Diamond racing wheels
Aaron
Wagonist
So i really want to get a set of diamond racing wheels. I was thinking 14x7 or 14x8 with 5" backspacing (about -12 offset i think). What do you guys think? Im trying to improve my handling and get some thicker tires and smaller rims (i have 16s at the moment), what size tire would be good? Thanks for the help
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pure function is what im going for, not the hella flush look
They will fill the guards out, wont ruin the suspension geometry by radically changing the track of your car and will put heaps of tyre on the road.
You wont, thats what im saying.
That Civic you posted will handle like crap, big squishy sidewall, radically altered track etc awesome for drag racing but thats about it unless you spend a lot of time/money setting up camber, toe, height, spring rate, bound, rebound etc.
Also its only running 205 tyres, thats not overly big at all.
Being such a low offset most of the wheel is on the outside of the hub, so a lot of the force is being transferred onto your wheel bearings due to the altered angle.
It really isnt necessary to have the wheels sticking out that far as you arnt really gaining much/anything from it.
If you want a big footprint for added grip/function you really need to go for a wider wheel with less back spacing.
Something like this:
http://www.hondatuningmagazine.com/feat ... index.html
Thaaats Function, huge sticky tyres, well thought out suspension set up, no crazy camber to make wheels fit, not slammed so that suspension arm angles are at a good angle (pointing up is bad for handling). Perfect
a set. wanted something different with a little bit of a lip but nothing too crazy.
Civic HX wheels will be too narrow. Need to be able to get a decent width tyre on there.
The weight of the wheel changes stuff all with how fast your car is, I have a set of forged wheels for my Type R which are 2.8kg lighter per wheel than the OEM 98spec wheels and there is absolutely no difference in how the car feels at all.
Agreed that HX wheels wouldn't be the highest-performance option possible. They would still be pretty good with 195/60-14 tires, though. If going with Rotas(or similar), 195/50-15 or 205/50-15 should provide more feedback/steering response/better cornering... If the car is going to spend most of its time on the street, I'd personally rather have HX wheels and enjoy some smoothness that the taller side-wall 14" tires offer (but, I'm old and have a really long commute). Also, 14" tires are cheaper.
As for the effects of wheel/tire assembly weights - no fair, man, your car actually has lots of power! haha. Depending on what Aaron is rolling now, the potential is there to trim 4.5-7kg(10-15 lbs) per wheel or maybe even more. That's about as much weight reduction as removing the rear seats and the sound-deadening tar from the floors. Even better: it's not dead weight being removed, it's rotating mass. If we're talking about a stock 88-91 Civic with 88 horses, that would make a BIG difference.
Are you competing at nats?
No?
then you dont need 6UL's
lols.
OUCH that hurt....
i love my dr's
For the average autox entrant they are overkill.
I'd love to have them on my CRX but i'd hate to be "that guy" .
they come in numerous sizes and offsets and are super light and still fit good in your wallet. i HATE the wheel with a passion because every fan boy and their mom buys them to look like a racer, but if you are actually going to track your car, i'd suggest those.
lol sorry man that's just how I feel. Your fitment isn't bad so that helps. I'm just so tired of seeing -100 degrees of camber to get a wheel to fit. It's basically became an internet bragging contest to see who can get the lowest offset and the car's appearance suffers for it.
Its all good. I can a will.do more positive camber. And I gotta do a better measure on height. But dam ur real low. Wht have u done to clear the a arms. I still hit on mine