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I'm curious if anyone has had any experience with these wheels, and why they are so inexpensive? I've been looking for some 03' rims to mount snow tires on, but for this price I may just go ahead and mount the snow tires on my OEM rims, by these in an 18' and mount performance tires on them.
I've used ADR rims for snow tires before (for almost 5 winters). They are cheap because they are not a high quality rim. The paint on the centers will peel off in big flakes. The backside is not well protected and will get badly corroded with winter's salt and crud. They take quite a bit of weight to balance them well and they don't resist nicks and mild rubs very well. However, for the price, I thought they were a great looking wheel. Mine were 16" X 7" with 44mm offset, cost $95.00 Cdn each. Offset wasn't great but worked well for snow tires in the stock sizes. A much better alternative to getting black steel wheels that aren't the exact fit either.
Originally Posted by S2K 4 ME,Dec 18 2005, 08:49 PM
... by these in an 18' and mount performance tires on them.
For the record, you should avoid wheels without a stagger if you plan to be using them as your performance set. If you limit yourself to a 7.5" wheel on the rear, you're limiting yourself to about a 225 mm wide tire on the rear, and then you really should run something narrower than that in the front to maintain proper handling balance. You'd want to read the sticky about tire sizes and pick accordingly.
For the record, you should avoid wheels without a stagger if you plan to be using them as your performance set. If you limit yourself to a 7.5" wheel on the rear, you're limiting yourself to about a 225 mm wide tire on the rear, and then you really should run something narrower than that in the front to maintain proper handling balance. You'd want to read the sticky about tire sizes and pick accordingly.
ADRs are not going to make a good "performance" rim for the reasons I stated. They are not of high quality and may not take the stress of performance driving. The balance alone, may be a huge issue.
For the record, you should avoid wheels without a stagger if you plan to be using them as your performance set. If you limit yourself to a 7.5" wheel on the rear, you're limiting yourself to about a 225 mm wide tire on the rear, and then you really should run something narrower than that in the front to maintain proper handling balance. You'd want to read the sticky about tire sizes and pick accordingly.
I'd definatly stagger them, I was just using that ebay sale as a reference.
Since we're on the subject, I've read the fitment guides above and understand that I have 7' wides in the front and 8 1/2' wide rims in the back, but I didnt see anything about what the offset is on the OEM rims, what is it???
For the record, you should avoid wheels without a stagger if you plan to be using them as your performance set. If you limit yourself to a 7.5" wheel on the rear, you're limiting yourself to about a 225 mm wide tire on the rear, and then you really should run something narrower than that in the front to maintain proper handling balance. You'd want to read the sticky about tire sizes and pick accordingly.
ADR Wheels
ADRs are not going to make a good "performance" rim for the reasons I stated. They are not of high quality and may not take the stress of performance driving. The balance alone, may be a huge issue.
