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> 17" wheels..., any reasons not to?
campbellcj
post Jan 17 2003, 01:44 AM
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Much better selection in high-quality (aftermarket) wheels, and 15-16" race rubber will probably not get any more common in the next couple years either.

I know I've seen race 914s with 17's but most were flared cars running large Kinesis, BBS or Fikse wheels with Hoosiers or slicks.

My car is unflared and so I would be looking at 17x7's with 205/40 Hoosiers. This would give me a 1.6% (just about 10mm) taller tire than the 205/50R15's I'm running now. I am thinking that would be a good thing, i.e. I could keep the slightly shorter tires for short-track or autox use and the taller ones for big road courses.

I still might end up with 16x7 fuchs due to cost, but the 17" concept is intriguing and there sure are some nice wheels in the 17-18" sizes these days.

I don't think the extra weight would be highly significant, because some of the modern forged race wheels are very light and strong. And Hoosiers are very light too.

Any thoughts/ideas?
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Jeroen
post Jan 17 2003, 05:48 PM
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Hey Brad,

The car in the pic is actually midnightblue (mid-nineties p-color) sorry for the crappy pics, I lost the bigger ones...
And yes, we do have smog-laws for painting cars here as well.
All paints are waterbased nowadays (and they are absolute crap IMO)
Funny thing is that waterbased paints are actually more toxic.

Cheers,

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