kommon_sense

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It's not so much the wheel size, but overall wheel/tire diameter that you have to worry about here.

I think if you're going to buy new aftermarket wheels, you should get 16's. If you don't want to pay for them, get used or stock 15's.

16's! (16 x 7, 4 x 114.3 ADVAN RG)
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Actually wheel size is the whole point here. Larger wheels will typically weigh more and also put more weight further out from the center of the wheel which will impact acceleration. A lighter wheel will accelerate better than a heavier wheel. You also get a better selection of tires in 15 than 16. You also get a smoother ride with 15s than 16s because you are going to have more sidewall with the 15s.

spincycle

I got 16's because I couldn't find 15x7.5's. I wanted wide, best for autocrossing. I'm running 225 rubber now (GoodYear F1 GS-D3's) on Kosei K1 16x7.5's.


Cheers,
Spin

Mr Hammond

Function over form. Only go bigger for two reasons. Sanctioning body requires it, you need to clear brakes.

Apex i ITR

Brakes won't clear 15's anymore.

Ekay

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once is enough bud.

Apex i ITR

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once is enough bud.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually my brakes won't clear 15's anymore.


I think 3 times is better.

I forgot I mention'd it before. Besides once is never enough.

Navid OG

15" weight is real important....

CXHatchback

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How do you figure? Lower profile 16s give you a stiffer sidewall and generally you can put a wider tire on a 16x7. Assuming they're not too heavy, 16s should be better.

Mattamotor

most honda product will perform better with 15s but if you have alotta of power in road race autocross car 16 will be the better choice because off the larger contact patch.

Tad

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jdmsiR20

yeah...ttt... more pics too...

jameskersten1

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but its kinda hard to do a search cuz 15 16 and vs are all words that are too short to search for!! haha.

so anyways,
What would you all say are the pros and cons of 15" wheels vs 16" wheels.
I'd like to know about performance also. Would you say the lower profile tire of a 16" wheel is a good or bad thing?
of course weight is an issue also, but is it a big enough issue?
16's do look pretty good.

Any specific wheel examples would be great also.
right now i'm looking at these in 16

but my last wheels were 15" 12.4lbs and these are 16" 16lbs.

anyways, any thoughts, other cool wheels and whatever info you want to drop, would be great!

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thats my buddys car, anyways i am all for 15.lighter is better

BackSideSA

i say 16's look cleaner, to me it fills out more. 15's are more function but dont get me wrong.

JDMs1eeper

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Tad

well I guess everyone is prettymuch agreeing on the function of 15's being better.

but what about looks,
would you say the looks of 16's offset the performance value of 15's.

lets say i've got enough power in my car to move the wheels also.

EGtoDC2

Well, speaking from experience, going larger with rims will make taking turns at low speeds a bit less smooth. This may be from the additional weight, or that bigger rims are usually wider,too... or just the less tire profile to "give" a comfortable ride..either way, 15" will ride better, and tires will be cheaper.

As far as look goes, nothing is better than 16" on a Civic EG/EK. I have friends with 17s on a 98 EX coupe..and it just looks obnoxious (IN MY OPINION..), and HE always complains about it being VERY Hard to turn the wheel. My EH2 doesn't have powersteering as it is..

Formula 1

get some 16 spoons or 16 rotas just my 2 cents i got 15s i really wish i had 16s spoony

.::miLan

I'd go for the 16's over the 15's despite the extra weight. But when it all comes down to buying the wheels, it's what you really like, since you're spending the money, not us.

Tad

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yuuup thats what it comes down to,
but I just have a tough time deciding sometimes, heh.
I mean, I really like the look of 16's, but then at the same time, i'm all
about the lightweight hatchback function, the 16's worry me because I want
to run a sohc vtec swap in a dx/cx/vx hatch for a while, prolly end up turbo'ing it,
but i'm probably going to run n/a for a while, and the lightweight 15's would definetely help out alot on that motor.

MrDX

off the line is where the weight difference comes into play more so than already moving. The 15's look good, but the 16's would've looked better and now that the tire selection for the 16's have increased, I'll be running the 16's.

zeno

So is there really a lot of conflicts with brake clearing with the 15s?

BERT-O

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Really, I've seen alot of road race car that only goes with 15s but uses 215-45-15 Toyo T1-Ss, alot of them perfer to run that size for gearing and contact patch.

But not alot of tires companies have that size eithe

IS3Fifty

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Actually wheel size is the whole point here. Larger wheels will typically weigh more and also put more weight further out from the center of the wheel which will impact acceleration. A lighter wheel will accelerate better than a heavier wheel. You also get a better selection of tires in 15 than 16. You also get a smoother ride with 15s than 16s because you are going to have more sidewall with the 15s.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Good points... kommon, but what happens when you have a set of 10-12lbs 16's.. I think it is definately a personal decision. Also, Hatches especially are light as it is! A little weight wont hurt at all. On top of that, what is holding a 1900 lb hatch to the ground when in a 90mph turn on the track... plus sized wheels can hurt and help at the same time. JGTC, granted are super cars, but they wouldnt be using such large wheels if they weren't beneficial. When putting lots of wheel horsepower down you need that extra width. As with a honda, we often times arent dealing with that much horsepower of course, but again something that weighs 1900-2000 lbs needs something to keep some power down. It basically boils down to WHAT ARE YOU USING THE CAR FOR?? If its drag go with super light small rims. If its road course then you might want a little more rim and a little more grip. That's my 4.1

IS3Fifty

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Really, I've seen alot of road race car that only goes with 15s but uses 215-45-15 Toyo T1-Ss, alot of them perfer to run that size for gearing and contact patch.

But not alot of tires companies have that size eithe

Yeah, I spent 500 for T1S's 16 205-40-16. Extremely good tire, but like you said its tough to find that tire wide enough.
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Eee Pee

Thirteens!! with the smallest tire you can find.


Eh, just wanted to show off my new tires....