View Poll Results: Which rims do you like most?
Volk LE37T
26
30.59%
Volk SF Challenge
15
17.65%
Buddy Club P1 Racing II
11
12.94%
OZ Canyon 2
5
5.88%
OZ Crono
10
11.76%
5Zigen 5ZR Copse
6
7.06%
5Zigen Hyper 5ZR
12
14.12%
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Originally posted by RotorMotor
Here's an interesting post about wheel weights:
http://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/1032814.phtml
Here's an interesting post about wheel weights:
http://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/1032814.phtml
A 10 lb reduction of wheel/tire weight will result in a total overall apparent effect of reducing vehicle weight by about 65 lbs and at absolute maximum, 80 lbs.
Still - even a couple of pounds is noticeable on a Miata - both on acceleration and ride/responsiveness. That said - going with 19s that are significantly lighter than the OEM 18s is not a bad tradeoff at all! :D
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Gordon
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Congrats "rotormotor" on the new rims.
Im considering 19" volks ,but I was wondering about handling.
Is their a substantial differance ,positive or negitive by running the stagered set-up?
For me handling is where its at .Dont get me wrong, the volks I think are a perfect complement to the rx-8.
thanx for any replys in advance
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Im considering 19" volks ,but I was wondering about handling.
Is their a substantial differance ,positive or negitive by running the stagered set-up?
For me handling is where its at .Dont get me wrong, the volks I think are a perfect complement to the rx-8.
thanx for any replys in advance
---04 nordic green 6speed gran tour pak----
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Hammy, I can't honestly say that I've noticed a difference in handling, positive or negative yet, but I haven't had a chance to really push the car since I've put the new wheels on yet either. If anything, I expect better grip with the wider wheels all the way around. Haven't noticed much of a change in acceleration either, but I didn't expect to. I mean, it would be so minute a change that you'd at best need a real track timer/accelerometer to know that the difference was there.
I think you're referring to Redshift's staggered setup comment. He's talking about having different offsets on the front and rear wheels (correct me if I'm wrong Redshift) and some recommendations that other people were making. I don't have a staggered setup on my car so I can't answer your question.
I think you're referring to Redshift's staggered setup comment. He's talking about having different offsets on the front and rear wheels (correct me if I'm wrong Redshift) and some recommendations that other people were making. I don't have a staggered setup on my car so I can't answer your question.
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Rotormotor, thanx for the info, I missunderstood the "staggered set-up"
Are you going to roll the lip for when you lower you 're rx-8? I read about "vividracing" sugesting to do it?
If so whats the best way to do it?
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Are you going to roll the lip for when you lower you 're rx-8? I read about "vividracing" sugesting to do it?
If so whats the best way to do it?
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I read about it on their web page and I think I also saw it somewhere on this forum as well. I look around for it
http://www.vividracing.com/index.php...=Project%20RX8
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