XSTeknique

Has anyone found any pictures and/or feedback on the fitment of Evo X wheels on the Outlander Sport?

Ugleeboi

Someone photoshop some wheels on a OS.. its around here somewhere.

Ugleeboi

here u go.

XSTeknique

Those aren't too bad, but I guess I should specify that I am interested in the Enkei Evo X wheels, not the BBS. Also, I am concerned with how far they'll stick out with a more positive offset and + 1.5" width when compared to the OEM OS wheels. Could end up looking perfect or could be a giant bowl of rice.

mRVRsport

Nice photoshop.

But, those rims... I'm not liking the look when it's on the O.sport in this photo... Maybe it needs some black chrome for color and a drop?

civicduty13

Here is a shot of our 11 O.S. with X gsr wheels and 245/40-18 Bfg R1 slicks.

XSTeknique

Thanks, Civicduty! Exactly what I was looking for. How was the fitment? Looks like some lowering is in order to really set it off.

civicduty13

Lowering would be great but with the correct size tire I think it would look better. The ones I have on there are way too short. Fitment was great. Cam out pretty flush with the fender edge and cleared everything even at full lock with no issues at all. I would be looking at a 245/50-18 tire for the Sport so it would fill up the wheel a bit better than the stock 225s.

XSTeknique

That's good to hear. I thought for sure the wheels would come out past the fenders. Thanks!

davey111483

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i was just thinking about this since i don't know what wheels to put on my wife's outlander sport. i was thinking of powdercoating them and putting bigger tires. the only hassle would be to switch the tpms since the tpms of my enkeis are still married to the evo i guess.

EvoNoob00

I was also thinking about this! I found a set of EvoX GSR oem wheels I'm thinking about getting. I know the weight of the GSR rims are aprox 22lbs each, I'm guessing the stock OS SE wheels might be heavier... any thoughts? I know the OS are 18x7 36mm and the GSR are 18x8.5 36mm

Raul Lima

Thinking the same thing....

Nast_Nas

Oem is 18x7 +46, evo x is 18x8.5 +38and yes the evo x enkies are lighter,

AWCAWD

Just a comment. When it comes to rotational motion the mass alone is not indicative. The moment of inertia (rotational mass) is what one should keep in mind. The EVO wheel is 1.5" wider, so at the outer edge of the wheel (furthest from the axes of rotation) there might be more mass than on the stock wheel. Imagine that the wheel is an assembly of tiny mass elements, each of which is at different distance from the axes of rotation. As the moment of inertia is the sum of the mass of these elements multiplied by the square of their corresponding distances from the axes of rotation. My guess is that the EVO wheel probably has larger moment of inertia. The torque required to turn a wheel is directly proportional to this moment of inertia (rotational mass), so one must assume a bigger loss with wider wheels. This is why smaller and/or narrower wheels help to achieve higher fuel efficiency (less parasitic loss). Just think of the wheels of BMW i3. Minimizing rolling resistance is only one reason why those wheels are so narrow. Contrarily, putting up wider and larger wheels with wider tires will lower the fuel efficiency and reduce the available torque at the wheels for these two reasons.

EvoNoob00

good point, so I would argue the weight difference (rotational mass) would help alleviate this...

I'm under the assumption the Enkie GSR wheels are significantly lighter then the OS stocks. But I don't have exact weight numbers.