Downgrading Mags Size

**Type 100** · October 24th, 2012 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by rukawa11

kunin mo sir ung 15" lang, maganda sa body ng car at walang ka probleproblema, yan gamit ko ngayon at hindi ka pa madaling masabugan ng gulong, balita ko yung mga 17" madaling maplatan.

Not necessarily. My stock wheels were 14s, I drove and raced with 16s for two years. Punctures weren't a problem. Unsprung weight was. Making a 45-profile tire's sidewalls strong enough usually means more weight, which means more of a drain on my engine and more cost to replace tires.

Now I run 15s and was lucky enough to get a set of some very light wheels, 11 lb each.

**meledson** · October 25th, 2012 08:46 AM

light weight rims is the way to go. hehehe

am uing 205/50R16. pero almost no effect sa FC (1.3 engine) kasi light weight ang rims. 195/55R16 sana kasa mas mahirap hanapin.

mas stable ang takbo using the 205/50R16 kasysa sa stock na 185/70R14.

**Noel Salisipan** · October 25th, 2012 11:01 AM

Nagpalit ako ng rim from 17" to 19" with 16kg (35lbs) difference, no effect sa FC.

Manual calculation ko 9.73kpl (17" rim) vs 9.8kpl (19" rim). Na-offset ang gravitational weight vs angular momentum ng rim pag tumatakbo na yung car. So, hindi issue ang rim weight lalo na kung less than 50lbs lang yan.