Wheel weight Sticky?

[kngrsll]

Can we get a wheel weight sticky? Or incorperate that into another thread? I found the stock weights for my MR-S wheels and my new wheels:

Stock Toyota MR-S wheels: 15.2 lbs Front (15x6.5 +45) and 14.6 lbs Rear (15x6 +45)

Team Dynamics 15x7 +25 13.2 lbs Each

[scape]

out of curiousity, does having wider rims upfront change the handling any?

[Tamago]

out of curiousity, does having wider rims upfront change the handling any?

i ran the same wheels as ken on my corolla, and did not notice a difference, since i had the same size tires front and rear.

[kngrsll]

out of curiousity, does having wider rims upfront change the handling any?

that probably depends on who you ask. If you want to get super technical, then yeah, it probably has a MINOR influence on how the car drives. In reality, it is probably so small, you cant detect it. The reason i have seen offset wheels on a FWD car was to run a WIDER front tire usually (like a 205 or 225 Front, and a 195 Rear tire; in fact the very first type R's ran this set up alot in Japan.) So you can do that, and make up for it in spring rate, damper settings, so on.

So why did i do? Because i am a cheap bastard. I got the wheels from a friend for free (i'm actually still "borrowing" them.) They are super light for stock wheels, and they look factory, like it is a Yaris-R model or something, and i like that.

The tire size is the same on the front and rear, and so the influence that wheel width has on handling is gone. So it will drive the exact same if i had the same size around or not. So basically, i am running two sizes for no other reason than that these wheels were free to me. You can't even tell by driving it, or looking at it. These are great wheels, i have thought about finding another set actually. I was going to use the wider ones for track tires (15x6.5), and the smaller ones (15x6) for street tires.

[Tamago]

that probably depends on who you ask. If you want to get super technical, then yeah, it probably has a MINOR influence on how the car drives. In reality, it is probably so small, you cant detect it. The reason i have seen offset wheels on a FWD car was to run a WIDER front tire usually (like a 205 or 225 Front, and a 195 Rear tire; in fact the very first type R's ran this set up alot in Japan.) So you can do that, and make up for it in spring rate, damper settings, so on.

So why did i do? Because i am a cheap bastard. I got the wheels from a friend for free (i'm actually still "borrowing" them.) They are super light for stock wheels, and they look factory, like it is a Yaris-R model or something, and i like that.

The tire size is the same on the front and rear, and so the influence that wheel width has on handling is gone. So it will drive the exact same if i had the same size around or not. So basically, i am running two sizes for no other reason than that these wheels were free to me. You can't even tell by driving it, or looking at it. These are great wheels, i have thought about finding another set actually. I was going to use the wider ones for track tires (15x6.5), and the smaller ones (15x6) for street tires.

keep an eye out for the 16's ! remember in 2003 toyota went to a 16X6.5 iirc for the rear

[kngrsll]

i ran the same wheels as ken on my corolla, and did not notice a difference, since i had the same size tires front and rear.

uh, what he said, in a few more words LOL

[kngrsll]

keep an eye out for the 16's ! remember in 2003 toyota went to a 16X6.5 iirc for the rear

i think they would look really good for a street wheel. they weigh so little too!

[scape]

i read that staggering the front to be wider is not a good idea regarding insurance and police- here in the states...too bad b/c it seems like a good idea

[kngrsll]

i read that staggering the front to be wider is not a good idea regarding insurance and police- here in the states...too bad b/c it seems like a good idea

they would never notice. The tires are the same size, so you arent really staggering anymore.

[scape]

i meant more of staggering the tires themselves, but your right the rims would be mostly unnoticeable

[Tamago]

staggering FTW!

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1222/picture009n.jpg

[scape]

ahh so it's common?

[kngrsll]

i dunno, those v-dub kids do crazy things

[Tamago]

that's a PURE autocross setup :D

285/30/18's front, 245/35/18's rear

[Morgan]

keep an eye out for the 16's ! remember in 2003 toyota went to a 16X6.5 iirc for the rear

2nd gen spyders have the 15/16 stagger

[Tamago]

2nd gen spyders have the 15/16 stagger

ah, so 2002 :) my mistake

[Tamago]

on topic:

TR motorsports C1 15X8 +20, 13.5lbs

[Morgan]

ah, so 2002 :) my mistake

and for the record they do fit staggered on a yaris with 205/40 :smile:

[kngrsll]

and for the record they do fit staggered on a yaris with 205/40 :smile:

pics? they look great on my car, curious to see them. i think the way to go is get two sets, and split them for duty, track/street with some bolt on spacers.

[Morgan]

my bf had an 04 spyder with hankook rs2s and he let me borrow the wheels to see what I could squeeze under my fenders - never got pics before he traded the car in

[supmet]

http://www.wheelweights.net/

I parsed all that into excel and made it sortable and filterable(it wouldn't let me upload an xls, so I zipped it)

I also added links to pictures for some, and I put which ones I was pretty sure come in 4x100, but I'm not 100% sure on all of those.

[xbalance]

what tire maker produce the lowest weight? and have good performance

[Nagoya_TRD.]

SSR has a dope thread on fit freak about it.

http://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-shoes/43463-ssr-wheels-official-wheel-weight-thread.html

[Morgan]

SSR has a dope thread on fit freak about it.

http://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-shoes/43463-ssr-wheels-official-wheel-weight-thread.html

BLASPHEMY! haha jk, thanks for the info!

[merryandlovely]

I think they would look really good for a street wheel. There weight so little too!