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Offline tony_danza

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How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« on: January 04, 2013, 03:27:07 pm »
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2013, 03:43:44 pm »
But grip and braking efficiency were improved, with the only real negatives being mpg and sprint times. As well as the obvious cost and comfort differential!  :happy2:

Not as drastic a change as i thought we would see to be honest.
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2013, 03:47:20 pm »
17s and slicks FTW!
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2013, 03:48:12 pm »
So 17s for acceleration and 18s for slightly more grip and better looks, with hardly any reduction in ride comfort.
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2013, 03:48:22 pm »
much prefered running my golf on 19".... car felt more stable and handled better. Was probably marginally slower, but its not always a race to get where you want to go.
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2013, 05:41:59 pm »
Weight depends on the type of wheel too - you can get larger wheels which are much lighter nowadays.
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2013, 06:15:22 pm »
Meh...  :booty:

My 19" Ultraleggera's weigh 20.4 lbs or 9.2 kgs each  :happy2:
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2013, 06:56:23 pm »
Pretty sure we can all live with this, I know I certantly can - noooo way am I sacking of my 18's for crappy 16's again :)
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2013, 07:32:46 pm »
All valid points, if you choose well, you won't see much difference... I wasn't necessarily agreeing with the article.

However, a set of big heavy replicas - it shows how they can affect things.
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2013, 07:34:02 pm »
Quote from: tony_danza on January 04, 2013, 07:32:46 pm
All valid points, if you choose well, you won't see much difference... I wasn't necessarily agreeing with the article.

However, a set of big heavy replicas - it shows how they can affect things.

Thats the biggest problem with Reps, very heavy.
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2013, 10:48:26 pm »
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OEM genuine Monza 18's = 11kg each

OZ Alleggerita 18's = 8kg each
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2013, 11:03:33 pm »
basically means feck all in a road going car. I'd hazard a guess that a good deal of enthusiasts pouring over the mass of their wheels could shed more weight from the vehicle by eating fewer pies if they're in search of performance gains  :grin:
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2013, 11:04:58 pm »
Quote from: Frenzy on January 10, 2013, 11:03:33 pm
basically means feck all in a road going car. I'd hazard a guess that a good deal of enthusiasts pouring over the mass of their wheels could shed more weight from the vehicle by eating fewer pies if they're in search of performance gains  :grin:

True... but 20kg saving in total weight is very different to 5kg saving on each wheel.
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2013, 11:11:13 pm »
true as the mass on the wheels is unsprung vs. the tubby pie eater who is sprung, er if you get my drift  :chicken:

however i still come back to road going cars supposed to be doing road going speed limits, one isn't supposed to be searching for the apex on every left, or god forbid, right hand turn  :laugh:
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Re: How bigger wheels make your car rubbish - explained.
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2013, 11:45:41 pm »
Pretty interesting.

Another thing to consider is brakes. The larger size wheels aren't just for aesthetics, they usually fit round some decent size stoppers!
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