i have had my 90 crx si since 1997, so for 14 yrs i have only had the 90 si teardrop stock wheels and i know they are good wheels and they were meant to work well with the car's design, but i just want a change of scenery and want to get some new set of wheels, to have a different look.

i can't afford new wheels or even the alloy ones, so the closest thing i can do that i could afford would be to get some 14" steel wheels and choose some cool wheel covers from any of the various honda or acura models that had them, getting on ebay or something.

but my question is, i know they would weigh more than the stock 90 crx si wheels, but would anyone know around how much more they weigh than the stock 90 crx si wheels (whch are 16 or 17lbs) ?,

and really i was mostly wondering if putting steel wheels would affect the ride comfort much ? like how it hits bumps in the road, or how it handles and feels ??


and lastly, how much would it affect my MPG would you think ?? much?


and would car be much slower ?? where it it would be obviously noticeable ??


any answers or opinions on these would be helpfull,

(keep in mind, i would be keeping the stock crx wheels, so i could always put them back on, but i just wanted to see some different wheels for a change)

 

i just stumbled upon this website : http://www.superhonda.com/tech/wheel_weights.html
before i got any replies on this post, so i just wanted to mention what i read on there,

it had a list of various model cars along with their wheel weight & size, and it said that
92 + Civic Steel Wheels size 14X5 weigh 18 pounds.

i was surprised to see that, cause looking online i saw my stock 90 CRX SI weigh either 16 or 17 pounds (one site said 16, another said 17, so i was'nt sure which was the right one),

anyway, if thats true, then i don't think i would have to worry about any of the questions i asked above, about it affecting ride comfort, MPG or how fast the car goes, because 1-2 pounds more is not a real big difference to where it would matter that much to me, i'm sure adding 4 pounds more of weight is'nt making it any better, but i have a feeling it would be fine.

i was asking those questions originally cause i did'nt know the weight of steel wheels, and i was assuming they would weigh a lot more, i thought they would be like 22-24 lbs or more !!!, and i'm sure some are, but as long as i stick with getting some from the 92+ civic models then should work ok.

 

honestly i rocked 14in. steelies with the trim rings you can get at autozone.
and i have some stainless steel centercaps.

i rocked that for almost a year until i got my LS meshies

 

since your someone whose had steelies and regular OEM style wheels on your car, would you mind just telling me what the differences were after switching from one to the other ?

like, what would you say you noticed the most after switching back and forth between the steelies and the regular OEM ones ?? or was it not even that much of a difference ? just curious what you thought of them

 

Honestly i would say the "wheels" wont make any difference in the ride comfort, the profile of your tire will probably be the only thing that changes how your ride feels. If you change to a smaller diameter wheel, it is likely that the tires on the smaller rims will have a taller profile and I would say its safe to say that the taller profile will feel "more comfortable" in terms of straight driving or hitting a pot hole. Usually a taller profile will feel more squashy (ie if you started weaving side to side you would have a lot more body roll and bounce). Obviously every application is different, but take some wheels and throw some 40 profiles on them,, then throw on some 75's on and tell me which is the smoother ride. Just my $.02 though.

 

agreed^

rim will not change the ride comfort much if at all

the tire will do it

i work at a tire shop and also have a crx on 14 inch steelies

get the tire with the same height and you will not feel a difference at all

 

thanks for all the replies and the info, thats good to know, (just saw it now)

and yeah, if i were to get different wheel/tires then i was going to just keep same size as stock anyway so my tire sidewall would stay the same, so being unaffected as far as ride quality hopefully.