15 x 6 or 15 x 6.5???

[redyaris]

Fellow Yarisers:

I know all the experts can advise me as I am dumb stupid on this stuff...I want to replace the steel 15 inchers on my liftback with aluminum...I have been drooling looking at Violins Konigs and HTM Yaris SSC's...

I want to keep the same 185 60 15 Bridgestones I have on now. I dont want to increase wheel size. Number one, im cheap and dont want to spend a ton on rims.

Number two, Im scared of ruining the great ride of my liftback. I had custom wheels on my Volvo turbo and they made my car vibrate at speed. I dont want that again...

Question is: I see a lot of wheel sizes of 15 x 6.5. Will the 185's fit this wheel? or do I get 15 x 6???

Thanks!

[OK Yaris]

Stock Bridgestones fit the Heliums just fine. I feel the handling improved because the tire sidewall appears more vertical, and it seems more of the tread is planted solidly on the road. The car feels more stable in curves. Absolutely no change to stock ride quality. :thumbup:

[Black Yaris]

personall I prefer the 15x7's
but if you are going to keep your stock tires on the new wheel go with 15x6, 15x6.5 has too much of a streched look for me.
Also if your car vibrates after you wheels have been changed it is most likely because they were not properly balanced, most newer wheels can only have weight on the inside. Most tire guys are too lazy to use the sticky weights are ment for that style wheel and just use hammer weights on the back lip... so when you get your new wheels on make sure you tell the guy at the counter you want a DINAMIC balance with sticky weights, and for not reason should they STATIC balance them... static balancing is the lazy way that makes car vibrate

Hope that helps

[jamal1984]

personall I prefer the 15x7's
but if you are going to keep your stock tires on the new wheel go with 15x6, 15x6.5 has too much of a streched look for me.
Also if your car vibrates after you wheels have been changed it is most likely because they were not properly balanced, most newer wheels can only have weight on the inside. Most tire guys are too lazy to use the sticky weights are ment for that style wheel and just use hammer weights on the back lip... so when you get your new wheels on make sure you tell the guy at the counter you want a DINAMIC balance with sticky weights, and for not reason should they STATIC balance them... static balancing is the lazy way that makes car vibrate

Hope that helps

What the different with Dinamic balance and Static Balance? I got my wheels and tires done at Kauffman Tire, but everytime i hit 80 and up it's kindda vibarate is it got anything to do with Balance and rotate?

[PetersRedYaris]

Tirerack specs for the OEM Potenza RE92 says the rim width range is 5"-6.5".
Heres the link- http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?make=Bridgestone&model=Potenza+RE92&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&partnum=86TR5RE92V2&tirePageLocQty=%26partnum%3D86TR5RE92V2

[Typer73]

Static Balance
Also known as "bubble balancing" uses a fairly inexpensive machine to balance the wheel/tire assembly at rest using a bubble level as an indicator. This technique takes some operator skill to perform good balancing as you need to carefully split the balancing weights on the inside and outside of the wheel to avoid dynamic imbalance.

Dynamic Balance
Also known as "spin balancing" can be done either on or off the vehicle. The majority of tires are probably balanced on computerized spin balancers. After clamping the wheel on the machine, setting the wheel dimensions, it spins up and calculates the locations and amount of weight to apply to the rim to correct the balance. Most spin balancers center the wheel on a cone-shaped mounting device. This works fine for vehicles that locate the wheel on the vehicle via the hub (i.e. "hub-centric"). For vehicles, like Toyota, that locate the wheel on the hub via the lug nuts (i.e. "lug-centric") a special lug-centric adapter should be used to properly balance the wheel. On vehicle balancers avoid this problem, spinning up the wheel in place.


We've always insisted on dynamic balancing, high speed, so we won't get the vibrations on the highway.

[jamal1984]

Static Balance
Also known as "bubble balancing" uses a fairly inexpensive machine to balance the wheel/tire assembly at rest using a bubble level as an indicator. This technique takes some operator skill to perform good balancing as you need to carefully split the balancing weights on the inside and outside of the wheel to avoid dynamic imbalance.

Dynamic Balance
Also known as "spin balancing" can be done either on or off the vehicle. The majority of tires are probably balanced on computerized spin balancers. After clamping the wheel on the machine, setting the wheel dimensions, it spins up and calculates the locations and amount of weight to apply to the rim to correct the balance. Most spin balancers center the wheel on a cone-shaped mounting device. This works fine for vehicles that locate the wheel on the vehicle via the hub (i.e. "hub-centric"). For vehicles, like Toyota, that locate the wheel on the hub via the lug nuts (i.e. "lug-centric") a special lug-centric adapter should be used to properly balance the wheel. On vehicle balancers avoid this problem, spinning up the wheel in place.


We've always insisted on dynamic balancing, high speed, so we won't get the vibrations on the highway.


Thanks

[CASTREX]

Fellow Yarisers:

I know all the experts can advise me as I am dumb stupid on this stuff...I want to replace the steel 15 inchers on my liftback with aluminum...I have been drooling looking at Violins Konigs and HTM Yaris SSC's...

I want to keep the same 185 60 15 Bridgestones I have on now. I dont want to increase wheel size. Number one, im cheap and dont want to spend a ton on rims.

Number two, Im scared of ruining the great ride of my liftback. I had custom wheels on my Volvo turbo and they made my car vibrate at speed. I dont want that again...

Question is: I see a lot of wheel sizes of 15 x 6.5. Will the 185's fit this wheel? or do I get 15 x 6???

Thanks!


You can fit the 185's on a 6 or a 6.5 wheel. Good advise, look for lightweight rims. Heliums are the best price/weight deal. You can get them really ship from supporting vendors.

Also when you are done with your current tires you can upgrade to a 195/55/15 that will be a perfect fit for the rims, will improve handling and you wont sacrifice your confy ride!

[OK Yaris]

Also when you are done with your current tires you can upgrade to a 195/55/15 that will be a perfect fit for the rims, will improve handling and you wont sacrifice your confy ride!

Exactly what I have in mind. With 11,000 miles in 6 months so far, it won't be long before I'll be doing that!

As I've mentioned in another post or two, don't be cheap when it comes to the mounting and balancing. Find a shop that mounts aftermarket wheels all day long. If you carry wheels into a shop for mounting, don't be surprised if they charge a little extra since you didn't buy the wheels from them. Mike

[redyaris]

Thanks guys! Appreciate the tips.

[HTM Yaris]

Hey Red , I will post some pics of my new Konig Feathers in gold later today . Make sure you have a napkin to wipe up the drool :)

[HTM Yaris]

Here ya go :) My GF said the Red Yaris would look "HOT" with the gold wheels . These are 15x6.5 BTW with 195/55 not 50's as I posted earlier . These wheels are $380 shipped to SC from Cali .

[HTM Yaris]

When talking Static vs Dynamic ANYTHING . Static is always "still" , dynamic is "in motion" . For example When refering to a static xray , the xray was taken in one shot to produce a still image . When refering to a dynamic xray , it is a series of xrays (30 frames per second or more ) to produce a range of motion that is visible . Dynamic xray is also called fluoroscopy .


Yeah , I'm bored :)

[largeorangefont]

Here ya go :) My GF said the Red Yaris would look "HOT" with the gold wheels . These are 15x6.5 BTW with 195/55 not 50's as I posted earlier . These wheels are $380 shipped to SC from Cali .

Man those look sick! :eyebulge: I wish the came in bronze!! I'm stuck with stupid Heliums.

[jdubau55]

I'm stuck with stupid Heliums.

I will be glad to ease your pain. Feel free to give them to me.

[redyaris]

Stupid Heliums LOL...I would kill to have a set of them!!!! I think im going silver in any wheel however. Dont want to get ricey wid it!

[CASTREX]

This looks ricey to you??? :confused:

Bronze heliums on a Bayou blue sedan :biggrin:

[Go4th]

This looks ricey to you??? :confused:

Bronze heliums on a Bayou blue sedan :biggrin:


NOPE.. looks good to me. :thumbsup:

[SailDesign]

This looks ricey to you??? :confused:

Bronze heliums on a Bayou blue sedan :biggrin:

The Sedan looks ricey right outa the box :smile:
Apart from that, she looks good.