increasing wheel weights
#21
Originally Posted by eSeM,Apr 27 2007, 08:53 AM
Go try it ..... you will get a shock.
Bigger wheels also tend to be wider. As most of the weight in a tyre is the steel under the tread an extra 1" on the width will add a few lbs.
Bigger wheels also tend to be wider. As most of the weight in a tyre is the steel under the tread an extra 1" on the width will add a few lbs.
#23
It's like having lead-filled tyres; the car reacts worse to bumps, crashes more into potholes.
The gyroscopic forces mess up the steering and turn-in.
It's like wearing heavy boots and if I'm surprised, if you have mechanical sympathy you cannot imagine the effects; or is that just me?
In the long run, the extra loadings will trash the wheelbearings/bushes and the shell will lose rigidity.
Why do you want to change the wheels - to select different tyres?
The gyroscopic forces mess up the steering and turn-in.
It's like wearing heavy boots and if I'm surprised, if you have mechanical sympathy you cannot imagine the effects; or is that just me?
In the long run, the extra loadings will trash the wheelbearings/bushes and the shell will lose rigidity.
Why do you want to change the wheels - to select different tyres?
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Thanks guy's for all the input
as I wanted new wheels for looks only but did not wan't to mess up the feel of the car and don't want to pay the price for correct size, offset and weight I have decided to stick to the OEM wheels for another year (just bought new rear tyres)
as I wanted new wheels for looks only but did not wan't to mess up the feel of the car and don't want to pay the price for correct size, offset and weight I have decided to stick to the OEM wheels for another year (just bought new rear tyres)
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