Is anyone in here planning on sticking different wheels on their EVO? I've seen some EVO pics in another thread with different wheels. 18" would be nice but what about weight, and performance? I think i'm keeping the 17"....

Rob

 

If I were you I'd stick with the 17s. 18" wheels would probably be added unsprung weight plus even less sidewall in the tires which is only good for car shows in my opinion. The stock wheel and tire package should be great from a performance perspective. When the stock tires wear out you might consider putting 245 width tires on there because they will fit perfect on 8" wide wheels.

-Loris

 

Yeah, i'm not planning on changing anything wheel or suspension related (wont have much cash around anyways after I buy heheh). I've got 225/40ZR18 on my car now and they do ride a bit harder than the 17's I had before. Not by much though....once I got tociko shocks the ride really got smooth. However, the wheels do bend easily. I'm definately sticking with the stock wheels. I'm just wondering about anyone else in here...

 

Does anyone know the weight of the stock Evo rims??

 

According to the info on the main page under the Evolution Encyclopedia section, the "spun-rim" technology reduces the weight of the rims by 10%. The press release for the JDM Evo 8 mentions this same process but states that it saves 3.2 kg for the set of wheels, so......

Total weight x 10% = 3.2 kg savings or
Total weight = 3.2 kg/10% = 32 kg

Convert this to pounds by multiplying 32 kg by 2.2 and you get 70.4 pounds for all four rims or 17.6 pounds per rim. Now as far as the weight of the tires goes.....

 

Your mathematics is correct but 17.6lb per rim is the weight of the Evo VII rims. said the new rims are 10% lighter than the Evo VII ones. So the the equation would be total weight of Evo VII times 10%= weight savings achieved in Evo VIII rims.

The Evo VIII would be 15.84 per stock Evo VIII rim.

total weight savings=3.2kg
weight savings per rim=3.2kg/4=0.8kg=0.8 x 2.2 lbs= 1.76lb
weight of Evo VIII rims= weight of Evo VII rims - weight savings per rim= 17.6lb-1.76lb=15.84lb.

Stocked Evo VIII rims are really light for a 17x8 at 15.84lb.

 

Good point I hadn't thought about increasing width to 245.....I suppose you would cut the aspect ratio down to 40 instead of 45? apart from increasing tire weight would there be any other problems with performing this modification...tire rubbing against strut for instance....I am sure there would be a benifit to the handling with the increased contact patch

 

What about getting 17x7.5 rims to replace the stock 17x8 rims to save weight? Shaving a half inch in width seems to save roughly 1-2lbs per rim.

 

i like the wheels but i might just powdercoat them before i got whole new wheels...i love gunmetal wheels

 

Im gonna put OZ Superlaggera's on. Those wheels will look so sweet on the black Evo