Projectsonic

I have a 95 lx and i just bought it and im new to this performance and less weight stuff, i wanna know whats a good sized rims for my civic and what about the tires how should i get them...... Also i see alot of hatch backs have these gold rims that look pretty cool alot if hatch backs have em.

well if u could help me that would be great .. much appreciated

jbpnoman

Do you want functional, or stylish? Those "cool looking gold rims" are heavy, and will slow you down.

I'm going to assume you aren't a engineering-minded, and won't go into rolling mass, and weight distribution of a wheel. Here's the short and sweet version. If you want wheels for HPDE, autocross, or track days, get some lightweight 15" wheels with a proper offset (+43), and some high quality summer 205/50R15 tires. Keep your stock 14" steelies, and put some winter/snow tires on them. For summer tires, I personally like the Hankook Ventus V2 or V12.

Projectsonic

well that helps, thanks u
i live in cali so it doesnt snow just rain.
yea i want good funtion and style but, want to know the type of metal is lighter, like aluminum rims? If i go one more inch from the stock size will it make any big diffrence

jbpnoman

This is starting to dip into the whole rolling mass thing I was hoping to avoid.

Given same weight and wheel style, the bigger the wheel, the more it will slow your car down. When you move mass (weight) away from the center of the wheel, it takes more effort (torque) to make those wheels rotate. If you have deep pockets, magnesium wheels would be the lightest, most available wheel option. You'd be crazy to put real mag wheels on a Civic, so forged aluminum wheels would be your best option. In fact, there's a whole list of lightweight wheels here.

When you say go one more inch from stock, do you mean one inch past the stock 14" wheel to 15" like I mentioned, or one more inch past that to 16"? Going from 14" to 17" when I was young and stupid was more than noticeable, so I think it's safe to say going from 14" to 16" would also be noticeable.

RT_NEWYORK

get 99 00 stock Si rims (EM1) and call it a day. thank you and good night

jbpnoman

You can get lighter, and with better mass distribution, easily.

Projectsonic

Thanks you guys i reall appriciate it, this is my first honda and i im just starting to get into all this, my friends are telling me to stick shift conversion and a engine swap.... but i could just save up and get a other car with the engine and stickshift, but i dont know, i just think the car should resemble you u know be ur leader not a follower.. i migt\ht do it not sure i know this much its going to be a bitch to do all this.... and i have a 95 lx civic...