S2000 with 19's?
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Originally Posted by LoudMusic' date='Feb 21 2005, 08:47 PM
Physics says with bigger wheels you'll get a higher top end speed but have more trouble at lower speeds. It's more difficult to turn them even if they weigh the same, and they weigh more. So it's more stress on your engine and the rest of the drivetrain.
The benefits are the looks of the car and a smooth ride ... assuming you don't use ultra low profile tires. And if you do use low profiles then you're not getting a smoother ride. So it's all about looks.
Does it really look that much better?
The benefits are the looks of the car and a smooth ride ... assuming you don't use ultra low profile tires. And if you do use low profiles then you're not getting a smoother ride. So it's all about looks.
Does it really look that much better?
on top of that, larger wheels have larger rotational inertia, harder to accelerate, harder to stop.
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stock S2000 wheels= 16.5lbs front/17.6lbs rear FYI
and rolling diameter does factor into "it", but 19's are all sorts of wrong for anything but a show S2000
and rolling diameter does factor into "it", but 19's are all sorts of wrong for anything but a show S2000
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
type in 205/55/16 or 225/50/16 (stock tires) and then compare to 215/35/19........... what does it say for diameter??? Looks like 24.9" for stock tires and 24.9" for 19's. So I guess 19's can't be that many sorts of wrong........
Thanks for actually reading and not jumpin to conclusions 850glt
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S2k4me: That car is pimpin!! Love those rims on there!!
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you're correct, those weights are without tires. however, last I checked, tires don't weigh in at 20lbs+ a piece If you want to continue to convince yourself that large diameter, heavy rims are well suited to a small sports car, be my guest, it's your money and your car 
If you want to continue to convince yourself that large diameter, heavy rims are well suited to a small sports car, be my guest, it's your money and your car
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Originally Posted by bahula03' date='Feb 21 2005, 09:22 PM
you're correct, those weights are without tires. however, last I checked, tires don't weigh in at 20lbs+ a piece If you want to continue to convince yourself that large diameter, heavy rims are well suited to a small sports car, be my guest, it's your money and your car
If you want to continue to convince yourself that large diameter, heavy rims are well suited to a small sports car, be my guest, it's your money and your car So rim + tire is close to 40lbs.
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you are correct on the stock tire weight, putting wheel weight at about 36-39lbs. However, 19" s-03s weigh between 28 and 33lbs...plus lets say 18lbs a wheel (assume they're nice, light wheels) and you're at around 50lbs per wheel. Also consider that most 19's weigh a lot more than 18lbs
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I'm not understanding some of the posts that are being made, correct me if I'm wrong, but when you purchase a larger rim, you get a tire that is thinner than the one you were riding on previously, therefore keeping the diameter the same as to when you were riding on a smaller rim. I'm wondering now how that would screw up the calibration of your spedometer/odometer (milage as somebody posted before) ? Wouldn't the speed/odometer only be screwed up if you were to buy a wheel that was either larger or smaller than the wheel originally designed for/calibrated for your vehicle?
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