Light weight, nice looking, affordable wheels, Do they exist |
Light weight, nice looking, affordable wheels, Do they exist |
Oct 21, 2009 - 6:44 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Lake Orion, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
Imagine my shock and surprise to find Gramlights going for $4k a set with rubber on The Ebays... can anyone think of some low cost, low weight rims that will look good on our cars?
Cheers - -------------------- -Mike
mjcoury@gmail.com Team Reynolds Style Celica Blog Celica Wiki It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. |
Sep 21, 2010 - 2:51 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 24, '08 From Orange County, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 33 (100%) |
15" haha please. we've all already established that 16x7 rims with 215/45R16 tires will be the best setup. period!!!
This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 21, 2010 - 2:53 AM -------------------- Group buy to replicate Narrow E series transaxle parts
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Oct 24, 2010 - 3:41 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From Lake Orion, MI Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
15" haha please. we've all already established that 16x7 rims with 215/45R16 tires will be the best setup. period!!! Can you elaborate on this? Or is Manny going to have to close another thread due to my Negative and Skeptical nature?! -------------------- -Mike
mjcoury@gmail.com Team Reynolds Style Celica Blog Celica Wiki It will take him a moment to realize that he's about to make a 180 degree turn at speed, but you will be ready for it. Brace for the g's, and fast heel-toe work. |
Oct 26, 2010 - 2:04 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
15" haha please. we've all already established that 16x7 rims with 215/45R16 tires will be the best setup. period!!! Can you elaborate on this? Or is Manny going to have to close another thread due to my Negative and Skeptical nature?! 16" wheels will give you the best weight to tire wall ratio. What this means is a 14" rim will have thick monster truck rubber tire where as a larger 18" rim will have thin rubber band tire to keep the wheel diameter the same. In general the best set up for our celica is a 16" rim. The 16" rim are relatively light, and they give you an aggressive thin tire side wall while keeping wheel diameter the same. However when your racing in 24 hour LeMons, and your not allowed to invest in horse power or brakes. The only advantage you can gain is in reducing weight, especially rotating mass. If you have not notice, a smaller rims will always be lighter then a larger rim. That is why most hybrid cars come with ugly 14" rims. There are some cases where that is not true, but that involves using exotic carbon fiber. For qatar11 event that is not feasible. There is also an added bonus of using a smaller rims and thin tires as it lowering your gearing. On most race tracks the Celica will never reach top speed, so lowering your gear ratio my be beneficial. The last bonus of using smaller rims are cheaper tires. So are 16" rims the best for our celica? yes Is it the best rim for racing. no... |
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