Narrowed my rim search down to either 17" rota subzeros or rota battle. Im leaning towards the battle, however the subzeros are rated at 16.5lbs each, whereas the battle are rated at 19lbs each. I'll be doing 1/4mile & auto-x with these rims so I dont want to regret getting the battle if they'll make a big difference.

Any opinions?

 

Weight can make a difference for sure in terms of acceleration in drag racing.

As for autocross, probably wouldn't notice big difference, unless you're racing at the national level of competition. But then even 1 lb heavier wheels can feel drastically different!

 

dailty driving no probem but in competition it matters..

The oem ones are really nice thoe.

 

unsprung weight yo, think twice before you buy them

 

You dont want big heavy *** rims for parkin lot racing, bro.............The lighter the better...Then you wont hit them nasty cones.

 

will 2lbs make that big a difference?

yes. unsprung weight + rotational mass + less of a bling bling tendency = better for racing.

especially drag racing and autocrossing... those are the kinds of racing where you will probably see the MOST benefit from lighter rims.

 

I think 19 lb wheels would make an ugly difference over stock. I had some adrs that weighed that much once and the driveability was a little smoother but accelleration and top speed went down considerably.

 

i got some 16" volk weight at 11 pounds and they spin like hell on my 98 lude with auto tranny.

 

As already been said, less unsprung weight and rotational mass is better. I have 17" RH CP-35s which are similar to the Subzeros. I had autocrossed with those 3 years ago, and at the time, considering stock wheels (on a 5th gen anyways) weigh between 19lbs and 19.7 lbs (depending on trim level), losing 3 lbs/wheel makes alot of difference. I run on 16s now (better for gearing), but went even lighter wheels since then.

 

I wish stock 4th gen wheels weighed alot less seeing how they weigh in at 22.5 lbs/wheel at 15"! I think I read somewhere once that this is one of the heaviest stock 15" wheels ever produced. Anyway, getting back on subject, for autocrossing go w/ a 15 or 16 inch wheel. You can get the same amount of rubber to the ground(width) and w/ less weight due to smaller circumfrence. also the smaller wheel will give you better acceleration out of the corners. I'm going to be running 17's for autocrossing this year but as soon as I get some extra cash i'm gettin a nice set of 15's. I think lightweight 17's may work to my advantage in the 1/4 mile w/ my SI tranny gearing. 6.6lbs/ off of each wheel and some added top end. Can't wait to hit the track i hate snow

 

Depends on your skill level and whether you want to be nationally competitive. If you don't want to be nationally competitive, then 2lbs isn't really going to matter (although 2lbs is a bigger difference than it sounds).
If you're placing in the top 5 regionally and you want to stay top 5, get lightweight 16s (either 16x7 Slipstreams or 7.5 Koseis depending on budjet).


Modified by Steppin Razor at 8:58 AM 1/25/2004