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hey i got a question.. i wanted to get these rims that were white to make the black stand out of my car... but i wanted 16 inch rims, because i wanted to still be quick off the line. but they only seel them in 17 inches... is that much of a difference??? or is the rim going to be that much heavier slowing me down...

 
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Weight would not affect your speed as much as the diameter would. Dont get me wrong, weight does have some play in it too..

 
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i dont think the weight should affect it that much... if you wanna be quick off the line I say get good tires. the 1 inch shouldnt be that bad

 
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now that i read it i ment rims... would 17 inch rims weigh me down making me slow over 16 inch rims... lol not the tire, my bad for not specifiing..

 
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It all depends on the weight. You might have 17's that are lighter than 16's.

 
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yeah.. different weights for different rims... but i dont think 1 inch can really make a difference in our cars.. maybe if its a full race setup... it shouldnt matter

 
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Naw it wouldnt matter that much a but all those weight add up do make a hell of a difference.

 
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cool i'll get the 17 inch rims then

 
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Performance wise its allways better to run the smaller wheel, because the Larger wheel would have to be substantually lighter inorder for it to equal the Moment of enerta of the smaller wheel.

Boilermaker did the math onece, with the stock 15 Vs his 17 OZ superleggeras. He found that although the 17s were lighter, the enerta of the wheels was substantually Higher then the 15s... By something on the order of 50 LBS. So I would say that where the weight is (By wheel size) is by far more improtant then how heavy that wheel is (example: two wheels 15s one weighs 15 lbs and the other weighs 19lbs, that still only equals a difference of 4 LBS per wheel Vs the 50+ lbs of the larger wheel that actually wiegs less then the 15s.)