burrman15

Im looking to buy some rims for my 03 civic coupe, im interested in either getting 16s or 17s, could you give me some pros and cons on them both

SOHC

the biggest dif is tire availability. if you live in an area where it snows- get 16s because you wont find 17" low profile snow tires that will fit ur car. 17s look better, but will bend easier.. tho ud have to hit something awefully hard and fast to bend it.

jackburton

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acceleration and braking will suffer more with 17s
also just keep your stock rims for when it snows

burrman15

16s will still look ok wont they

burrman15

Also im debating on which color to get, either silver or white or maybe black, on a blue civic, what do you think

jackburton

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I would go with 17s, cause our civics are slow anyway, might as well look good. If you ever turbo the torque will be fine with 17s, so you will not loose TOO much acceleration, or atleast it will be tolerable.

burrman15

k thanks

Echelon04

Yeah, I say 17's with a drop would be nice. BTW my springs are on there way to my door!

burrman15

how much of a drop would you suggest

bamb00

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you should definitely pimp your civic with a 22 inch spinner. let me just say that it's hot

you know what they say, size matters the bigger the better

shroomster

PLEASE read the wheel and tire sticky!!!!

k20txem2

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if you get 16's and want drag radials, theres only one brand that makes um.. and i dont remember who.. im getting rid of my 16's and either going down to 15's or up to 17's havent decided

shroomster

B.F.G. comp t/a drags...mickey T's comp....I could go on for days...like bubba gump...

k20txem2

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correction.. GOOD DRAG RADIALS

shroomster

SOHC

i dont understand why braking would be an issue. besides the slight weight dif, 16 and 17 inch rims will have the same overall circumferance (tire included) if you match the tire size up right.

jackburton

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Whether you are braking or speeding up, you are still accelerating either way, braking is just negative. So if it effects "acceleration" it will usually effect braking, in the sense that you are modifying something by adding weight, or in this case centrifigul resistence, not getting better brakes or something like that. It has two years since I took a physics class, and my memory aint so good so it may not be centrifigul there is another term that sounds similar. I pretty much gave up math and physics, numbers bore me, although most teachers considered me a scientific genius.
Okay anyway, your tire with air in is is not nearly as heavy as the metal rim, so it has to do with weight, but more so where the weight is, not the total weight of the rim. So a 17" rim with a low profile tire maybe the same size as as 15" RIM with a phatter tire, but there is more mass on the outside of the 17"rim. It is harder to accelerate bigger rims, even if they are lighter than than the smaller ones, it has to do with the fact that the outer part has to move faster than the inner parts when the wheel turns. Of course if you get a solid gold 15" rim it will be harder to spin than the aluminum 17"rim, but I hope you got the point.
I am not a hundred percent on the details, and am too lazy to look them up, so you may wanna ask someone who specializes in the field of physics, or I could call my dad up who has a bachelors in physics, or ask my mom who has a bachelors in math/computer science, or my grandfather who has a PHD in physics, he MIGHT know, but they are all real busy so i guess i could try to get back to yeah. Just don't hold your breath.

jackburton

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repost

jackburton

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I briefly discussed this with my dad and he said that "centrifigul" force is a misception that most people think of when they think of a spinning wheel, other than that he said that I was right.

shroomster

nothing like asking daddy for acceptance and certification


j/k man you lost me a long time ago hehe on this thread...

jackburton

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I rarely talk to my dad, it just happened that he was dropping my brother off while I was washing my car, usually it would just be Hi, bye.