/16 will both have a 6.9" tread width.
if the goal is MPG, I don't understand putting a bigger heavier tire on the rear. If anything you'd want to fit 185s on it, strech them, then call yourself a ricer, but in the back of your mind realize that the narrower tire has less rolling resistance and probably the best best at getting lower mpgs.
that huge rear tire is just going to look odd as ---- if it even fits, and your speedo is going to be off by close to 10mph...so when you think you're doing 60mph you'll be nearly at 70mph...eventually youll forget, getr a speeding ticket, and/or again, negate any mpg benefits.
if the goal is MPG, I don't understand putting a bigger heavier tire on the rear. If anything you'd want to fit 185s on it, strech them, then call yourself a ricer, but in the back of your mind realize that the narrower tire has less rolling resistance and probably the best best at getting lower mpgs.
that huge rear tire is just going to look odd as ---- if it even fits, and your speedo is going to be off by close to 10mph...so when you think you're doing 60mph you'll be nearly at 70mph...eventually youll forget, getr a speeding ticket, and/or again, negate any mpg benefits.
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The stagger is RETARDED.
I know because I rocked a set of 15x7f 16x8r for a few months a long time ago.
Your car will handle like absolute horseshit. Seriously. Not only handle, but "feel" like it too.
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Otherwise those wheels are actually quite nice looking. I would definitely rock them (in a non-retarded stagger configuration).
Good luck, but I'd seriously revise the order to a square setup
I know because I rocked a set of 15x7f 16x8r for a few months a long time ago.
Your car will handle like absolute horseshit. Seriously. Not only handle, but "feel" like it too.
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Otherwise those wheels are actually quite nice looking. I would definitely rock them (in a non-retarded stagger configuration).
Good luck, but I'd seriously revise the order to a square setup
#12
You do realize those wheels are severely back ordered, right?
http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=52729
The CR guys ordered them in December.
http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=52729
The CR guys ordered them in December.
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I think he has successfully failed at EVERYTHING with this configuration:
mpg fail
looks fail
handling fail
practicality fail
Seriously, its like a perfect example of when "everything is wrong"
I'm completely serious: get something like 16x6.5 with a 185 tire to keep diameter at maximum but width and weight at minimum.
Or buy a prius.
mpg fail
looks fail
handling fail
practicality fail
Seriously, its like a perfect example of when "everything is wrong"
I'm completely serious: get something like 16x6.5 with a 185 tire to keep diameter at maximum but width and weight at minimum.
Or buy a prius.
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Taller gives more contact patch also. I was going to do a 225/50/15, but was afraid it'd be too tall (like the current tire on the car) at 24.9 inches. If they suck that bad, they'll just go up in a blaze of a burnout.
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what's the weight difference between the 15x8 and 16x8? the tires are already ~2 lbs heavier each.
also for reference, this is a 225/50/15 in the rear and 205/50/15 in teh front:
so your 205/60/15 is going to be just a touch taller than that rear tire.
and IIRC, it barely cleared the tire well and rubbed ever so slightly up front:
also for reference, this is a 225/50/15 in the rear and 205/50/15 in teh front:
so your 205/60/15 is going to be just a touch taller than that rear tire.
and IIRC, it barely cleared the tire well and rubbed ever so slightly up front: