18's or 19's?

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Sep 15, 2007 | 09:05 AM

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diehlryan

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RE: 18's or 19's?

I went 18x8's and I believe they are 5-6lbs lighter than stock but the tires were all aboutone lbmore. Heres my car not lowered (obviously.)

Sep 15, 2007 | 10:47 AM

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themysteryman83

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RE: 18's or 19's?

diehlryan, that's the cleanest one i've seen yet. Those rims look great. Again could benefit from a drop but still looks good. What's the tires you got on there?

Sep 15, 2007 | 11:39 AM

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cincyTT

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RE: 18's or 19's?

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ORIGINAL: Mobius97

Also 19's don't equal slowness (depends really on what you are trying to accomplish). There is always a trade off. At first it may take more energy to move the larger diameter rim but it takes less energy to substain it.

You would have to take a hug amount of weight off 19's compared to 17's to have them even comparable.

Example: My lancer with stock 15's my car was about .3-4sec faster in the 1/4 with 195 width tires over my 18's that weighed 3-5lbs overall less than the 15's and had far better tires (stock yokahamas vs toyo t1-s) and 225 width tires