Hey Newbie here..I am planning on buying some ADR Sokudos White finish for my 88..and am seeing alot or heard that 18"s are no good for it. Is it the look thats no good or is that the handling and lowering cant be done with them on..which would make it handle better.
For me I'm not doing it for racing. I just prefer 18's for the look of it. Whats your opinions?
CRX's with 18's usually are like 10" off the ground (even when lowered to elimiinate wheel gap). Also, they're heavy and just too big for the car to move with. I personally thing 16's are as big as i'd go and i prefer 15's
Mods: 16x7.5 American Racing Vortechs (Federal tires), Weapon R CAI, custom OBX exhaust system (in spring), Tokico blues w/ Tom's Racing coils (in spring), EDM si wing, body restoration project.
18's are way too big for a CRX. They look like 24s on some truck. They handle like shit, and the tires you'll have will be rubber bands. I don't think you can really even lower your car with 18s...
If you're building a race CRX, get 15s. If you want a bit of show, get 16s. I have 16s on my CRX, which is my daily driver, and I would never want anything bigger. They just seem to fit perfectly.
Mods: JE plug wires, AEM cold air, exhaust, rims, fog lights, clear corners, white gauge faces, rear brake conversion, cross drilled rotors, adjustable coil-overs
I am in support of the rest of the people here. anything bigger than 16" wheels will have a negative affect on handling. with 18's you lose any bit of ride quality you once had, car will lose it's bite in the corners, gas mileage goes to shit, lose some acceleration, etc. 17's are about the biggest wheel you see on them and i think those are a shade too much.
Thank you guys for input, as yes I am fairly new to this whole auto world. Learning slow. Figured they were too big. Guess I will look around for 16's or 17's.. Peace!
well i have 17's and they are pushing it and i havent lowered my car yet either but i do have a WW body kit so my car doesnt look that bad without the drop personally i would get 16's with a body kit 15's or maybe smaller without
IMO they don't look bad, but then again, look are a matter of opinion anyway. It great that you came on here asking for other people opinion, just don't ask for yours. Like I said, I like the way 18"s look, but if I run any thing its going to be 16". Mainly because of tire cost and peformance... even though 15" might give me better peformance, 16" just look better.
Well I bought the 18's anyways, I'm going for look more. I'm not into racing or anything like that..just love the rex..Thanks again all for options and opinons..good to know these things..ciao.
Come on man, its his money and his car. Look at it this way the show car segment of the sportcompact market is an exaggeration of style. If you want to build a good show car you want to put someting on you car thats going to make people look at it. Don't forget, a show cars has a LOT longer life span than a race car.
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