When I was searching for wheels and tires there was a ton more options in 15”. If you don’t already have your track wheels I would go 15. They even make some really wide like 15x9 and 15x10 for added grip.
Wow. Your right. I hadn’t even looked around for track wheels till now. I just assumed 16” would be fairly common. Guess I will be on 15”s or have to find some really light weight 17”’s. You didn’t have any brake clearance issues with 15”?
None at all. There’s lots out there meant for spec Miata with added clearance. I know Bar had problems with Rota but most modern flow formed wheels should have no issues. And they are super light!
Looking at the specs for my front setup and my 235/40/17 wheel and tire package weighs 40.5lbs per corner and rolling diameter is 24.4”. If I run the same tires and similar flow formed wheels in say a 225/50/15 I am at 34lbs and 23.9” inch rolling diameter. Is 6.5 lbs per corner worth loosing the width? Any other reasons to change besides tire cost?
Sounds much like what I was doing. I was wanting my cake and eat it too. I wanted big wide tires that didn't weigh much and finally realized I had to make a decision and get on with it. You can spend days looking at wheel and tire combos.
I'll second that! I did mine and never want to do it again.I didn't have any issues either. I spent $100 and had Adam/Lonny do mine. Just based on the several horror stories here, that was money well spent.
Thanks! My company makes bedliner type polyurea and urethane coatings. We have a spray booth and equipment for testing the coatings we make so we sprayed it there. Be careful with the roll on type bedliner, they tend to be quite a bet less durable than the spray applied 100% solids reactive types.
Man I soaked everything in tire wet. I bought 4 bottles and used most of it. I figure that the hose size and flexibility vary from hose to hose and that probably has a lot to do with it. And the finish of the pipe ID your pulling into.
