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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.
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.
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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
you know what they say, size matters the bigger the better
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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
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Originally Posted by k20txem2
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
B.F.G. comp t/a drags...mickey T's comp....I could go on for days...like bubba gump...
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Originally Posted by jackburton
acceleration and braking will suffer more with 17s
also just keep your stock rims for when it snows
also just keep your stock rims for when it snows
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.
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.
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.
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