15's or 16's - Honda Prelude Forum

Brady92/4WS · 07-28-2002, 11:24 AM

I might be some rims soon and im gonna for sure get slipstreams, but i was thinking that its retarded to get wheels that will slow you down. I was wondering do you think 16's that weigh 13.5 pounds will slow down my car? I have the stock si 22 pound 15s... Or should i just go with the 15 inch slips?

preludechic · 07-28-2002, 11:32 AM

Get the 16's. I don't think the 15's will look good at all. To small. Especially if you get lo-pros. The 16's aren't that heavy, go with them.

marshdoggg · 07-28-2002, 12:08 PM

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Originally posted by preludechic
Get the 16's. I don't think the 15's will look good at all. To small. Especially if you get lo-pros. The 16's aren't that heavy, go with them.

agreed
marsh

Jordan_4WS · 07-28-2002, 03:22 PM

My opinion is

15s for track
16s for street, performance priority
17s for street, looks priority
18s for show

Jordan

Bigshibs · 07-28-2002, 03:31 PM

ya go for 16's they look good and you'll still get the performance

Deepmist · 07-28-2002, 09:42 PM

My 18's are lighter then my stock

Prelude92S · 07-29-2002, 10:05 AM

I'd say 16's too...since your car is pretty slammed it'll look good with lo-pro's and still won't weigh a ton

Brady92/4WS · 07-30-2002, 08:30 AM

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Originally posted by Deepmist
My 18's are lighter then my stock

It's not really about weight, its about rotational mass.

4thGVtec · 07-30-2002, 08:35 AM

my 17's are lighter than my stock too, and they are wider... my car has no problem getting them moving, i actualy go faster with the 17's on (cp35's) cause the 15's cant get good traction

ludebeginnings · 08-01-2002, 04:24 PM

I have 18's and drive in the city, can't wait to go smaller... cracked two so far...

TheGreatOne · 08-01-2002, 06:03 PM

Go for the 16's..13.5lb is light as hell

cantdrive55 · 08-01-2002, 06:07 PM

I'd get 15s. The stockers are 15" and they don't look that bad when the car is lowered. The 15s are even lighter. I plan on eventually getting a set of 15" Slipstreams for track use.

PreludesR4Speed · 08-01-2002, 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by 4thGVtec
my 17's are lighter than my stock too, and they are wider... my car has no problem getting them moving, i actualy go faster with the 17's on (cp35's) cause the 15's cant get good traction

I would have to agree with this statement. I had the stock 15" alloys on my 93 lude and i swapped them out for 16" Konig Ziege wheels with 205/45 16 Hankook Ventus tires and my 0-60 actually dropped. I weighed the original 15" wheels with the stock size tires as well as the new wheels before i put them on, and the weight actually came out exactly the same. I had measured my 0-60 numerous times before the wheel swap running between 6.4 and 6.9 seconds with a second gear chirp, after the 16s were on i pulled between 6.2 and 6.5 with much better traction off the line and no second gear chirping. I imagine you would have even better results considering the wheels you are looking at are even lighter.