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Go and see a doctor! ...or maybe a Psychiatrist!
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UK LUDER!
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5th GEN 2.2 VTI 4WS Manual
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UK LUDER!
HONDA-R UK Member
5th GEN 2.2 VTI 4WS Manual
Obsessing about wheels
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I've been obsessing about wheels lately. I dream of them, I sleep with pictures of them,
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But I'm in a dilemma. If I got wheels for the street, I'd want to get something really light, and probably 16 inch, but then if I ever raced, I'd be tearing up my street tires and they wouldn't be as sticky as race tires anyways. But if I got a set of race wheels and tires (15 inch), I'd have a hard time affording any street wheel/tire combo that would be much better than stock, if I could afford it at all.
What do you think? I've done no racing yet, but I don't want to spend more preparing for it than I have to, so first getting really good dual purpose wheels/tires and later getting dedicated race wheels seems like it might kill my budget for anything else. But I'm eageer to "personalize" the car some, and I don't want to do body kits, lights, etc. so that leaves me with wheels.
What would you do in my situation?
But I'm in a dilemma. If I got wheels for the street, I'd want to get something really light, and probably 16 inch, but then if I ever raced, I'd be tearing up my street tires and they wouldn't be as sticky as race tires anyways. But if I got a set of race wheels and tires (15 inch), I'd have a hard time affording any street wheel/tire combo that would be much better than stock, if I could afford it at all.
What do you think? I've done no racing yet, but I don't want to spend more preparing for it than I have to, so first getting really good dual purpose wheels/tires and later getting dedicated race wheels seems like it might kill my budget for anything else. But I'm eageer to "personalize" the car some, and I don't want to do body kits, lights, etc. so that leaves me with wheels.
What would you do in my situation?
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Well, I use my stock wheels for the street, and I have a set of 15 inch Kosei K1 rims for racing. After driving on R-compounds (autocross or road racing), NOTHING on the street will even come close, so I don't even bother trying.<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by gLudeous:
I've been obsessing about wheels lately. I dream of them, I sleep with pictures of them,![]()
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But I'm in a dilemma. If I got wheels for the street, I'd want to get something really light, and probably 16 inch, but then if I ever raced, I'd be tearing up my street tires and they wouldn't be as sticky as race tires anyways. But if I got a set of race wheels and tires (15 inch), I'd have a hard time affording any street wheel/tire combo that would be much better than stock, if I could afford it at all.
What do you think? I've done no racing yet, but I don't want to spend more preparing for it than I have to, so first getting really good dual purpose wheels/tires and later getting dedicated race wheels seems like it might kill my budget for anything else. But I'm eageer to "personalize" the car some, and I don't want to do body kits, lights, etc. so that leaves me with wheels.
What would you do in my situation?</font>
16's are hard to find race tires for. I believe the only one that's even close to stock size, without being bigger, are 205/45/16 Hoosiers ($160 each!!). Others are 225/50/16s, but they are 1 inch larger than stock.
So, my vote would be for race rims and tires!
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Billy
North Texas Prelude Owners Group
www.ntpog.org
In this same thread Billy says he's using 15's. I'm guessing it's a tight fit with the brakes but if they didn't work for him we'd know
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