Hello Everyone,

I have a few questions.

Right now I have 225 Rear tires.. Which I be leave is stock sized. If I up the size of the tire and get some new rims will I loose or gain handling? Whats the Best RIMS for handling? Or is Stock Best? How Wide of a Tire should I go?

If anyone has pictures of there s2k with rims / wider tires I would like to see.

Also.

Rotors. Drilled / Slotted or Stock? (Road Driving no Track)

How can I make my Brake Calipers red? Do I paint them or do I get new ones..

If paint. what kind of paint should I use? Anyone have pictures of painted Calipers?



Thank You

 

I'm not sure how increasing wheel size will directly affect handling, besides increasing unsprung weight, but a wider tire than Honda recommends will likely increase the tendency to understeer. However, one or two sizes wider shouldn't be a big deal. I'm running 225s in the front of my AP2--stock is 215.

Functionally, stock rotors are best. Drilled look cooler, but are prone to stress fractures under repeated heavy loads. If you don't plan on tracking the car, either will suffice so go with whatever you think looks best.

Brake calipers can be painted with paint formulated to deal with the high temperatures of the braking system.

 

[QUOTE=fryetech,Jun 26 2009, 06:30 AM]Hello Everyone,

I have a few questions.

Right now I have 225 Rear tires.. Which I be leave is stock sized. If I up the size of the tire and get some new rims will I loose or gain handling?

 

Tire make/model is much more important for good handling than size. Lightweight rims are better than heavier, but tire make/model (and then size) are more important for outright grip. Stock AP1 or AP2 rims are pretty decent (not superlightweight, but not too too heavy) and they have the right offsets, and they're cheap. With AP2 rears all around (you have to machine the center bores to mount rears up front to do this) can handle 245/40-17 fronts and 255/40-17's in back with no mods, or even 255's all around (might rub though).

If you keep the AP1 wheels, the best/stickiest tires you can get are only available in stock sizes. There are wider (245/45-16) tires available, but they won't handle as well as Dunlop Star Specs or B'stone RE-11's in the stock AP1 sizes (205/55-16 F, 225/50-16 R). If you go to 17's, there is a bigger selection in tire make/model and width. But on the street, you won't see much real-world benefit to handling going to bigger/wider tires.

Rotors: Centrics are semi-reasonable $$$ and are fine for road or track use. Stock is also fine.

Don't paint stock floating calipers RED. That's only barely better than the guys who paint the rear drum brakes on their old V6 Camaros RED

 

Increasing wheel size does not always increase unsprung weight. 95% of the time its true, but iirc there are some 17s that are lighter than AP1 wheels.

For rotors I'd say stock, but cryo-treat them.

They have caliper paint if you want red calipers.

 

Great.. I got all the Info I need talk you so much.