Austblue

Yeah I was interested. It's not too often that you see a white/red for sale and the kilometres looked good but I was concerned with how someone that'd put those wheels on it would treat it.

The guy that bought my MCB has put chrome 19s on it and drives like a tool apparently. I'm told that he's already had to replace the clutch and diff more than once

wilch

I'm of the opinion that 17's are nice, 18's are just right, and 19's are too big.

Pininfarina had a design rule that the roof height of the car must be less than the height of two of the cars wheels stacked on top of each other. (Stacked like an "8" that is). Apparently that makes the car look "in proportion".

qk2000

If you don't mind me asking, what year, km, and condition of car. I'm thinking of selling my car end of the year so this will give me a good indication of what the market is at the moment.

RedRover

Yes, but that's for designing the shape of the body AFTER the chassis, suspension & wheel size has been designed by the engineers!

In other words, Pininfarina might use that as a guideline for determining the roof height. They don't design the body first and then choose wheel size to fit that formula.

The correct way to determine wheel size is by precise engineering calculations that take into account chassis dimensions, power, weight, & suspension. To suggest that you should choose wheel size by "look" is just RICE.

wilch

Not sure if you were trying to bait me there for some flammage. But I agree RR. No argument here

The 18's my skyline wears are lighter than the stock 17's and 18's on HSV's, yet my car has more power than those cars.

If money were no object I'd suggest a nice set of 18" TE-37's would look pretty schmick on an s2k. They're lightweight too. Just near $6000 worth of lightweight wheel...

Also, the 2005 s2k comes with 17's. Yet retains the same chassis dimensions, power, weight, & suspension as the car it has superseded which was designed to wear 16's.....Is Honda ricing up their own cars??

fisting dwarves

19s = overkill

RedRover

NO, because they went with a low profile tyre so that the final overall diameter was approximately the same as the 16" with the normal tyres. They also adjusted the shocks & spring rates to match the new tyre size.

If you were to put on 18" wheels it would be impossible to make a tyre thin enough to retain the original diameter.

Until I hear some scientific evidence to the contrary (from a suitably qualified mechanical engineer or handling guru), I'm sticking with the position that 18" wheels would adversely affect the handling of an S2000.

CHUCKIE

18 inches is perfect for the S...19" hmmm...no

Austblue

Not looking anymore. I found a great buy at the right price and I can afford it but I think that I'm going to pass it up

I plan on travelling with work towards the end of the year so a 50k car sitting around wouldn't be the best move when it could go towards my (soon to be) mortgage.

I can afford to do both but if I travel then it'd be a waste of funds so as much as I want it, once again I can't justify it. If I'm relocated within Australia and it's still available I'll be on it

Sorry for the OT just had to vent a few tears.

RedRover

Where exactly might you go?